The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library.
Open to visitors Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social News from the Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Liverpool. Monitored 9am-5pm Mon-Fri.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/
Jisc @jisc.bsky.social Jisc: for the future of education and research
For more than 30 years, Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
www.jisc.ac.uk
Gareth Bellamy @thebellow.bsky.social Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. Maximising shareholder value. Here if you need anything, let me know.
John @tve-puppy.bsky.social Married with grown up sons, almost retired engineer
Passionate about Sunderland AFC, Gigs and cycling. Thames Valley Exile #SAFC
Michele C. Hollow @michelechollow.bsky.social Author and journalist. My MG historical novel, Jurassic Girl, is about Mary Anning's first major fossil find. I also write about health, animals, aging, and autism. Animal lover and reader of banned books, actually all kinds of books. Happily married.
Adrian Tierney-Jones @atjbeer.bsky.social Journalist, author, speaker on pubs, beer, travel. Daily Star beer guy, occasional beer op-ed for DT, features Pellicle, Ferment and others. Latest book, A Pub for all Seasons, paperback now out.
Agent: Kevin Pocklington, North Literary Agency.
Jeff Evans @jeffevanswriter.bsky.social Beer, television, music, quizzing, not necessarily in that order. Author: The Penguin TV Companion, Rock & Pop on British TV (new edition September 2026), numerous books on beer; former editor of the Good Beer Guide; question writer for Mastermind.
Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social Everything and anything to do with books. 📚
Plus, I'm an avid Arsenal fan. ⚽️
Full Fact @fullfact.org Full Fact is the UK's independent fact checking charity. We put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate so you can make sense of what matters.
www.fullfact.org
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now 
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.
Ed Byrne @mredbyrne.bsky.social New special, “Tragedy Plus Time”, now available at edbyrne.com
New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social Free thinking in an age of extremes. Follow for independent journalism on ideas, culture, politics and science. Published since 1885.
www.newhumanist.org.uk
Stephen Fry @stephenfry.bsky.social Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
Premier League @eng-premierleague.bsky.social mirror of https://x.com/premierleague. Not associated with the EPL
Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
@tfederman.bsky.social
Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world falling apart
Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social Genealogist & Family Historian for 22 years.
AGRA Associate, Wakefield, West Yorks
Pharos Intermediate & Advanced Certificate
One Place Study: St. John's Square, Wakefield
www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk
#FamilyHistory
#Genealogy
#LocalHistory
#Yorkshire
Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social Check out the amazing handcrafed gifts made by my daughter at www.idlehandmade.com
You know you want a Holy Grail bag, or that guitar bag, owned only by me and Micky Dolenz. Updates coming shortly...
The Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social Science, music and footy loving woke lefty northerner. The plural of vinyl is vinyl. F/8 and be there.
We're just normal men. We're just innocent men.
#RepublikofMancunia 🇮🇪 🔴⚪⚫
Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social I like to wear flares and do the jokes. Bit of a woke prick. He/him. 
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Tour Tracker @tourtracker.bsky.social Creator of the award-winning mobile app Tour Tracker Pro Cycling.
Pitch Magazine @pitch-mag.bsky.social The magazine that informs and entertains sports fans with long-form, well-written unique stories that are beautifully illustrated.
https://www.pitch-mag.co.uk/
Edward Ashton @edashtonwriting.bsky.social Author of Mickey7, Mal Goes to War, and Three Days in April, among other things. I also make maple syrup.
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Nostalgic Things @nostalgicthing.bsky.social Internationally known as Snickers
Tour de France Hommes @letour.stadio.top Unofficial account of the Tour de France Hommes, which mirrors posts from @LeTour on the other site
For assistance contact @stadio.top
📅 2 July - 25 July
🏆 Tadej Pogačar 🇸🇮
Jamie @mintcustard.bsky.social Northerner down under, disability rights ally, public player of records, patter of dogs, dry roasted peanut aficionado, MoshFrocks™️, SAFC. 
Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social Barrister. Dad. Lib Dem. Sunderland fan. Massive history geek. Like a pint. One day I will make a load of pogs with Brian Noble’s face on them. You see if I don’t.
@flamingm72.bsky.social @flamingm72.bsky.social Part of the Twitter diaspora
John Lennon @johnlennonofficial.bsky.social Official John Lennon account on BlueSky.
Managed by The John Lennon Estate johnlennon.com
Join in the game at https://escapetonutopia.com
Running Past @runningpast.bsky.social SE London history & landscape, paused blogger, socialist, green, runner, #goodgym member, #greenrunner, acting curator of #TidesOutTuesday, views mine, poor proof reader - he/him/me duck, real name Paul
Trish #AbolishTheMonarchy #FreePalestine @tr1shw.bsky.social Ex-Labour, Northumbrian, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, The Expanse, SAFC, Socialist, Grandma, Busily Retired, 🇵🇸
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"
Albert Einstein
Bleep @bleep.com Your dedicated online independent record shop accessible anytime, anywhere. Founded by Warp Records.
Shop: bleep.com
Browse: linktr.ee/bleep.com
John Hardman @johnhardman.bsky.social North East native/aficionado. Autistic father in a neuro-spicy household. Will talk politics, football, pro wrestling, music - always here for discussion and learning! Ask me about my library 📖
Colin Randall @salutsunderland.bsky.social Journalist, dual 🇬🇧/🇫🇷, folk music, anti-Brexit, pro-SAFC. Salutfolk.com francesalut.substack.com
The Paul McCartney Project @the-paulmccartney-project.com A Fan For Fans Project. The Paul McCartney Project is dedicated to uncovering the magic of one of the greatest musicians of our time. Our mission is to create the most comprehensive and detailed guide to Paul McCartney's life, art, and music.
sarafroot @sarafroot.bsky.social 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟
https://sarafroot.straw.page
Antonio @atahualpaelliott.bsky.social Astonished at the gulf between what we were promised and the world we have to endure
Together we stand a better chance of surviving this madness
Reposts in Sp Fr Ge Eng Cat
#European
#FreePalestine
#SAFC
Dan Murray @danmurray.bsky.social 
Stephen Kennedy @skennedy30.bsky.social Transponster. Contributor for Wise Men Say.
Neil Chandler @chandlerdba.bsky.social Database Guy. Knows things.
Oracle. ExaCC. Stuff like that.
Oracle ACE Director.
I like cars and football too. #SAFC
Andrew Wilson @androowilson.bsky.social Living in London, northeast Englander. A bit too much of a political nerd. Like sport and telly. Try my best.
Neil Philip Thornton @neillinnet61.bsky.social Born and bred in Cheshire #SAFC fan.
Runcorn Linnets
Horse Racing
Justin Richardson @justinrich73.bsky.social Just a middle aged bloke from North East England who likes Sunderland, The Chicago Bears and sometimes knocks a golf ball about.
Views will no doubtedly offend someone somewhere. Tough.
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.
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social Bride of Art. Presenter:Front Row, Newswatch, Art of Persia @SquareWindowPod.bsky.social. 20th Century Society Pres. BFI Film Classics Bk on A Hard Day's Night out now: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hard-days-night-9781839029394/
https://samiraahmed.blog/
Nothing Is Real Podcast @beatlespod.bsky.social A podcast about The Beatles
Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social Historian at Lancaster University and Co-Investigator on the AHRC-funded @victorianhand.bsky.social project. Blissfully married to my Co-I @jbhist.bsky.social. Author of two books: https://bit.ly/3968wLB & https://bit.ly/3KwWtVS
Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.social “Be excellent to each other”
Abraham Lincoln, San Dimas, 1988
#MutantFam #ConstantReader
Home of typos and bad grammar.
🚫 anyone posting genritive AI memes,jokes,avatars whatever.
North East England
#SAFC
Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social Weaving ways through poetry. Second full collection, ‘Whatever You Do, Just Don’t’, a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2023, available from HappenStance Press.
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Chris Chavez @chrischavez.bsky.social @CitiusMag.com Founder. Writing and podcasting about track and field, marathons + all things running. Sports Illustrated alum. Email: chris@citiusmag.com | Visit CITIUSMAG.com
@kplunkz.bsky.social @kplunkz.bsky.social Book lover
Sports ⚽🏈🏏
Runner
Mum to 5 adult humans and 1 dog
#SAFC
Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social Writer, poet, editor, musician.
Ghost Signs (Bluemoose, 2022)
Keshed (Ortac Press, 2026)
Disappear Here: Bret Easton Ellis' America (Ortac, 2027 tbc)
#MDANT
https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/stu-hennigan
https://stuhennigan.substack.com/
northbnd @northbnd.bsky.social slow running explorer | list maker, cataloguer & database builder | left of centre, north of England #vanlife #trailrunning 🏃♂️🚐 🏳️🌈
Readytogo.net @readytogo.net Official Bluesky feed for the readytogo.net Sunderland AFC fans website and forums #SAFC
@maxsteel15.bsky.social @maxsteel15.bsky.social Studying Sports Journalism at Sunderland University #SAFC Dennis Cirkin enthusiast
Richie Brown @richiebrown.co.uk Web monkey / children’s writer. Likes 80s comics, 90s indie, rave, athletics and Sunderland FC. Here to get away from antisocial media.
Jeri Smith-Ready @jsmithready.bsky.social Novelist, music lover, ADHDer. Armed with an endless supply of parentheses (and not afraid to use them). Rep'd by Ginger Clark. #SAFC fan for my sins.
She/her https://www.jerismithready.com/
Li Chen @exocomics.com I like cats.
My third graphic novel Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery is now available worldwide! https://detectivebeans.com
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
The Great War Group @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social A vibrant group of nerds trying to teach the world about The Great War. Join us at https://greatwargroup.com
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
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/
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.
Micky C. @miguelc023.bsky.social Sunderland AFC. Live music. Cycling. Wildlife.
Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net brucespringsteen.net
Books and Tunes @booksandtunes.bsky.social Love listening to music while reading a book. Fan of classic movies, political punditry, television, and all who fight injustice.
Nanci Griffith aficionado.
Copim @copim.bsky.social An international partnership building open, community-governed systems and infrastructures to support open access book publishing.
Find us at https://www.copim.ac.uk/
#OAbooks
SAFC NASA @safc-nasa.bsky.social Sunderland AFC's North America Supporters Association. It's officially official....
Chris @pheonix026.bsky.social #SAFC fan
Dawson Pies @dawsonpies.bsky.social Chicago, USA
#SAFC #GoPackGo #Bucks #VamosFire
ian @iandobbers.bsky.social Go Sports. Dad to a small child. SAFC
@pgoliver.bsky.social @pgoliver.bsky.social 
Ross @rblack95.bsky.social Talk shite about a lot of things….
Roker Rodeo ❤️🤍🐈⬛️⚽️ @rokerrodeo.bsky.social #SAFC Season Ticket holder.
Here for the footy only, no politics, no celebrity nonsense, no BS.
Positive Mindset, personal growth and kind words only.
Sunderlandviewofficial @sunderlandview.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of Sunderlandview YouTube channel.
Everyone welcome.
Subscribe on youtube!
https://www.youtube.com/@Sunderlandview
Stephen Goldsmith @stephengoldsmith.bsky.social Podcasting. Bit of football reporting. Event Planning. Higher Education. #SAFC #SunlunUni
Half Man Half Biscuit Information Service @hmhbinfo.bsky.social Irregular info, news, articles, images, vids and lyrics etc re: Wirral's finest musical satirists. Not official.
North Ages @northages.bsky.social Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. On this day, feast days, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
Garry Stout @solboy24.bsky.social Try to be a rational football supporter. I also love history, cricket, cycling. Ambassador for The Fans Museum.
CITIUS MAG @citiusmag.com Making it easier (& way more fun) to be a track and field fan. Stories and commentary about your favorite sport. https://citiusmag.com/
Dom Shaw @domshawecho.bsky.social ✍️ Football writer @TheNorthernEcho
dominic.shaw@newsquest.co.uk
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/DomShawJourno/
Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social Crazy Cat Lady. Partial to an echo chamber 😆.
Twitter: @sunderlandlolly
John Harding @johnhard.bsky.social Football fan celtic and Sunderland my 2 loves soft spots for Liverpool Everton Man Utd and Man City 👍avid music listener book reader and dvd watcher like a drink and a good meal in a restaurant and a good night out with friends
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Liam Dutton @liamdutton.bsky.social 👨🏽💼Channel 4 Weather Presenter
☀️Meteorologist
🎵Pianist & Musician
📚Author
🧑🏽💻 www.liamdutton.com
Hilary Fawcett @hboomer.bsky.social Art, design, Italy, football (SAFC), politics, music and coffee. Looking out across the mighty North Sea
Artwork at hilaryfawcett.artweb.com
Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social The electronic music magazine
Peter McFall @petemcsafc.bsky.social Irishman on Wearside. EM doctor. European.
Against Brexit, Tories/Reform, and the Mags.
#SAFC #STID #FTM
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social mostly football ⚽️ sometimes psychometrics 📏 views are my own | en/fr 🇨🇦
https://6yardscreamers.netlify.app
Rock's Backpages @rocksbackpages.bsky.social www.rocksbackpages.com
The world's largest archive of music journalism: 60,000+ classic articles and a thousand audio interviews by pop's finest writers, spanning 60 years across all genres.
New edition and newsletter every Friday.
WTF Sunderland Podcast @wtfsunderlandpod.bsky.social a podcast about europa league team sunderland afc. please don't subscribe. haway the lads.