AVDB @avfchistory.bsky.social
It's on record. AVDB.
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The Script's The Thing2 - Dorset Festival of Scriptwriting @scriptsthething.bsky.social It's coming Saturday 3rd May 2025!
Download the full programme here: https://www.dorchesterarts.org.uk/the-scripts-the-thing/
We're all about writers! Come for a celebration of THEATRE, TV, FILM, AUDIO, IMMERSIVE and all PERFORMANCE writing.
Aston Villa @avfc-official.bsky.social We’re now on (Claret and) Bluesky 🟣
Aston Villa Statto @avfcstatto.bsky.social I post stats related to Aston Villa Football Club.
130k+ Socials 📈
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stephen hodge @stephenhodge.bsky.social variously artist | researcher | curator
emeritus [early jumper] professor in live art + spatial practices [exeter, uk]
https://stephenhodge.art/
Ellen @ellenbooth.bsky.social Freelance Arts & Festival Producer (she/her). Opinions are my own. Currently working with MAYK, Candoco Dance Company and artist Liz Crow of Roaring Girl Productions
Rachael Clerke / Art Business Ltd @rachaelclerke.bsky.social The artist formerly known as sole trader Rachael Clerke, CEO, Art Business Ltd.
rachaelclerke.com / artbusiness.ltd / modernqueers.com
Bristol UK
Phil Gibby @philgibby.bsky.social Area Director, South West at Arts Council England, vinyl nerd, Welsh exile and south Bristol resident. Hello.
Adam Gent @adam57.bsky.social 
Georgina Densley @vintagegeorgie.bsky.social Executive Director - Super Culture. Mother, imagination advocate & North Somerset creative connector - interested in childhood creativity, creative aging, care-fuelled leadership.
Play / Love / Stories. 
Mark Wallace @markwallace.uk Director of Beaford Arts in rural North Devon. Area Councillor, ACE SW. Vice-Chair, North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. We make a little history, baby.
Carly Heath @carlybag.bsky.social Night Time Economy Advisor, Bristol UK. Music, arts, culture geek. Progressive Policy. #HarmReduction #NTE
Cllr Sam Charleston @samcharleston.bsky.social Salisbury Lib Dem Wiltshire and Salisbury City Councillor for St Paul's ward | Trustee of Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol | All views my own
Marti Burgess @martiburgess.bsky.social Migrated from that place. Lawyer, business owner, pan-Africanist, lover of Bristol, European of Caribbean heritage. 
Pretty Digital @prettydigital.bsky.social Creating fun stuff - check out wonzie.world
Arnolfini Arts @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social Exhibitions:
Dana Awartani | Sahara Longe
Let's Make Art 'Enjoy Yourself'
Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-6pm
🆓 donations welcome
Full programme ⤵️
🎶🎭🎬 Full programme ⤵️
linktr.ee/arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom BS1 4QA
Michael Spender @michaelspender.bsky.social Art writer, curator and dealer,
Spender Fine Art | British Watercolours Prints Paintings spenderfineart.co.uk
The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career.
#Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Ian Abrahams @ianabrahams.bsky.social Hawkwind, Waterboys biographer. 'On Track... Hall & Oates'. Co-author of 'Festivalized'. Spacerocker. Doctor Who fan. Charity Finance Manager. Recorder of dot balls.
Jim Robbins @jimrobbins.bsky.social dad, husband, Leader of Swindon Borough Council, Labour & Co-op Party, Ipswich Town, love Libraries, proud European. 🇪🇺
Dr Penny Hay @penahay.bsky.social Artist, Researcher, Professor of Imagination Bath Spa University, National Teaching Fellow, Cofounder Forest of Imagination, FRSA, FCCT 💚🦋
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/penny-hay/
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Katherine Jewkes @katherinejewkes.bsky.social Freelance Consultant & Creative Director specialising in technology and immersive experiences.
katherinejewkes.com
Ian Nicholson FRSA @idgnicholson.bsky.social Director and Writer. Recognised in #TheStage100 2021. Dad. Reviewer for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Paints miniatures.
https://bio.site/iandgnicholson
Watershed @wshed.bsky.social Cultural cinema, talent development and creative technology in Bristol.
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Mags Patten @magspatten.bsky.social Exec Director Public Policy and Communication, Arts Council England. Also part time doctoral student at Bath IPR. Mostly interested in psychology here. More of it should underpin public policy. All views my own. 
Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation
All views my own, but none of the poetry.
Toby Litt @tobylitt.bsky.social Writer. Mentor. Activist.
I teach Creative Writing at Southampton University.
https://awritersdiary.substack.com/
Nikesh Shukla @nikeshshukla.bsky.social Author. Wrote a Spider-Man comic. He wears a mask just to cover the raw flesh. A rather ugly brother with flows that’s gorgeous.
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
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thangamdebbonaire
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social Swindon based independent bookshop, visit us online or in person! bertsbooks.co.uk - or 54 Godwin Court, Swindon, SN1 4BB
Email us on bert@bertsbooks.co.uk 
Simon Opher @simonforstroud.bsky.social Labour’s MP for Stroud and GP.
For help and support for constituents email me at simon.opher.mp@parliament.uk
Abusive/irrelevant comments may be hidden and those who post them blocked.
www.simonopher.org
linktr.ee/simonforstroud
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
Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social Writer, festival director, interviewer. Projects: Future City Film Festival, John Boorman, John Berger, William Gray Walter, revisiting J B Priestley, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel book. Writing/ interviewing/ editing: https://festivalofideas.substack.com
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
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
The Bookshop Bridport @thebookshop.bsky.social We are an indie bookshop selling new books for all ages, games, puzzles and stationary. Situated in the heart of Bridport, near to the jurassic coast. 
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
Dan Baker @danbaker83.bsky.social Creative type. Did theatre for a while, now do Higher Education. LUFC fan. Video game aficionado.
The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
📝 Over £20K prize pot
📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre
The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize.
bridportprize.org.uk
Jonathan Harper @jojoharper.bsky.social Chief Executive, Paraorchestra.
Luke John Emmett @lukejohnemmett.co.uk 40, Bath, UK
🎭 Theatre & Event Freelancer
Technical Manager
📹 Live Stream Producer
📷 Amateur Photographer
🎶 Arts / Culture Activist
Connect & find out more:
https://taplink.cc/lukejohnemmett
#Theatre #TheatreSky #VisitBath #BathUK
Amanda Fawcett @amandaforceit.bsky.social ✨Freelance Producer and Engagement Lead✨
Company Producer at Firebird Theatre ✨ Membership and Engagement Lead at LDE ✨she/her✨Views own, obv✨
Kathryn Chiswell Jones @katcj.bsky.social Irish in Bristol.
CEO @artspaceuk
Mandy Precious @aprecious.bsky.social Cultural sector, mostly theatre: evaluation, research, fundraising, strategy. Freelance. Dr. Swimmer. Sometime frisbee thrower. Pragmatist. Cornwall.
Have Substack- might even write another post some day: https://substack.com/@mandyprecious
Julie Jones-Evans @julieje.bsky.social Person. Placemaker. Islander. 
Tim X Atack @timatack.bsky.social writer | composer | stuff | Bristol UK | campsite.bio/txa
FATHER ALBERTO AND THE FLYING GIRL Chatto & Windus June 26 / FOREST 404 on BBC Sounds / Bruntwood Prize Winner / Stories about love, ghosts, belonging and not, getting things wrong, and hope
Rosa Corbishley @rosacorb.bsky.social Executive Director at www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk messages my own 
Kate Pullinger @katepullinger.bsky.social Writer of fiction - books and digital. Inanimate Alice, Breathe, Forest Green. Academic - Bath Spa University. Books. Food. Sleep. Canadian living in UK. www.katepullinger.com and https://buttondown.email/katepullinger
Anna Starkey @imaginaryastronaut.xyz orbiting art and science | tall ish | they/them 🏳️🌈
imaginaryastronaut.xyz
@nonahunter.bsky.social @nonahunter.bsky.social 
Jeremy Mitchell FRSA @mitchjer03.bsky.social Escaped banker, missing Twitter, Chair of The Edward Thomas Fellowship (https://edward-thomas-fellowship.org.uk/), Chair of Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery (https://www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk/), and a bit of fundraising on the side.
DominicJonesUK @dominicjonesuk.bsky.social Chief Executive Mary Rose & Director Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Trustee Gilbert Whites House and Garden and Pompey In the Community, School Governor, Fellow RSA, Husband and Father. All Views are my own.
Uninvited Guests @uguests.bsky.social Uninvited Guests create entertaining and provocative performances, alongside bespoke engagement and consultation activities. Bristol.
www.uninvited-guests.net
Matthew Austin @matthewaustin.bsky.social Co-Director of MAYK, an arts producing organisation based in Bristol, UK. Chair of Bristol DIY Arts Network. Also allotments and narrowboats might feature heavily here. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Phil Castang MBE @philcastang.bsky.social CEO at Music for Youth. Showcasing the brilliance of young musicians. MFY Proms|National Festival
WWW.MFY.ORG.UK
Guitarist made in Camden. Former sound engineer. Cultural manager.
Live music, vinyl, art, cooking and quantum mechanics. Writing a book 📖
@kerrieburkeavery.bsky.social @kerrieburkeavery.bsky.social 
Cathy Mager @cathymager.bsky.social Art & Heritage. Consultant curator Wellcome Trust. Founder of Spectroscope. #Bristol #Deaf, BSL, Wild swims & Muddy walks. https://spectroscope.co.uk network of #Deaf & #Disabled imagineers
Bryony Roberts @brypie.bsky.social Bristol. Feminist. Anti-racist. LGBTQ+ ally.
Here for culture, history, space, and finding some joy.
Emily Williams @emilybronwen.bsky.social Mother, Creative Consultant, Executive Producer & Coach. www.emilywilliams.co.uk
@lyndajbird.bsky.social @lyndajbird.bsky.social 
Riah King-Wall @riahkw.bsky.social Arts Council England, South West (Museums). Ex-Aotearoa, now Bristolian. Public art! Heritage! Food systems! My dog! Rowing! Exclamation marks!
Ren Renwick @renrenwick.bsky.social 
@elisehurcombe.bsky.social @elisehurcombe.bsky.social 
Nerys Watts @nerysw.bsky.social COO Wells Cathedral. Was @HeritageFundUK Trustee @Cornwall_Museum and on @BANES Heritage Advisory Board. Books, music, films, sailing. Mum to E & N. Tweets all my own.
Suzanne Rolt @suzannerolt.bsky.social 
Marlborough LitFest @marlboroughlitfest.bsky.social 25-28 September 2025. An annual festival of literary events in the historic market town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, with a community outreach programme. We look forward to welcoming you to our town each Autumn for a feast of bookish events for all ages!
Bill Bankes-Jones @billbj.bsky.social Opera & theatre director working hard to make my & others’ dreams come true, AD @teteateteopera.bsky.social founding member of @freelancersmake.bsky.social, Water Safety Officer RNLI, opera, freelancers, Cornwall, cairn terriers, hEDS, surf…
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏄🏼♂️🐾🗣️🎶🦓🥟
Josh Nawras @joshnawras.bsky.social Renovating buildings to build communities, to tell stories and make theatre.
Julie TK @julietkart.bsky.social @MuseumsAssociation Regional Rep England: South West | Front of House advocate. Views my own. #museums #arts #culture #heritage #workforce She/Her.
@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
Lorna Rees / Gobbledegook Theatre @lornarees.bsky.social #DisruptionAndJoy Artist/Director/Maker.
Earth science (rocks, clouds, coastlines) folk, history & culture.
Intersectional eco-feminist. High Priestess of Pop. Dress up a lot.
Co-Chair Outdoor Arts UK
Co-Founder Foxstrut
she/her
Gillian Taylor @gilliantaylor.bsky.social Raising the profile of arts, culture & museums through PR, marketing, #mojo📱video and more.
Delivering training for museums and arts organisations.
🎻 Violinist #baroque & paper artist
📍SW England
https://gilliantaylorpr.com
https://gilliantaylorart.com
Ed Viney @edviney.bsky.social Theatre. Writer/director Pot licker www.potlickerplay.com (touring March 2025). Festival Director The Script's The Thing - Saturday 3rd May 2025
Allegra Galvin @allegragalvin.bsky.social Cultural Sector, Strategy Consultant, Artist. I live in Totnes so of course I am also a Forest School leader
www.allegragalvin.com
Tammy Bedford @tammybedford.bsky.social Arts Producer - WOMAD World of Art, Culture on Scilly. Creative Kernow trustee
www.tammybedford.co.uk
David Lloyd @davebackwell.bsky.social Bristol-ish based actor (Maid Marian & Her Merry Men etc), TV scriptwriter (Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty), novelist ( A Most Unwelcome Connection https://amzn.eu/d/1p1MHhl) podcast host, left-leaning centrist. Loves a bit of cheese.
Philli Milne @phillimilne.bsky.social Arts Council England, South West. In Bristol, probably reading a book. Views all mine!
Anna Farthing @annafarthing.bsky.social Creative leader, inspired by culture, heritage, performance, people, and place. Trustee National Museums Liverpool and St George’s Bristol. Loves to dance.
Jack Whitewood @jackwhitewood.bsky.social Creative & Development Director at Ventnor Exchange, delivering Ventnor Fringe, Brave Island and more / / Trustee Creative Island + NCC // Personal views
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