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Alastair Reid @ajreid.bsky.social Senior journalist, BBC News digital formats team, aka finding new ways to do the news. Prevs: Big Issue, PA Media, First Draft, Journalism.co.uk, AJ English. 
@mpolachowska @mpolachowska.bsky.social Former Senior Producer BBC Newsnight, May 1989-2024. Freelance journalist, filmmaker. Foreign affairs, policy, history, investigations, environment.
Roman A. @romanad.bsky.social Investigate disinformation, extremism and other fun things.
Former EU DisinfoLab and ISD Global Analyst. Repost≠endorsement. Opinions are strictly my own.
Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social Executive Director, Institute for Government. Ex-Cabinet Office, Defra, Dept of Health. Interested in all things good government- F Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social Environment editor at the Guardian newspaper, full-time environment writer since 2004
Serena Tarling @serenatarling.bsky.social Journo. Mum of two. Series producer on BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent podcast. Ex FT
Zoe Conway @bbczoeconway.bsky.social BBC Employment Correspondent
Zoe.conway@bbc.co.uk
Rianna Croxford @riannacroxford.bsky.social Investigations Correspondent, BBC News
Docs for BBC Panorama and podcast host
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Yogita Limaye @yogital.bsky.social South Asia and Afghanistan Correspondent, BBC News; occasionally in other parts of the world
Caitriona Perry @caitrionaperry.bsky.social Irish journalist in US. Chief Anchor BBC News. Writer. Podcaster. Author. Former foreign corr & senior anchor RTE News (Ireland). Ex Dublin, now Washington DC.
Georgina Rannard @georginarannard.bsky.social BBC climate and science correspondent. I wrote a PhD now I write news. Covering space, earth and our oceans. Got a story? Email Georgina.rannard@bbc.co.uk
Daniel De Simone @ddesimone.bsky.social Investigations Correspondent at BBC News
Rob Spence @spencro.bsky.social Former Eng Lit academic. Ford Madox Ford, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Fitzgerald, Robert Nye, but mainly Anthony Burgess, a fellow Mancunian.
robspence.org.uk shinynewbooks.co.uk
victorcrabbe on Insta
Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/rob611
Martin Nicholls @martinnicholls.bsky.social Creative director, The New World. Centrist - possibly. Dad - definitely.
Martin Emmerson @martycricket.bsky.social Journalist of 30+ years.
Cricket commentator for BBC Sport covering Durham CCC. Presenter/reporter on BBC Radio Newcastle for 28 years. Sunderland. Cycling. Cricket. North East England. Roker Riviera.
Ian Murray @ianmurraymp.bsky.social MP for Edinburgh South and Minister of State at DCMS
Contact me: https://linktr.ee/ianmurraymp
Promoted by Kate Watson, Scottish General Secretary, on behalf of the Scottish Labour Party, Donald Dewar House, 139 Norfolk Street, Glasgow, G5 9EA.
Jonathan Head @pakhead.bsky.social BBC South East Asia Correspondent in Bangkok
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Nick Beake BBC @nickbeake.bsky.social 
Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social Former BBC foreign correspondent reporting from
Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, N-Ireland, Pakistan, India, South Africa.
Book: http://hughsykes.substack.com
Biog: https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pnq3d
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social Professor of economics at UWE Bristol. Chair of Post-Keynesian Economics Society. Progressive Economy Forum council member. Interested in macro, finance, banking, climate change, inequality, demographics.
https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/JoMichell
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com He of the eponymous law. FRSA. Good at writing and sums. Degrowther, and not a fan of capitalism. Your pal. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines. Made by socialism and immigration, which seems to annoy people. Come for the headlines, stay for the Gramsci.
Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org Editor and director, Carbon Brief
https://bsky.app/profile/carbonbrief.org
Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz
Media Reform Coalition @mediareformuk.bsky.social Campaign for a more independent, accountable & democratic media, where diversity, ethical journalism & public good come before the private gain of a few media moguls.
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Jack Mendel @mendeljack.bsky.social Jew, Cricket, Coeliac
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social Prof of Middle East Politics at NYU Abu Dhabi. Tunisia, Turkey, Gulf. PhD St Antony's College, Oxford. Rhodes, Fulbright, Harvard WCFIA.
Religion & democracy. Tango & bizarre travel enthusiast. Perpetually craving Istanbul. Words in NYT, WaPo, TIME & more
Kresy Siberia @kresysiberia.bsky.social Research, Remembrance & Recognition of Poland’s citizens’ struggles in the Eastern Borderlands and in Exile during World War II
www.Kresy-Siberia.org
www.youtube.com/@KresySiberiaFoundation
https://twitter.com/KresySiberia
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing).
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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social Writer, researcher, editor, failed model. N17. Penda's Fen: Scene By Scene out now: https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/pendas-fen-scene-by-scene
Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com Senior Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. Previously insurance, finance, stocks, pensions, you get the idea. This is my real account: I never promote crypto or any other investment
Stories: https://www.ft.com/ian-smith
Contact: ian.smith@ft.com
Ben Fuller @politicsastar.bsky.social News & debate especially for A-level politics students. I'm Head of Politics at the leading, academic, co-ed boarding school in the north of England. Insta & Twitter too
Department of Journalism, City St George's University of London @journalismatcity.bsky.social Ranked 1st in the UK for Journalism
(Guardian University Guide, 2023)
Ranked 1st in the UK for Communication and Media Studies
(The Complete University Guide 2023)
Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social Arkie. Anti-Dirtbagist. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Columnist & Contrib. Editor, @LiberalCurrents.com
Words: @thebulwark.com, @ms.now, @foreignpolicy.com, @theunpopulist.net
Writing a book (Broadleaf)
Go Knicks
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Adam Leventhal @adamleventhal.bsky.social Senior Writer & Broadcaster • Doc maker • Pod presenter • @theathleticFC
FWA / SJA / AIPS audio & written awards winner
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social Senior reporter at Euronews covering EU politics. Lover of cinema, sushi and synonyms. Brussels resident since 2018. All views my own! 🦄
Jonathan Josephs @jonathanjosephs.bsky.social BBC business journalist, covering global stuff
Janis Kluge @jakluge.de Russia & Economics
All views private
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin)
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Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com Executive editor, The Bulwark (thebulwark.com) /// Cofounder of The New Atlantis (thenewatlantis.com) and American Purpose (americanpurpose.com).
Karen Buck @queensparkkaren.bsky.social Chair, Generation Rent. Play England. Paddington, South Kilburn and OPDC. Former MP for Westminster North. Labour. Housing, Sondheim, Springsteen and other passions. Views entirely personal..
Sara Mohr-Pietsch @saramohrpietsch.bsky.social music broadcaster / writer / curator
Host of BBC Radio 3’s Night Tracks and Music Map
Dr Ann Kennedy Smith @akennedysmith.bsky.social Writing about books and 19th-20thc women's history in 'Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society' on Substack: https://akennedysmith.substack.com
Essays & reviews also in TLS, Slightly Foxed, ODNB & History Today etc
The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) @vlvuk.bsky.social Charity making sure ALL citizens benefit from quality TV & radio content/Impartial news/Programmes set in the UK/Kids TV that reflects our society/ Join us
Alan Davey @armslengthal.bsky.social PhD researcher in Old Icelandic at Birkbeck College, University of London. Chair at Trinity Laban Conservatoire; Chair, Hall for Cornwall. Formerly Controller, BBC Radio 3, CEO Arts Council England, Director of Culture at DCMS. Great Art For Everyone.
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Glyn Tansley @glyntansley.bsky.social I’m the Editor of BBC Radio 4’s Any Question?, Any Answers, Last Word and Saturday Live
Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the UK.
Maxwell Modell @maxwellmodell.bsky.social Research Associate at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture studying impartiality in UK political news.
Other research interests include all things podcasts, political interviews and broadcast talk
He/Him
Nomia Iqbal @nomiaiqbal.bsky.social BBC North America Correspondent
Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social Bagehot columnist and political editor for the Economist. Columnist of the year at the 2026 Press Awards
John Shea @johnshea63.bsky.social Pianist, BBC Radio 3 presenter, BBC World Service newsreader. Cambridge University & Royal Academy of Music graduate. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social Journalist, author, thinktanker, baker, swimmer, politician. Lifelong Kremlin-basher.
Timothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social Historian, author, commentator. Author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe, The File etc. See www.timothygartonash.com
Sameer Hashmi @sameerhashmi.bsky.social Broadcast & Digital Journalist I Covering the Gulf for the BBC I Conference Moderator I Love Travelling & Tea I Avid follower of 🏏 & ⚽️
Robin Lustig @robinlustig.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, commentator. Former BBC presenter, author of 'And The Cello Came Too'. Also at robinlustig.substack.com.
Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social Worked over 2 decades with Human Rights Watch & International Crisis Group. Subscribe to my free newsletter, "International Affairs for Normal People": https://www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
HIGNFY @hignfy.bsky.social This account is run by Hat Trick, who make HIGNFY. The BBC have asked us to point out it's nothing to do with them; the feed that is, not the TV show.
Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
Tom Bateman @tombatemandc.bsky.social BBC State Department Correspondent. Former Middle East. Host of BBC series #TheMandates. http://bit.ly/3RMvwTS . Email tom.b.dc@proton.me
Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social Political activists across the Israeli-Palestinian divide. Co-Head, Alliance for Two States, Middle East Director, International Communities Organisation
Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social White House reporter at the Washington Post. Focused on politics, policy and public health. Democracy dies in darkness.
Find me on Signal: username dan_diamond.01
Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social Editor-at-large, World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle.
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
@wpr.bsky.social
Anders Schröder @andersschroder.bsky.social Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Ex MP for the Swedish Green Party. Politics, philosophy, history, etc.
Stephen Sackur @stephensackur.bsky.social Better at questions than answers. Still Hardtalking, but soon to graze in new pastures
Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
Alex Bolton @alexbolton1.bsky.social BBC journalist, Londoner and Dad of two. Politics, Global affairs on duty. Sport, Music, Art, Landscape and Lore when not.
Brekkie @brekkiebb.bsky.social The relocation of Brekkietweets. All typos are my own.
#TheTraitors #CelebTraitors #TraitorsIRL #Strictly #CelebRaceAcrossTheWorld
Sean Coughlan @seanjcoughlan.bsky.social BBC royal correspondent. My writing was included in the New York Times list of 'Best Sentences of 2025' and a story was in the global top 20 of 'Most engaging stories of 2025'. After all these years, can I write some books now?
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Pieter Haeck @pieterhaeck.bsky.social Senior technology reporter @POLITICO.eu
Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social SCOTUS reporter @ Courthouse News
Come for the legal news, stay for the Taylor Swift commentary and cat photos
Signal: @kreichmann.13
John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk Commentator, writer, corporate/political strategy. Undertaking an MSc in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck.
The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
Newsletter at: www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
Nick Jowett @jowettnick.bsky.social Retired Vicar in Sheffield. Writes novels (2nd just completed), stories, hymns, also material for Church Action on Poverty. Loves Haydn.
Stephen Cushion @stephencushion.bsky.social Professor of journalism & political communication at Cardiff University & night time 🚖 for my kids
Jan Marian @janmarian.bsky.social Permanent Representative of 🇨🇿 to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna | @CZMissionVienna | Private account, usual caveats apply.
Charlotte Smith @charsmiffy.bsky.social Climate comms and all things German/ ex BBC/CNN/DWTV Journo. Currently clean on OPSEC
Daniel Keohane @keohanedan.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer in International Relations at Dublin City University (DCU) - mostly focused on European security, national strategic cultures in Europe (i.e. France, Germany, UK), European military cooperation, EU, NATO, US strategy
James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social Professor of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int Media and comms advisor @ the 46-nation Council of Europe
@coe.int + #ECHR = "The most effective human rights protection mechanism in world history" (Shami Chakrabarti)
🔎 https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cutting-coe/
⚠️ CoE/ECHR ≠ EU
Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian / Die Zeit
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-blau-68726244
Paula Erizanu @paulaerizanu.bsky.social Journalist & writer from Moldova. Often in Romania. Lived in the UK for 12 years.
Words: The Guardian, FT, BBC, London Review of Books etc.
Oana Lungescu @oanalungescu.bsky.social Longest-serving & 1st woman #NATO Spokesperson (2010-2023), Distinguished Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, ex #BBC correspondent
Dr Bethany Usher @bethanyusher.bsky.social Journo, academic, author. Journalism & Crime/ Journalism & Celebrity cover earliest historic origins to present and links to politics. Also focus on networked constructed reality and misinformation. Recent for The Times, Byline Times, Press Gazette
Paul Kenyon @paulkenyontv.bsky.social BAFTA winning journalist. Author of Dictatorland and Children of the Night. Films for BBC, C4, PBS America. London, Bucharest, Kyiv. Either writing or on a frontline.
Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social Former U.S. Ambassador, retired career Foreign Service officer, still writing that long-delayed biography of Tudor humanist Mildred Cooke Cecil. Not as diplomatic as I once was.
Jamie Klingler @jamieklingler.bsky.social Co founder Reclaim These Streets, campaign for women’s safety and police reform in UK. Writer, speaker, activist, puppies Biggie & Smalls, run PSU Alum in UK and Philly born, Eagles/Phillies
https://linktr.ee/jamieklingler
Roh Yakobi @rohyakobi.bsky.social Podcaster: Afghanistan with Roh Yakobi | Consultant | Advocate | 2024 Parliamentary Candidate - named among Labour’s 10 brightest new candidates by the New Statesman.
Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social Senior Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations. #Drone politics PhD @ox.ac.uk. Teaches at @SciencesPo.bsky.social. Writes about all things #Germany #Defence #miltech. Podcast host at @SicherheitsPod.de & LeCollimateur
Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/