Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social Things are terrible
(we follow our contributors)
Tom Hickox @tomhickox.bsky.social Singing, storytelling, mayo swerving purveyor of balm for your ears.
The Orchestra of Stories is out now. linktr.ee/tomhickox.
@fryrsquared.bsky.social @fryrsquared.bsky.social
Aaron Law @aaronjlaw.bsky.social Work in tech. Endless gig goer.
Usually taking photos of old buildings and bigging up Coventry.
Kate Astbury @100days1815.bsky.social Professor of French Studies, working on the culture of French Revolution and Napoleonic period. Committed to supporting the learning of languages in schools & universities and to public engagement.
Charlotte Wilkes @charl0ttewilkes.bsky.social A big bookworm, I also love the arts, The Archers and Manchester City.
Bobby Smith @bobbysmith86.bsky.social I’m a socially engaged art and theatre practitioner and associate professor of theatre at the University of Warwick and can also be found going dizzy at a potters wheel
David Coates @davidjcoates.bsky.social Cultural historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick. Researching theatre in the long nineteenth century and queer theatre histories. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Regular theatre, exhibition and museum visitor. Chocoholic 🍫
trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social Captain of the Good Team. Artist, Visionary, None of your Businessman, and paperback writer for kids.
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling.
HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk Artist, animator, utter nonsense. Don't believe a word except when I'm being serious. Did that gif once, those noseflags and other stuff.
HappyToast.co.uk
patreon.com/HappyToast
redbubble.com/people/HappyToast/explore
https://ko-fi.com/happytoast
Edgar Wright @edgarwright.bsky.social Spaced / Shaun Of The Dead / Hot Fuzz / Scott Pilgrim Vs The World / The World’s End / Baby Driver / The Sparks Brothers / Last Night In Soho / The Running Man
Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social Contributor: @theonion.com
@sorrowscopes.bsky.social, @riversidecasino.bsky.social, @greenevillezoo.bsky.social
Creator: @sorrowscopes.bsky.social
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social I write and report things, and I have a newsletter that some people like. “Do you know what the sad part is…? I’m a very good tailor.” brokenbottleboy.substack.com
Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social New book THE CASTLE can be preordered now! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com
Chaz Hutton @chazhutton.com Professional idiot.
The guy who draws instagram.com/instachaaz
Shop here: instachaaz.shop
Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social Audio/Video collagists. We made that Alan Sugar mash-up, and that Boris Johnson one, and that other Boris Johnson one
ko-fi.com/cassetteboy
youtube.com/cassetteboy
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Helen Zaltzman @helenzaltzman.bsky.social Podcaster from The Allusionist, Answer Me This and Veronica Mars Investigations. Pronouns she/they (TBH I think 'they' should be the default and we opt in to gendered pronouns/gender). linktr.ee/helenzaltzman
Tiernan Douieb @tiernandouieb.bsky.social Writer. Comedian. Tired. Rep’d for writing things by @kitsonpresskids.bsky.social and for v/o things by Foxy Tongue Voices
Gareth E. Rees @garetherees.bsky.social Guitar in psych-noise band, Black Arches. Author of Unofficial Britain, Car Park Life, Sunken Lands, Marshland & more. Psychogeography. Mythology. Ecology. Hastings.
https://www.instagram.com/black_arches_hastings
Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com Professional letter nerd since 2009. Buy the books (https://books.lettersofnote.com), read the newsletter (https://news.lettersofnote.com/), come to the live shows (https://www.youtube.com/@LettersLive). Or don't. It's your choice.
David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. IMAGINE A FRIEND:
https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagine-a-friend/
Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social Burkey with the good hair. My woke take brings all the c*n*s to the yard. Profile pic by Nancy fancy pants contact@themasonsisters.com
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social Writer & highwayman.
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social Gilbert & Sullivan’s DRACULA
24th/25th October, Circle & Star Theatre Hampstead
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/circleandstar/2409942
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
tom freethestones @freethestones.bsky.social lowercase
Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com Book design and other rectangles danielgray.com
Meanwhile https://buttondown.com/meanwhile
Pundamentalism @pundamentalism.bsky.social
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/
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
World of Moose @worldofmoose.bsky.social Art, cartoons, books. This is the feed for World of Moose, Karen does most of the posting.
@mooseallain.bsky.social
worldofmoose.com
Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social Berk
Rich Neville @richneville.bsky.social Still holding out the hope that my life up to now has just been Derren Brown trying to teach me an important lesson. LAFTAS award winner. Books: Catbin Fever, Jeremy is Stuck
Dan Rebellato @danrebellato.bsky.social World-renowned playwright and exotic dancer. http://www.danrebellato.co.uk
Stella Duffy @stellduffy.bsky.social Pākehā Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
Tracey Thorn @traceythorn.bsky.social Singer, songwriter, writer
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
Join The Onion Newsletter: https://theonion.com/newsletters/
Andrew Hunter Murray @andrewhunterm.bsky.social Author (A Beginner’s Guide To Breaking And Entering OUT NOW); No Such Thing As A Fish co-host, Private Eye joke-writer, Naked Week host. Agents are RCW (books) and The Agency (showbiz bébé).
Rob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com B3ta.com, @fesshole.bsky.social, @anonopin.bsky.social
Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social Funniest Joke Edinburgh Fringe 2019-2022. Comedian, kids book author, illustrator, Art person. All my stuff is here: https://linktr.ee/Ofalafel
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social Berserker!
Out now from all good bookshops, and bad ones, and ones in between.
Angela Barnes @angelabarnes.bsky.social "Comedian"
Mock The Week, QI, Live at The Apollo, HIGNFY
Host of The Archers Live at 75 tour - https://www.fane.co.uk/the-archers
Cold War and Mid Century Modernist nerd.
The Archers obsessive
Prone to inexpert F1 ramblings.
Swims. Naps. Bunkers.
Philippa Perry @pperry.bsky.social Author, Agony Aunt, Artist, Psychotherapist philippaperry.substack.com
Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social I'm going on tour in 2026.
Listen to my show 'No Room' on BBC Radio 4 if you like.
https://www.mickperrin.com/tours/michael-spicer-hope-alls-well/
John O’Farrell @johnofarrell.bsky.social Author/comedy scriptwriter.
Most recent novel Family Politics. Mrs Doubtfire musical (now on tour in UK & US), Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical (tour starts March) Something Rotten, Chicken Run; Dawn of the Nugget. New non-fiction book out next year.
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 🧑💻
manwhohasitall @manwhohasitall.bsky.social Satirizing the patriarchy since 2015.
New book Flipping Patriarchy out now!
https://linktr.ee/manwhohasitall
matt be @mattbe.bsky.social Good Night, and Good Luck.
Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
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
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Michael Legge @michaellegge.bsky.social Really, really funny.
David O’Doherty @phlaimeaux.bsky.social song and dance man
Stuart Goldsmith @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social 🌍 Climate Comedian
🎤 The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
👉 www.stuartgoldsmith.com
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Mathew Horne @mfhorne.bsky.social Actor
Robert Popper @robertpopper.bsky.social Writer and maker of stupidish things.
Matt Lucas @realmattlucas.bsky.social
Mrjimbob @mrjimbob.bsky.social Musician/author Author/musician
Modern Toss @moderntoss.bsky.social Jon Link and Mick Bunnage
London exhibition 14 Aug - 6 Sept
Tickets here:
https://trk.email.moderntoss.com/l/01KWRXD733ECG51A6RXZF81E13_10
www.moderntoss.com
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social
Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social Yes it’s The Captain off of Ghosts. Screenwriter and you know the rest.
www.benwillbond.com
https://instagram.com/benjaminwillbond
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
David Schneider @davidschneider.bsky.social Actor, writer, director, fool.
Danny Wallace @dannywallace.bsky.social Books, mags, radio, telly, scripts, live, voice, games.
United/3Arts
"The Important Broadcast" podcast // Radio X
Michael Smiley @michaelsmiley.bsky.social
Rhys @classicrhys.bsky.social
Stephen Mangan @stephenmangan.bsky.social Insta: @realstephenmangan Twitter: @stephenmangan and nowhere else!
Matt Berry @matthewberry.bsky.social British naturalist based in Rhodes, Greece | long career in conservation | founder of @greenwingstours.bsky.social - offering high quality & expert-led butterfly, botany & other wildlife/photo holidays since 2010.
https://linktr.ee/greenwingstours
People Selling Mirrors @sellingamirror.bsky.social Sometimes when people sell mirrors online, they can't figure out how to get out of the way.
If you've found a good pic @ me if you'd like the credit; or DM to remain anon. Happy hunting!
@mrmarksteel.bsky.social @mrmarksteel.bsky.social
Geoff Lloyd @geofflloyd.bsky.social ⭐️4.94 ~ Über
‘Geoff was clean and tidy’ ~ AirBnB review
‘One of the UK’s best radio hosts’ ~ The Guardian
‘Your payment for £1.60 was declined’ ~ Barclays
JOHN NIVEN @nivenj1.bsky.social 'John Niven is a fucking idiot. Who needs him?'
Michael Winner, RIP.
Stuart Maconie @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Aluminium Cladding. Attentive. Courteous. Reliable. Also will take on writing/broadcasting
Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social Latest special Late Bloomer is on Netflix (not UK & IRE) & Channel4.com (UK & IRE) now.
Also part of the Standard Issue podcast team
Replies ending TSM are by my team.
https://linktr.ee/thesarahmillican
Adam Kay @amateuradam.bsky.social BAFTA for best writer lol.
Josie long @josielong.bsky.social I am a comedian and a writer. Free Palestine.
Steve Pemberton @sjpemberton.bsky.social Leg end
Tim Minchin @timminchin.bsky.social Songwriter singer pianist actor writer comedian producer speaker poet wanker reader runner worrier.
https://linktr.ee/timminchin
Posts on this account are posted for me by my webfairy, Shell🧚♀️
Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social “Hilarious” — Eric Idle
“Amazing” — Patton Oswalt
“Absolutely killed” — Rolling Stone (Carnegie Hall review)
2026 thru 2079 tour schedule: www.emophilips.com/events
Marcus Brigstocke @marcusbrig.bsky.social An absolute thundering great berk.
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Alistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social
Laura Lexx @lauralexx.bsky.social Comedian, author of Klopp Actually and Pivot, always wants some distraction…
Dan Schreiber @schreiberland.bsky.social Host of QI’s No Such Thing As A Fish / Author of The Theory Of Everything Else / co-founder of BBC’s The Museum of Curiosity
UK TOUR: ‘This Changes Everything’ starts this October