Piccadilly Records @piccadillyrecs.bsky.social www.piccadillyrecords.com
Award winning independent record shop in the heart of Manchester, stocking an eclectic mix of music indie / psych / funk / house / jazz / reggae / ambient / balearic / disco...
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
BowieBookClub @bowieboookclub.bsky.social A podcast of two friends reading through David Bowie's list of 100 most influential books & making wild speculation as they go.
BowieBookClub.com
Peter Ormerod @bowiegod.bsky.social Author of David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, out on January 15 2026 and published by Bloomsbury. Also entertainments editor for NationalWorld. Also a bit too keen on porridge, toast, Swindon, Noel Edmonds etc
Keith Cameron @keithcameron2.bsky.social Contributing Editor, MOJO magazine.
168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers out now. keithcameron.co.uk
new modern books @newmodernbooks.bsky.social passions, pastimes and popular culture
www.newmodernbooks.co.uk
Steve Hanley @stephenhanley6.bsky.social Husband of Máire. Bass guitarist in House of all. Oh! Brother podcast. Big Midweek book. Made - making some great albums.
Ryan Gilbey @ryangilbey.bsky.social I write about film mostly.
'It Used to Be Witches: Under the Spell of Queer Cinema' June 5th 2025 (Faber).
Jean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social Daily quotes from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, Good Morning, Midnight etc. "If I could choose, I would rather be happy than write." Dead since 1979.
Paul Betts @clownbrows.bsky.social Wonky pop music. Laughably bad football. A mountain of truths.
Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social Average enthusiast. Scribe for hire. Author of Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, Ten Thousand Apologies, Base Notes and all the rest …
https://www.adellestripe.co.uk/
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
Audrey Golden @audreyjgolden.bsky.social Author.
🔸I Thought I Heard You Speak: Women at Factory Records
🔸Shouting Out Loud: Lives of The Raincoats
🖋QUEERCORE 33⅓ Genre Series
John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
Reid Nelson @reidnelson.bsky.social Data Science @ Work
Cocktails @ Home
Instagram/TikTok: @reidbetweenthelimes
Desperate Journalist @despjournalist.bsky.social New album Gilding the Lily out 20th November. Lead single Terrible Years out now
John Power Jr. @johnpower.bsky.social Void Wizard
Large Stone Enjoyer
Wyrd Science Editor
Freelance Writer
God’s Own Idiot
https://linktr.ee/wyrdscience
Max Leonard @maxleonard.bsky.social Writer. Mountain Style (Isola 2024), A Cold Spell (Bloomsbury 2023). Previous inc. Higher Calling, Bunker Research, Lanterne Rouge etc. I also run Isola Press.
https://linktr.ee/m_xl
Jim @hanner.org.uk In the summer I run Heatwave Spa. The rest of the time I mess around with music.
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social Filmmaker/writer. The Story of Film/Dear Orson Welles/A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things/Women Make Film/I am Belfast/My Name is Alfred Hitchcock/The Story of Looking/Atomic/Stockholm My Love/Life May Be/
Best info about me: https://markcousins.cargo.site/
Joe Barton @joebarton.bsky.social Professional writer, amateur speller. Spurs fan. #Amadeus #BlackDoves #TheLazarusProject #GiriHaji #HalfBadTheBastardSonAndTheDevilHimself #TheRitual
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/patricia-lockwood
Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social Centre-right bloke off comedy & politics shows like Live at the Apollo, Mash Report & Question Time.
Roberto Neri @robertoneri.bsky.social CEO - @ivorsacademy, Director- @uk_music, Trustee - @music4mymind
Carl Shuker @rcshuker.bsky.social Author of The Royal Free. Also: A Mistake, Anti Lebanon, Three Novellas for a Novel, The Lazy Boys, and The Method Actors.
Official Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure.
Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
Buy the Profanisaurus or Subscribe here: https://lnk.bio/vizcomicofficial
Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Zoë Schiffer @zoeschiffer.bsky.social Director of Business & Industry at WIRED. Author of Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk’s Twitter. Signal zoeschiffer.87
maura johnston @maura.bsky.social boston-based writer and journalism instructor at @bostoncollege.bsky.social who has probably been online longer than you. sign up for maura.ghost.io today.
Louder Than Words Festival @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social The UK’s biggest #MusicLitFest. Books, Music, In Conversations, Panel Discussions, Performances, Socialising & more!
14-16 November, 2025. Manchester.
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social Writer/film critic at tyburrswatchlist.com. Ex-Boston Globe, WaPo, EW. Pulitzer Finalist, 2017. Books at https://tinyurl.com/ytpycuh3. “He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news” — Brecht. KanMu.74
Paul Heaton @paulheatonsolo.bsky.social 'I Don't Do Video Messages But I Do Wave At People'
Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social Writer, director.
NYC / London
BC Camplight @bccamplight.bsky.social Song Behemoth.
https://linktr.ee/bccamplightgigs
Alison Moyet @alisonmoyet.bsky.social 
Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid Since 1984. "Dreamworld" concert film out now on Blu-ray & 2CD. “Volume” & “Annually“ books available now. “It’s a sin” dance show dates announced.
https://linktr.ee/petshopboys
Max Tundra @maxtundra.com https://linktr.ee/maxtundra innit
william basinski @musex1.bsky.social artist, musician, composer, spaceman
Max Richter @maxrichtermusic.bsky.social European composer and activist. Co-director of Studio Richter Mahr with Yulia Mahr
Posts by Max & SRM team
https://linktr.ee/MaxRichter
Erol Alkan @erolalkan.bsky.social Producer / DJ / @phantasysound.bsky.social
Bookings: Martje Kramers / Decked Out & Scott Schreiber / UTA
www.linktr.ee/erolalkan
Kristin Hersh @kristinhersh.bsky.social musician, author
Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave
Guy Osborn @guyosborn.bsky.social Co-Artistic Director at The Soho Poly, www.sohopoly.co.uk
Academic at the University of Westminster, https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/osborn-guy
Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure, the only gong that matters 
Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social 36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph
Davegorman.com
Sarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social I am a screenwriter (Blinded by the Light), author (Greetings from Bury Park, They), journalist (Guardian, Times and lots of others), I teach at UCL and am working on my first stage play. Mostly though I am a husband and father of two young children.
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm @mogster.bsky.social Playwright,Screenwriter & Mum.
Stage: Emilia. The Wasp. Mum. Typical Girls. Cake. Terrifying Women. Telly: Obsession. Film: The Wasp. Coming in Sept '25 - Dracula at The Lyric Hammersmith. (She/Her)
Oliver Basciano @olibasciano.bsky.social Writing, reporting, criticising. Mostly in south of the world.
OUTCAST: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is out now. You can buy it here: https://linktr.ee/oliverbasciano
garycrowleyonair @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social Broadcaster
Paraic O’Donnell @paraicodonnell.bsky.social Writer | The Naming of the Birds (Jan. 2025) l The House on Vesper Sands | Lives in a very small way.
https://vspr.st
Ewan Morrison @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social Author of How To Survive Everything + Nina X.
New novel: FOR EMMA. March 2025.
Essays on http://ewanmorrison.substack.com
Website: ewanmorrison.com
Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Radicalized by discotheque music.
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Suede @suedehq.bsky.social #ComingUp30 out 25 September. Suede & Manic Street Preachers UK co-headline tour tickets on sale now.
https://linktr.ee/SuedeHQ
Rodge Glass @rodgeglass.bsky.social Dad. Writer. Cheerleader at Strathclyde Uni. Author of 8 books inc Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography, Bring Me the Head of Ryan Giggs & Joshua in the Sky (Taproot 2024). Big fan of praise. (Giving & receiving) www.rodgeglassauthor.com https://linktr.e
Lucy Nichol @lucynichol.bsky.social Writer. Flunked punk. Serial catastrophiser. 📚 WHEN SALLY KILLED HARRY (03/25 HarperCollins) PARKLIFE, THE 27 CLUB, NO WORRIES IF NOT! (HarperCollins) SNOWFLAKE (Hachette). Rep: Jo Bell, Bell Lomax Moreton
Newcastle via Hull
https://linktr.ee/LucyNichol
Resident Music @resident-music.com Your local indie, wherever you live.
New releases/reissues/recommendations/Dinked Editions.
Vinyl, CDs, Events, Books, Merch, News, Tunes, Good Times.
www.resident-music.com
📍 Brighton, UK
🗺️ 27-28 Kensington Gardens, Brighton BN1 4AL
Charlotte Greig @chgreig.bsky.social Freelance Editor, Literary Consultant, Reader. www.charlottegreig.co.uk
Deb Grant @djdebgrant.bsky.social Dubliner, BBC6Music host 
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
Bill Thompson @billt.bsky.social Hack and pundit. BBC Research & Development. Formerly Digital Planet.
Echo & The Bunnymen @bunnymen.com Official account Echo & The Bunnymen.
✇ 🎤 Order the new album https://Bunnymen.lnk.to/ApplesForIsaacFA
🎤 @ianmcculloch.info
🎸 @willsergeant.com
🛒 https://officialbunnymenmerchandise.com/
✉️ info@bunnymen.com
Catriona Ward @catrionaward.bsky.social USA Today bestselling author of LOOKING GLASS SOUND 🪞💀🪞, THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, SUNDIAL & more Rep @jennysavill1 & @RStrausAgency Film/TV @mldean_& @unitedtalent
Ever Dundas @everdundas.bsky.social Writer: Goblin | HellSans
Inklusion Guide co-founder
A tiny bit obsessed with James Dean
#Autistic #QueerCrip
#TransAlly
(banner photo: The Abomination 🖤 from Lynch's Dune)
https://linktr.ee/EverDundas
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Find our WIRED journalists here: https://go.bsky.app/Boj9b5E
Book Off! @ohdobookoff.bsky.social A lighthearted book podcast hosted by Joe Haddow, where two authors discuss their work and get three minutes to pitch a book they absolutely love and think everyone should read!
Five Year Plan Podcast 🏆🏆🏆 @fiveyearplan.bsky.social The original Crystal Palace FC podcast 🎙
Get extra episodes at patreon.com/fyppodcast
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social Writer (Julia, The Heavens, The Men, How Not to Write a Novel, etc.)
she/they 
Elizabeth Alker @elizabethalker.bsky.social 
Hayley Campbell @hayleycampbell.bsky.social Writer: GQ, WIRED, Guardian, etc. Contributing editor, Empire. Must Watch on BBC 5 Live. Read my book, All the Living and the Dead. hayleycampbell.com
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Jo Unwin @jojojojojo.bsky.social 
John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social Official account of John Robb musician and writer. Upcoming memoirs and tour https://louderthanwar.com/john-robb-memoirs-and-spoken-word-tour-may-2026/
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
https://www.patreon.com/dril
https://www.instagram.com/dril
https://linktr.ee/drilreal
Warren Ellis @warrenellis.bsky.social Musician with peculiar sense of pitch timing and rhythm writer of film music. Plays in Dirty Three and the Bad Seeds. Wrote Nina Simone’s Gum and founded Ellis Park in Sumatra. Two kids two cats and two salamanders 
Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harper’s etc. Abolish ICE, demolish the arch.
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
GRAMMYS Lifetime Achievement Award
Questions or complaints,,, harass my management:
FlavorFlavMgmt@gmail.com
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌
→ stereogum.com
Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
Hold Steady Lyrics @holdsteadylyrics.bsky.social We Gotta Stay Positive 
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca
and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Monocle, host of Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk and The Daily. Author of four scandalously under-rated books.
Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social I write novels (eg The Power, new novel is The Future), I make games (eg Zombies, Run!), unorthodox Jew. not-getting-into-pointless-arguments-on-the-internet is an act of revolution. However complex you think things are, they're more complex than that
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
M. John Henry / Martin John Henry @mjohnhenry.bsky.social Martin from M. John Henry, Whin, Jewel Scheme, RTFCL PRSN. Ex-De Rosa. Songwiter, singer, guitarist. He/him
New album 'Early Songs, Of Late' out now!
https://linktr.ee/mjohnhenry
Booking: mjohnhenry@outlook.com
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies @theanchoress.bsky.social Songwriter/Producer 3x@musicproducersguild nominated. Management: sean{at}drownedinsound.org
Booking: lux@spideringtouring.com
Press: polly@completecontrolpr.co.uk
David Bowie @davidbowiereal.bsky.social “Blue skies above, sun on your arms, strength in your stride, And hope in those squeaky clean eyes.”
The OFFICIAL David Bowie Bluesky account with general announcements and promotions.
Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/BowieOfficial
Mogwai @mogwai.scot Mogwai Young Team.
New Album The Bad Fire - Out Now
https://mogwai.scot/
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
Reeves Gabrels @reevesgabrels.bsky.social Musician. 🎸 The Cure, David Bowie, solo. Genre-free improv with Gabrels, Kane, Parker Wells trio 2024-2026. Susan Gabrels assists with this skyline. 🦋 @thecure.com
The Cure @thecure.com THE CURE FORMED IN CRAWLEY, SUSSEX, ENGLAND. PLAYED ITS FIRST SHOW IN 1978.
Official account for The Cure / @robert.thecure.com
Clint Mansell @iamclintmansell.bsky.social Love Now More Than Ever