Helen Birchenough @helenbirchenough.bsky.social Chair, Arts Council England, South West
Eurasia Group @eurasiagroup.net The geopolitical risk firm that helps you understand the world. Founded by @ianbremmer.com. Putting politics first for 25 years.
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author.
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social Official account for Britain’s leading independent economic research institute. https://ifs.org.uk/
Paul Johnson @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social From August, Provost, The Queen’s College, Oxford. Previously director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Author “Follow the Money”
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Theatre Weekly @theatreweekly.com 
Dara O Briain @daraobriain.bsky.social Yep, that one.
Rob Auton @robauton.bsky.social Nothing ripens a banana quicker than a rucksack
Pleasance @pleasance.co.uk Theatre, comedy, cabaret and more | Edinburgh Fringe & Islington, North London📍Registered charity supporting artists since 1985 💛 pleasance.co.uk
Ned Glasier @nedglasier.com “A leading force for change for theatre and teenagers” #Stage100
Co-creation | Young People | Change-making | Facilitation | Consultancy
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Katy Raines @katyraines.bsky.social CEO of Indigo-Ltd. Audience specialist for the Arts, Culture and Heritage. U.K. 
Richard Quigley MP @richardquigley.bsky.social The official BlueSky account for Richard Quigley. MP for Isle of Wight West.
Ventnor Exchange @ventnorexchange.bsky.social Theatre | Bar | Records | Coffee | Workshops | Creative Hub | Home of Ventnor Fringe + Brave Island - Open 7 Days A Week
Ventnor Fringe @ventnorfringe.bsky.social A Unique Creative Gathering on England’s Largest Island • 18 - 27 JULY 2025 • Isle of Wight 🏝️ • Created by Ventnor Exchange
Oerol Festival @oerolterschelling.bsky.social 🎈 Locatiekunstenfestival op Terschelling (NL)
🎭 Ontdek. Verbind. Beleef.
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk The Stage is the world’s oldest and best theatre publication 🗞️
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
Sarah Hemming @sarahhemm.bsky.social Theatre, politics and football mostly. I write about theatre (not football!) for the Financial Times. 
Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social Vancouver bureau chief for Bloomberg News
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now 
Tom Pritchard @tomepritchard.bsky.social PhD at Cambridge researching British walking-writing (medievalism, myth, belonging, protest) | Marketing & Creative Lead
📍 Ventnor, Isle of Wight / Cambridge
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South ⚓️ | Minister for Food, Fisheries and Farming 🌱 | Pompey born and bred
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk YouGov gathers real opinions and behaviours from worldwide panel members to power insights into what the world thinks. Join now: https://account.yougov.com
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Mark Urban @markurban.bsky.social Host C4N Fourcast Indicators pod, writing @Sunday Times, ex-BBC guy covering war & peace + sometime Newsnight presenter 1990-2024, IWM trustee, author Big Boys Rules, Generals, Rifles, Task Force Black, The Tank War, Skripal Files, Red Devils, Tank & more!
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Katie Posner @katieposner.bsky.social Joint Artistic Director/ CEO for Paines Plough. Adore telling stories on stage and in real life! Also obsessed with feeding people delicious food
Charlotte Bennett @charlottebennett.bsky.social Joint Artistic Director/ CEO Paines Plough. Mama. Artist. Griever. Believer.
Future Arts Centres @artscentres.bsky.social Creating the arts centres of tomorrow
Sarah Crown @sarahcrown.bsky.social Director of Communication at Arts Council England (all views my own). Books; politics; journalism; walks; trees. Won’t balk at the occasional cat
Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social Independent research & policy recommendations for the UK's creative industries. Led by Newcastle University Business School with the RSA and funded by AHRC. https://pec.ac.uk/
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
National Rural Touring Forum @ruraltouring.bsky.social NRTF works with rural touring schemes and rural arts development agencies across the UK to promote high quality arts events and experiences in local venues.
https://www.nrtf.org.uk
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell.bsky.social Newcastle/Edinburgh
Once ate four festive bakes in under 3 minutes
Music/Politics/NUFC
Adam Nathaniel Furman @anfurman.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of the artist & designer. New book Chromatic Architecture available to buy now https://www.ribabooks.com/Chromatic-Architecture-The-Craft-of-Colour-in-Design_9781915722782
Jo Crowley @crowleyjo.bsky.social indie theatre producer
Gregory Nash @gregory-nash.bsky.social Creative consultant, critical friend: gregory-nash.com
UK Music @ukmusic.bsky.social UK Music is the collective voice of the UK’s world-leading music industry. We represent all sectors of our industry – bringing them together to collaborate, campaign, and champion music.
Find out more about what we do here: https://www.ukmusic.org/
Independent Venue Week UK @ivwuk.bsky.social #IVW25
Celebrating the spirit of independence & the culture of live music 💛. Founder & CEO @sybilivw.bsky.social
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster.
Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com
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Always #lufc
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Anton Spisak @antonspisak.bsky.social Senior research fellow, Centre for European Reform. Likes good coffee, long runs, and the Paris Review.
Nathan Law @nathanlawkc.bsky.social Youngest lawmaker of HongKong. Activist. Exiled in London. Author of Freedom.
#TIME100
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Olly Wainwright @ollywainwright.bsky.social Architecture and design critic of the @theguardian.com
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Sean Turner @bigseant.bsky.social What a wonderful kind of day.
Public service professional. Urban planning. Housing. Economic development. Public transit. Opinions are my own.
Sean Kelly @seanuc.bsky.social Urban Planner. Highlander in Glasgow, Scotland
Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
James Fridman @jamesfridman.com Do not submit any personal photos that you do not wish to be made public. T&C apply.
max seddon @maxseddon.bsky.social moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
@themaryswan.bsky.social @themaryswan.bsky.social Artistic Director & CEO of Proteus, natural blonde, Mother of two and general pain in the arse
www.proteustheatre.com
Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social Theatre journalist and critic. Scotland correspondent for The Stage. Words in FT, Standard, Scotsman and elsewhere. The Crush Bar on Substack: thecrushbar.substack.com
Tom Fahey IoW @eaterwriter.bsky.social Cook & Top 6 UK sommelier, slowing killing myself in the name of great hospitality on the good old Isle of Wight. Retired guidebook inspector, allegedly.
ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social journalist. gobshite. chaos merchant. tree obsessive. not necessarily in that order.
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social recessed.space is a platform for writing about art and architecture, and where the two intersect.
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social Professor of Strategic Studies, Author, Lover of Sicily. Purveyor of a “righteous-but-rational vibe”
Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.markhertling.com
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Clément Molin @clementmolin.bsky.social Étudiant à ILERI Lyon, passionné de géopolitique et de relations internationales.
Suis les guerres en cours dans le monde.
Co-directeur d'@atummundi.bsky.social
Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues.
https://linktr.ee/MusicVenueTrust
Alex Kealy @alexkealy.bsky.social Stand-up comic + writer.
Host of Gig Pigs podcast with Ivo Graham.
Linktree (insta, site, tix, podcast, mailing list): http://linktr.ee/alexkealy
Theatres Trust @theatrestrust.bsky.social 🎭 We champion the future of live performance in the UK, by protecting and supporting excellent theatre buildings which meet the needs of their communities. https://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/- D Dominic Minghella @dminghella.bsky.social Screenwriter / Producer / Showrunner / Writer, Creator of TV series eg ITV's Doc Martin / Political, Charity & Business Strategy & Comms /
www.minghella.com/about
Tammy Bedford @tammybedford.bsky.social Arts Producer - WOMAD World of Art, Culture on Scilly. Creative Kernow trustee
www.tammybedford.co.uk
Alan Lane @slunglowalan.bsky.social Dad to Davidbaby and Bolt the Dog, Creative Director Edinburgh Tattoo, Co-chair Slung Low, Slave to the Rhythm.
ClareRed @clarered.bsky.social CEO of Watershed, a home for culture, technology and society. Also Chair of Wise Children. 🏳️🌈 Queer, nature loving, values driven. Will block hate
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Tom Bird @tomwbird.bsky.social CEO @SheffieldTheatres. Theatre producer, theatre manager, traveller, reader, football & cricket obsessive, northeasterner in Yorkshire.
Sarah Brigham @sarahbrigham.bsky.social Originally from Hull, now residing in Derby. Artistic Director/CEO Derby Theatre. Not the views of anyone I work for. Lives with ACC. She/her
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
Sally Perry @sallyperry.bsky.social 
Anthony Collins @teecee70.bsky.social Coventry, Hackney, Ireland and now Isle of Wight. 30 years in telly. Into stuff and Coventry City.
OnTheWight @onthewight.com Trusted Isle of Wight News without distraction
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world 🌎
Join us 06 - 30 Aug 2027.
#edfringe
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Bectu @bectu.bsky.social Official Bectu Union account: linktr.ee/bectu
We're dedicated to supporting staff & freelancers across the creative industries. A sector of Prospect Union.
Independent Theatre Council @itc-arts.bsky.social ITC is the management association representing the UK independent arts sector.
We represent and advocate for best working practices, supporting our members as they lead the industry.
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/itcarts
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social 
Matthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social CEO @archhfund.bsky.social | communities, built environment & social infrastructure | interested in all kinds of places | music and running most of the rest of the time
Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org Russian nuclear forces, nuclear arms control, disarmament, verification. Strictly personal views here.
All coordinates are at http://russianforces.org/podvig
Creative Island @creativeisland.bsky.social The Isle of Wight's Cultural Development Agency. Delivering IW Creative Network, IW Cultural Education Partnership & supporting the Isle of Wight's Cultural Strategy 'All The Wonder' 2023-2033.
Supported by Arts Council England and The IOW Council. 
Julie Jones-Evans @julieje.bsky.social Person. Placemaker. Islander. 
John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Nige George @artecology.bsky.social Live & work in a World Biosphere Reserve. Design 4 health, both wildlife and public.
Director at Arc Biodiversity & Climate.
R&D lead Artecology.
Sandown Bay. Isle of Wight.
www.artecology.space
Also, Director of the National Poo Museum www.poomuseum.org
Adam Gent @adam57.bsky.social 
Phil Gibby @philgibby.bsky.social Area Director, South West at Arts Council England, vinyl nerd, Welsh exile and south Bristol resident. Hello.
The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk Helping communities across the UK to reuse and regenerate historic buildings, with grants, loans and advice.
https://linktr.ee/ArchHFund