NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
Royal Literary Fund @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social Supporting Writers Since 1790. The Royal Literary Fund (RLF) helps writers in financial need and annually delivers over £5 million in grants, education, community, and workplace programmes.
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org Evidence. Action. Hope.
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social An alliance of 500+ organisations representing over 15 million people.
Be part of what's next: togetheralliance.org.uk
Lawrence Napper @norloll.bsky.social Films, history, lefty, homo, vintage cobblers
Dom Delargy @domdelargy.bsky.social XWITTER ACCOUNT NOW CLOSED.
◾Producer @sohobitespodcast.com #KinoQuickies
◾Sound designer @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Philippa Banks @phil510.bsky.social Labour Party member, vegan and I help various dog rescues particularly Nikolina Blagojevic in Bosnia & Holbrook Animal Rescue. Happily married and not interested in crypto etc!!
Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social Emeritus Prof of Organization Studies, Royal Holloway University of London, ex-Prof Warwick & Cambridge. FAcSS, FRHistS. Now mainly Brexit analysis including Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Author Brexit Unfolded (Biteback, 2021, 2023).
Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Supporting and promoting #WomenWriters. On insta at womenwritersnetwork and Twitter (X) @womenwritersnet.
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite.
WritersMosaic @writersmosaic.bsky.social An online magazine and developmental resource reflecting the changing reality of contemporary Britain, from its past and into its future. www.writersmosaic.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
Jonathan Melville @jonmelville.bsky.social Fan of old films and telly / Author of books on Local Hero, Highlander, Tremors, Hamish Macbeth and Jim Henson / Owner of too many Blu-rays. Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/iyB
Catherine West MP @catherinewestmp.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Friern Barnet | UK's Trade Envoy to Pakistan | Mum of two
Christopher Douglas @chrishdouglas.bsky.social Writer/Actor. Ed Reardon's Week. Latest series available on BBC Sounds. Also available, my two-part adaptation of George Gissing's great novel 'The Odd Women'.
reception@davidhigham.co.uk. info@roxanevacca.co.uk
Alice Kelly @dralicekelly.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Literature & History @ University of Warwick | Commemorative Modernisms (2020) | Ed. Wharton, Fighting France (2015) | Currently working on NYC in the 1920s
Julia Powell @juliagapowell.bsky.social Mindfulness teacher. Cared for my mother who had dementia. Explored ways to help her improve wellbeing in Julia’s Dementia Blog. Communications for Sussex Mindfulness Centre. 
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
Cllr Richard Kemp CBE @cllrkemp.bsky.social Lib Dem spokesperson on Housing. Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool and Councillor for the fabulous Penny Lane ward. Married to Ald. Erica Kemp CBE with three children and five grandchildren
Nicholas Meiklejohn @nmeiklejohn.bsky.social Writer | WGGB and BBC Audio Drama Awards nominee | Most recently SCHISM on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028zy8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy. Frazzled mom. Owner of 2 🐕🦺
Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu President of the @ec.europa.eu
Mother of seven. Brussels-born. European by heart. 🇪🇺
Sarah Miller Walters @20thcenturyicons.bsky.social Writer. Sylko, film, village hall & midcentury enthusiast.
Visit my bookshelf: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Sarah-Miller-Walters/author/B00DZPX09U
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SewSylko
Sheffield & Derbyshire
MovieMamboPodcast @moviemambo.bsky.social UK film podcast. New episodes Thursdays (normally). https://boxd.it/a6oJd
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/moviemambo/id1751693709
Daisy J. Hung (she/her) @daisyhunguk.bsky.social Social justice advocate, writer, embroidery artist. Debut Nonfiction - I AM NOT A TOURIST: Conversations on Being British Chinese (out March 2025). Agent: Imogen Morrell, Greene & Heaton
daisyjhung.com
Women in Theatre Lab @womenintheatrelab.bsky.social The UK version of US and Australian models supporting female playwrights. Part of the new organisations supporting women working in the arts in the UK - womeninthearts.uk and womenintheatre.org. More information at womenintheatrelab.com
The Old Fools Podcast @oldfoolspod.bsky.social Writers Ian Martin and David Quantick are joined by a female co-host to grumble their way through another week. IT'S REALLY FUNNY. https://pod.link/1774465485
Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social Dementia Community is a Charitable Community Benefit Society, a membership cooperative that provides learning and networking opportunities for the dementia care community. For more information please visit our website: journalofdementiacare.co.uk
Pentabus Theatre @pentabustheatre.bsky.social The nation’s rural theatre company. We tour new plays to village halls, fields & theatres, telling stories with local relevance & national impact.
Amanda Jeyaretnam (she/her) @liberalisms.bsky.social Pathetic - according to Right Wing Media. Or…
Woke, Progressive, social democrat Liberal.
Fighting fake democracies.
Mentor/Ally
Singapore/UK
#NeverTrump. #ReformOut
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇪🇺 Resist!
UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social Registered Charity responsible for the offical national memorial to our UK Covid dead. Account run by bereaved volunteers.♥️
www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org
The Soho Poly @thesohopoly.bsky.social #DisruptYourEveryday
www.sohopoly.co.uk
Gill Phillips @whoseshoes.bsky.social 🍋Catalyst for change in health care ++ Creator of Whose Shoes? approach to coproduction, helping people work together to improve lives. https://padlet.com/WhoseShoes/overview
#HSJ100 Wild Card ♥️♦️♠️♣️
Host of ‘Wild Card - Whose Shoes?’ podcast @WildCardWS 🎤
Nicola Baldwin @nicobalders.bsky.social Writer and director of drama https://www.nicolabaldwin.work/ 
@crouchendtiger7.bsky.social @crouchendtiger7.bsky.social 
Dementia Research Team - Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL @qmuldementia.bsky.social Dementia Research Team at the Centre for Preventive Neurology QMUL (Queen Mary University of London)
Erica Gornall @ericagornall.bsky.social BAFTA nominated Documentary Director. Latest film ‘Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods’ BBC2.
www.ericagornall.co.uk
History of the Seaside Grands @hotelhistories.bsky.social Writer and historian looking into the history of our best seaside hotels.Now focussing on the Royal hotels of Yorkshire
https://www.lornaspacey.com/
Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social Writer/Poet/Lecturer/ex-doc
Kids' novels:
Minou Moonshine / Sam Singh @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social
Poetry:
Empirical
@thebraag.bsky.social
Siren @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
A Terrible Thing Bad Betty Press
https://linktr.ee/gitaralleigh
Beth Britton MBE 💚 @bethyb1886.bsky.social Passionate about #Ageing #Health #SocialCare #Dementia. Award-winning Content Creator; Author of D4Dementia; Consultant; Trainer & Mentor; Campaigner & Speaker.
http://www.bethbritton.com/
@buildmeawoman.bsky.social @buildmeawoman.bsky.social Academic nomad. Dr of Film. Falmouth University. Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, John Hurt. All things British cinema. Oddly underpinned by maracas.
Arun Film 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @arunfilm.bsky.social Information & links about Arun regional film, television & cinema history, for Arundel, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, West Sussex, England at arunfilm.com. Also often posts about football, THFC, real ale, politics, Doctor Who. DMs open for chat, not ads.
Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social Human rights charity on the frontline of immigration detention in the UK, providing direct support and campaigning for change.
detentionaction.org.uk
linkin.bio/detention_action
Jo Clement @joclement.co.uk Poetry, Print & People 🌈
🦉 Northern Writers Award Winner
🐕 Managing Editor Butcher's Dog
🍎 Lecturer in Creative Writing
📚 Poetry Book Society Selector
📖 Outlandish (Bloodaxe)
Proper Working Class Northerner 💪
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller 🐴
Sometime dodo 🦤
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Full Stop Podcast and Community @thefullstoppod.com Listen to our podcast, a library of voices over 5+ years featuring childless voices. Join our online supportive space for all involuntary childless people.
Innovations in Dementia @innov-dementia.bsky.social UK community interest company working hand-in-hand with people with dementia. Inspiring different conversations about dementia. Damian (York), Steve and Rachael (Exeter). For more about us visit www.myid.org.uk
Philly Hare @phillyhare.bsky.social Aspiring artist, photographer and felter. Love travelling, wild-swimming, running and walking. Feel most alive in wild and remote places. In a previous life worked for Innovations and Dementia and Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Gail Gregory @gailgreg.bsky.social Living as well as I can with Young Onset Alzheimer’s
Diagnosed at 54
14.02.2019
Blogger, Arts & Craft, nature, photography.
Anything to keep my brain functioning
Sharing my journey if anyone cares to read
https://dementiaalzheimers.home.blog
Sarah Sigal @sigalsarah.bsky.social Writer for page & stage, dramaturg, director, researcher. Happily displaced Chicagoan. Only child. She/her.
Author of The Socialite Spy, The Paris Spy & Writing in Collaborative Theatre-Making. Rep'd by Sheil Land.
https://sarahsigal.com/
Ian @oughttobeclowns.bsky.social You automatically think it could be he/him
https://oughttobeclowns.com/
Eva Gray 🎭 🎬 Your #leadinglady or cameo #actress is here 👋🎭📹😊🏆🎬 @evagray.bsky.social 🎬 Your #leadinglady or cameo #actress is here 👋 🎭📹😊🏆🎬
📽 Film • TV • Theatre • Commercials
📍 Based in London | Available Worldwide
🔗 www.evagray.com
The Dementia League @dementialeague.bsky.social The Dementia League – Empowering you with science-backed ways to protect your brain! We summarize the latest peer-reviewed research on lowering dementia & Alzheimer’s risk + healthy brain habits. Stay informed, take action. Follow for weekly breakthroughs!
Lilja Sigurðardóttir @liljawriter.bsky.social Award winning Icelandic author of “The Reykjavik Noir Trilogy” and “Arora Investigates” series. New book: BLACK AS DEATH - out now!
https://linktr.ee/liljawriter
Dr Rebecca Hutten @rhutten.bsky.social Social scientist. Independent researcher and editor. 🧐 Anthropology of psychology. 👩🏫Teaches @OpenUniversity. ♾️Psychosocial health & care. 🇮🇹 Italophile. 🥾Peak District walks. 🎶 Choral singing. 🎗️Cared about a person with dementia. No bio = instant block.
Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk Austro-British Industrialist. Chair of Great British Energy, Co-founder @vocl_uk, Former CEO #Siemens UK. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
Hâle Denholm | Actor @haledenholm.bsky.social Scottish Actor 🏴🎬
Rep’d by IAP Talent: Ben Brooks
Dm for spotlight link!
Tour Tickets:
https://linktr.ee/HeadlessActing?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=50df626f-19a9-42f5-ab43-e6226181d3ee
Ultramarine @paulonbass.bsky.social 🇪🇺European. FAFO!💙🇬🇧🇨🇦
Amanda Coe @amandacoe.bsky.social 
ardeear @ardeear.bsky.social Writer (playwright/screenwriter), producer, actor/director, reader of things & viewer of stuff, charity board member: he/him, dog-dad 🐕🦺
Contact card: https://gravatar.com/ardeear
@vivdrama.bsky.social @vivdrama.bsky.social Drama & Theatre Studies, TLZ & BGLZ Coleg Gwent 🏴🎭. Views my own.- V Victoria Asare-Archer @vicaa.bsky.social
@duncanjones64.bsky.social @duncanjones64.bsky.social 
Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social Artist, writer, educator, European. #FBPE #NHS
Be curious, be kind.
#art & info: irenejuliawise.com
#FRSA.
Imperial War Museum Fellow in #Holocaust Ed
#Theatre #Film #Art #books #cats #gardening #hedgehog #vegetarian
#StrongerTogether #RejoinEU
@williamshankly.bsky.social @williamshankly.bsky.social 
Adelina Comas-Herrera @adelinacohe.bsky.social Researcher and director of the Global Observatory of Long-Term Care www.goltc.org
#LongTermCare #SocialCare #DementiaCare
Gardening in Canterbury and Ruhpolding
Jody Day (Gateway Women) @gatewaywomen.bsky.social 'That childless woman.' Psychotherapist, author, Substacker, TEDxer, cat staff, apprentice crone. Founder of Gateway Women and Gateway Elderwomen #Childless #Childfree #WestCork #AgeingWithoutChildren https://linktr.ee/gatewaywomen
Naz Ahmed @nazahmed.bsky.social Drama Editorial/Development Producer. Waterloo Road, Corrie, Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Doctors, BBC Radio Drama & more. Women in Film and TV Mentee & Broadcast Hot Shot 2023
Becky Prestwich @beckyph7.bsky.social Writer (TV, theatre, radio)
Jono Read @jonoread.co.uk 📺 Social media manager | Technology reviewer
👶 Millennial dad | Engaged | Norfolk guy in Yorkshire
📧: jono.read@bbc.co.uk
Alzheimer's Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care @i-care-dtc.bsky.social ICare-DTC will fund 29 PhD students to address critical challenges in dementia care, welcoming a new cohort annually for five years. #dementia
Partnership of QMUL, Leeds Beckett University, UCL, LSE, University of Plymouth.
James Bryhan @jamesbryhan.bsky.social Multi-award-winning actor telling stories on screen & stage.
vshowcards.com/profile/JamesBryhan
Tracy Brabin @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social Mayor of West Yorkshire 
Jessica Dromgoole @jassicrea.bsky.social Audio drama director, half of Hooley Productions, proud mother, occasional farmer. Happy to be skywriting.
General Witchfinders - The British Horror Podcast and Zine @generalwitch.bsky.social The British Horror Podcast and Zine
Britain… an ancient kingdom with cruelty and torment in its blood
Join Ross Jon and James as they tread where few dare
From Dracula to Damien Herbert to Hellraiser
www.generalwitchfinders.com
Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
Tony Smith @smithtonyd.bsky.social #Networks with #government, #thinktanks etc for #Birmingham, one of the UK's great but dis-empowered #cities. I own my views but they are socially constructed.
Hannah Billingham @hannahbillo.bsky.social Freelance writer - inc. Family Guy Annuals, continuity scripts for Comedy Central UK (and numerous other TV channels), and Big Bus audio tours | MG book in progress #kidslituk | Script editor/developer for film and TV (NFTS grad ‘07)
hannahbillingham.com
Gillian Richmond @writerrichmond.bsky.social Scriptwriter (theatre, TV, radio).
Author of the Substack THIS WRITER’S JOURNEY.
Servant to a border terrier called Freddie.
UK: London&Suffolk
Rep: Casarotto Ramsay
casarotto.co.uk
gillianrichmond.com
gillianrichmond.substack.com
MsPottingShed @mspottingshed.bsky.social Gardener, reader, observer, dreamer. Married to Mr Oh-I-Thought-It-Was-a-Weed.
Nigel Briggs @lawlecturer.bsky.social Human rights, criminal law, space law, books, films and F1. Allotments. Leeds fan MOT.
"listen: there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go"
e.e.cummings
Jeremy Mortimer @jeremort.bsky.social Making a noise about sound drama. Likes walking, theatre, Shakespeare, autumn. Don’t like airports, ice cream, flashing lights, X.
Aurora Fearnley @aurorafearnley.bsky.social Director/Actor/Writer
#invisibledisability 🦓 Access Coordinator ♿️ Broadcast HotShot 2023
#BAFTA Connect BIFA 🎬 Springboard and voter
Berlinale Talents alumna
Doctor Who: Matryoshka at Big Finish
LittleNorthernLight.com
Charlotte Ashton @iamcharlotteashton.bsky.social Writer of Plays. Royal Court Groups 23-24. Top 9% Women’s Prize 23-24. Top 2% Papatango 23-24. Long List Theatre503 Award 24. Bush final reading round 23-24. Also likes crisps.
Polly Wiseman @pollywiseman.bsky.social Shows, clothes, highs n lows (bipolar)
Theatre-maker, AD of Fireraisers.
They/them
Miranda @appleandroidapp.bsky.social #TheArchers, spaniels, food, gardens, humour, books and astute reasonable political comments😉
Not here for dating, financial opportunities etc.
Edward Lui @edwardlui.bsky.social Award-winning Feature film Producer/Director of Photography, features: The Monster Beneath Us, Drive Me to the End, Unhinged. | Vimeo/IG @edwardlui
@johnmcannon.bsky.social @johnmcannon.bsky.social Casting Director currently residing at Casualty A&E Dept
CDG and BAFTA member
Tom Wentworth @tomwentworth.bsky.social Playwright/Screenwriter. 🏳️🌈Trustee: Watermill Theatre
Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social Cinema programmer and film writer. Latest books: ‘Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology’ (2021) | ‘The Films of Aleksandr Rou: Father of Soviet Fairy-Tale Cinema’ (2025)
Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social Film. TV. Archaeology. Pottery. Photography. Novels and short stories. Design. India. London. West Dorset 🌻 🍉
Linktree: https://t.co/YEqJmhdXY0
Alice Bright @alicelbright.bsky.social Writer - Audio/Comedy/Current affairs. 'The Skewer' BBC R4/Dead Ringers
Nathan Davies @profnathandavies.bsky.social Professor of Ageing, Applied Health & Care Research, QMUL. @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social
Co-Director Alzheimer's Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care @i-care-dtc.bsky.social
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/people/profiles/davies-nathan-.html
🏳️🌈🏴
Bec Boey @becboey.bsky.social Writer, sometimes actor, always hag
Jackdaw.co
Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Archive TV Channel. Keeping celluloid alive! Freeview82 Freesat306 Sky324 Virgin445 Freely36. FREE catch-up via Freeview Red Button and http://tptvencore.co.uk
Brendan McCormack @profbrendan.bsky.social Head of School & Dean. Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney.
Views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer
Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEU @alanlewch.bsky.social Retired, carer, birder, railway buff, ex geochemist, ex environment lecturer, ex IT lecturer, ex MIS Manager.
https://www.facebook.com/alanlchambers
MyLifeinTrains.com