Rob Smyth @robsmyth76.bsky.social Sports writer
The European Bar Guide @europeanbarguide.bsky.social theeuropeanbarguide.com
Your Guide to the Greatest pubs and bars in Europe! ✨ 🍻
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo.bsky.social 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 ex-@BBC. African ⚽️ junkie. Lawyer. @blzzrd & @guardian writer. @TimesRadio pundit. Ex- FIFA Anti-Racism Task Force. Ex-@thenff’s Reforms Committee.
Nick Hoult @nickhoultcricket.bsky.social Daily Telegraph chief cricket correspondent
Ian Herbert @ianherbert95.bsky.social Exiled Lancastrian undertaking important missionary work in Sheffield, South Yorkshire!
4000 Holes podcast host & fanzine contributor
https://www.brfcs.com/podcasts
Blackburn Rovers fan with a soft spot for Accrington Stanley
NWCFL Scores n Updates @nwcflscores.bsky.social NWCFL Goals as they happen, with Full times and league tables
NWCFL Monitor @nwcflmonitor.bsky.social Incoming & outgoing NWCFL Premier Division transfers, plus results. Not associated with Vodkat or the NWCFL.
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
Andy Zaltzman @zaltzcricket.bsky.social Comedian, Cricket Statistician, Podcaster. Host of The Bugle podcast and BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz. Taskmaster champion. Test Match Special statsmonger. Live shows: andyzaltzman.co.uk
Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social Paperback writer.
Latest book – Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout
Five stars – Mojo
'A beautiful thing' – Tim Burgess
'Charming, compassionate and utterly entertaining' – Mirror
'A terrific book' – Mark Ellen
Jim @beersmanchester.bsky.social Beer. Music. Dogs. NFL. Empathy.
Partial to his 5 Day Weekend (aka Partially Retired)
Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler.bsky.social Social Policy editor, The Guardian. Winner of the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism 2025.
James Montague @jamespiotr.bsky.social Journalist and father to a super intelligent alien queen. Author of five books: Engulfed, 1312, The Billionaires Club, Thirty One Nil, When Friday Comes. Co-founder of Delayed Gratification. https://linktr.ee/jamespiotr
Melinda Farrell @melindafarrell.bsky.social Freelance presenter/journalist/commentator/writer. 🏏
Gary Naylor @garynaylor85.bsky.social Theatre www.broadwayworld.com/author/Gary-Naylor and theartsdesk.com/users/gary-naylor
Films https://letterboxd.com/garynaylor999/
Cricket www.theguardian.com/profile/gary-naylor
Football https://open.spotify.com/show/2TDgsixzCFC4cfAPdIU0V5
The Guardian's Football Weekly podcast @footballweekly.bsky.social ⚽ Occasionally on point analysis and antics from the world's leading football podcast
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David Hopps @davidkhopps.bsky.social Freelance cricket writer (old & on the down slope apparently) & Sri Lanka travel guru. Ex ESPNcrinfo & Guardian. Politically-exasperated, conflicted Yorkshireman, largely liberal, centre-left, realist. Great beach hotel at suitelanka.com. Leeds fan.
Lancashire Cricket @lancscricket.bsky.social Official home of the Red Rose on Bluesky. 🌹
Brian Robson @brianrobson.bsky.social I want more people to live in a decent, affordable home. Don't you?
Work: Director Housing & Homelessness, @oak-foundation.bsky.social
Life: Dad, bookworm, sedate cyclist | Mackem in North Yorks | Trustee @thetcpa.bsky.social | Views mine, gan canny.
m durrant @matthewdurrant.com west didsbury & chorlton fan
Westology @westology.bsky.social Unofficial account sharing trivia and stats about West Didsbury & Chorlton, the greatest football club in the world.
Sean @shornkoomins.bsky.social Unidentified rascal
Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm.bsky.social Channel 4 News, Unreported World, Ways to Change the World, The Fourcast, Class of 2023 on Strictly
Also Chairman of Duchenne UK
Dan Mellett @danmellett.bsky.social An Irish Mancunian who lives up the stereotypes. Love drinking, United and Manchester music. AKA #BetDan
@dawgsbynature.bsky.social @dawgsbynature.bsky.social 
Simon Blackwell @simonblackwell.bsky.social Screenwriter/showrunner: Breeders, Back, Veep, The Thick Of It, Peep Show, In The Loop, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Four Lions
Jesse Armstrong @jessearmstrong.bsky.social Feta Tester. Succession, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Fresh Meat, Four Lions. Novel: Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals
Darmon @darmon.bsky.social Wanderer in real, virtual & imagined landscapes. Neurodivergent. PhD in dissonant heritage. linktr.ee/darmonrichter
Adam Hurrey @footballcliches.bsky.social Writer & editor at The Athletic | Creator & host of the 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 podcast, for my sins | linktr.ee/footballcliches
Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social Inside Housing + freelance elsewhere. Author of Orwell Prize winning Show Me The Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen. https://peteapps.substack.com
Jeff Mueller @jeffmueller.bsky.social Just a Jeff
The NWCFL ⚽️ @nwcfl.bsky.social Official Bluesky site of The North West Counties Football League - Step 5 & 6 League in the National League System | 60 clubs | Founded 1982.
Spencer Cullum @spencercullum.bsky.social Pedal steel chap and sometimes timid singer
Nihal Arthanayake @therealnihal.bsky.social I wrote a book about the art conversation and I host a podcast for the BBC where I have amazing conversations with fascinating guests.
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
Dave Nevison @davenevison.bsky.social Former Professional punter now RacingTV pundit, wannabee Actor or Masterchef contestant. Hate Trump,Musk, Farage,Brexit & Johnson. Guardian reading pinko for decades.
Bill Ryder-Jones @billryderjones.bsky.social billryderjones.co.uk
@daveratkins.bsky.social @daveratkins.bsky.social Loves great beer, food and travel. Hill walker & trekker. Frequently found in Belgium when not in great UK pubs.
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
Fionac @empathylow.bsky.social 
Tom Barrett @plannertomb.bsky.social Town Planner what does policy stuff. Based in Northern England.
Elle Bradley @lockeddesign.bsky.social Set adrift former historian. Beer nerd, allotments, my children, the quiet life. Conversely: Eurovision Stan.
TransatlanticFoe @transatlanticfoe.bsky.social Not an owl
Gideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social Ptennisnet
@shaygarth.bsky.social @shaygarth.bsky.social 
Pellicle @pelliclemag.com We’re your favourite ~award winning~ independent drinks, pubs and food magazine/podcast. The joy is the point.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
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...
Josh Halliday @joshhalliday.bsky.social North of England editor, the Guardian. Dad. Paul Foot Award winner 2025.
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social Michael Jackson Beer Writer of the Year (2023 and 2025). Beer book of the year Desi Pubs (2023). Journalist and Substacker: https://davidjesudason.substack.com
Marble Brewers @marblebrewers.bsky.social Brewing up a storm since 1997
Micro-Brewery based in the heart of Salford brewing forward-thinking, genre-defining beer
Local & national delivery
Join us at our flagship pub, The Marble Arch
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Blackjack Brew Co. @blackjackbeers.bsky.social Manchester Brewery Est. 2023
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Burning Sky Brewery @burningskybeer.bsky.social Makers of beer
Burningskybeer.com
Simon Reynolds @simonreynolds.bsky.social Writer, music and other things
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Petersgate Tap @petersgatetap.bsky.social Independent bar in Stockport, real ale and cider lovers. Can’t seem to stop winning awards! Music, motor racing and Stockport County
daniel harris @danielharris.bsky.social 
Taha Hashim @tahahashim.bsky.social Sports writer at the Guardian
https://www.instagram.com/tahahashim01/?hl=en
Don McRae @donmcrae.bsky.social Author of 14 books about fighters, surgeons,
trial lawyers, South Africa and real life. https://www.donaldmcrae.com/
Interviewer for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/donaldmcrae
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Ali Martin @ali-martin.bsky.social Cricket correspondent for the Guardian and Observer newspapers
Simon Burnton @simonburnton.bsky.social Guardian sports journalist, lover of interesting things. And also wine. Not that wine isn't interesting.
Jacob Steinberg @jacobsteinberg1.bsky.social Guardian football writer
Email: Jacob.steinberg@theguardian.com
Profile: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jacob-steinberg
Nick Ames @nickames82.bsky.social European sports correspondent, the Guardian
Sid Lowe @sidlowe.bsky.social Football (mostly Spanish) and stuff. 
Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump 
Michael Bonner @michaelbonner.bsky.social Editor UNCUT magazine; heavy duty ultra stabilized
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
John Mulvey @johnmulvey.bsky.social Editor, MOJO. Ex-Editor, Uncut/Ex-Deputy Editor, NME. Jams etc. http://mojo4music.com
End Of The Road @endoftheroadfestival.com Bands - Booze - Peacocks
'Engagingly eclectic weekender never fails to surprise'
The Guardian *****
3-6 Sept 2026 | Larmer Tree Gardens, nr Blandford Forum, Dorset
https://endoftheroadfestival.com/
Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social I enjoy walking, photography and wildlife, and combine these interests in my website of 1,000+ walks in the Lake District and elsewhere in the UK and Europe:
https://www.andrewswalks.co.uk/
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social Freelance food & drink writer and photographer • founder @pelliclemag.com • columnist at The Mill, Ferment, What’s Brewing & lots more.📍Stockport
More about me and my work: www.totalales.co.uk // www.pelliclemag.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/
Amber Brunsden Art @amberbrunsdenart.bsky.social An Artist obsessed with storms and creating powerful emotions.
http://www.amberbrunsdenart.com
Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia.
I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to.
Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
Jonathan Schofield @jonathschofield.bsky.social Writer, speaker, guide. www.jonathanschofieldtours.com, www.mcrbooks.co.uk, www.confidentials.com Medal of Honour award-winner from the University of Manchester. Yeah, yeah
Greg Wood @gregwood.bsky.social Guardian racing correspondent. Racing, betting, Brighton & Hove Albion & FCB.
Sam Turner @samturnersport.bsky.social Freelance horse racing and sport journalist and broadcaster with a passion for sport and my family. Wolves and Worcestershire CCC devotee so equipped to deal with disappointment.
groovest @groovest.bsky.social Alternative music reviews, curated drops and more.
https://groovest.com/
For inquiries: contact@groovest.net
Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social The heart and soul of music journalism.
louderthanwar.com @louderthanwar.bsky.social We believe in the power of Rock 'n' Roll. Louder Than War is a website dedicated to the pop culture wars. All views are our own.
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Lawrence Booth @boothcricket.bsky.social Editor of Wisden and cricket correspondent of the Daily Mail
Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social Policy Editor at the Guardian. Previously with the FT in London, Delhi, Washington.
Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social Trying to be better.
https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/
Mike @bustino.bsky.social Likes-Racing and music .Internet Archive with its huge collection of BBC Radio shows.The ideas of Colin Wilson.I was thinking of a compromise when I saw the beauty in your eyes.
Matt Roller @mattrollercricket.bsky.social Sports journalist at ESPNcricinfo
Damon Wolfe @nflinmotion.bsky.social Founder @DraftStacks and creator of the FV Triangle™. NFL analyst and draft evaluator, building systems to measure talent and forecast franchise trajectories.
DraftStacks.com
Jared Mueller @thejared.bsky.social Producer at Dawgs By Nature @sbnation... Mostly that here in the Sky
Caribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social Diaspora voices talking Windies cricket
Enquiries: caribcricket@gmail.com
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Rock Action Records @rockactionrecords.scot Independent record label based in Glasgow. Home to Mogwai, The Twilight Sad, Kathryn Joseph, Sacred Paws, Arab Strap + more.
https://rockaction.scot/