Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social Research Director at cross-party think tank @smfthinktank.bsky.social, prev @suttontrust.bsky.social. Expert on educational inequality/social mobility.
Trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social. MH campaigner in memory of mum. Views own. linktr.ee/beckymontacute
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
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/
Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social Novelist (Old Baggage, Small Bomb at Dimperley, Wed Wabbit etc), ex TV producer (Room 101, Father Ted), voracious reader, owner of an adored and ancient dog.
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social Navid in Still Game, Synthesiser Patel in Look Around You, Ramesh in @FagsMagsandBags, Martin in Dep Q and dynamite in a boob tube. Work enquires: MacCormick@Curtisbrown.co.uk
Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social Deeply unwell, deeply mossy, wheelchair user, Dartmoor photographer, old book lover and hedgehog whisperer. 🦔🦼📖 have been a photographer for 35 years.
https://thegreenlanesshimmer.etsy.com
Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
writesbright.substack.com
Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social Institute Professor, MIT Economics. Co-Director of @mitshapingwork.bsky.social. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.
@ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social 
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Pardeep Cattry @pcattry.bsky.social soccer writer, CBS Sports | "If you haven't caught any of her writing ... I don't know what you're doing with your life" - Jimmy Conrad | New Yorker | she/her/hers
Ben Judah @benjudah.bsky.social Writer and former FCDO Special Adviser.
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social The official Bluesky thinking page of the Icelandic Cricket Association. Birthplace of cricket (911 CE). Merchandise: https://s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Website: krikket.is
Willem Huiskamp @willemh.bsky.social Oceanography and paleoclimate scientist at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social |formerly @ccrc.bsky.social | Loves photography | AI hater
InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social This is the real InfoWars, streaming every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET
Robert Wright @reporterrwright.ft.com Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk Podcaster.
I do Smersh Pod https://bsky.app/profile/smershpod.com
I co-do A Wheezing Groaning Sound.
1/3 Snake Boy
Author of Thunderbook, Explodobook and Superbook.
https://linktr.ee/itsjohnrain
www.patreon.com/SmershPod
shows.acast.com/smershpod
Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social Professor of European Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Elections, parties, social democracy & the radical right. he/him. 🏳️🌈
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social Cultural talk and typing. And singing.
Biographer of Stephen Sondheim.
Variety, London theatre critic.
The Stage, Associate writer.
Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers.
Somewhat gay. 
Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
Ravilious @ravilious1942.bsky.social A tribute to the British artist Eric Ravilious (1903-1942).
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social Co-founder and CEO, Zinc Innovation Partners - helping turn science into real-world change. Fomerly Demos, UAL, MMHPI, No10. Adviser at Future Governance Forum, Family Business UK, Door10 Recruitment. Writes at https://howtorunacountry.substack.com/
James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social Writes & talks @lrb.co.uk
Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social Photo sharing bot for planetary and deep space images.
Run by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Content providers added with permission.
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
Sophie Heawood @heawood.bsky.social Journalist, including property for the FT. Wrote a bestselling memoir for Penguin Random House about the time I moved to Hollywood and accidentally became someone’s mother. heawood.substack.com
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social Bourgeois interests, proletarian instincts.
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
War Movie Theatre @warmovietheatre.com Join @RobertHutton.co.uk and @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social as they watch classic war films and make a podcast about why they love them. WarMovieTheatre@gmail.com https://warmovietheatre.com
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.
Paddy Duffy @paddyduffy.bsky.social That's showbiz, baby! TV producer, international trivia man, badass MC. Panellist on Radio 4's Round Britain Quiz.
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com Doctoral candidate, researching what happens when the far right is in power | Radicalism/extremism & democracy, pol behaviour, "gender stuff" | Rooted in 🇦🇹🇭🇺, now in 🇺🇸 | views mine but often based on research | #firstgen Arbeiterkind gabrielagreilinger.com
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
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
John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University. Accusations of bad faith or lying = block.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social Moodboard of late empire. Friction is foreplay for the strategically inclined.
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
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).
Flups @flups.bsky.social Chief spokeswoman for the ‘Campaign To Get C*riander Sent Back To From Whence It Came; The Fiery Yet Soapy Buttocks Of The Devil Himself’.
Tom Davidson @tomdavidson92.bsky.social north east exile in London
I work at Sky News
i like to write and talk about films
read some of my stuff here: https://medium.com/@tomdavidson92
Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk From (in order of height): The Cuban Boys, Rikki & Daz, Eurovision 2006, Spray, Helen Love, Pound Shop Boys amongst others.
ALFsplaining: @alfsplaining.bsky.social
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0GIhxvZitldPsZKvgmbIylxanx9rLP1&si=b7B6AM8jfRI_Xar6
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org Civic entrepreneur building broadsheet social media at kronkite.social. Lobbyist for electric planes.
I chair Unhack Democracy, do green libertarianism @ epicenternetwork.eu
My substackSurvival & Success on liberalism and globalisation: garvanwalshe.org
Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social This profile left intentionally blank.
Polly Smythe @pollysmythe.bsky.social Reporter @londoncentric.media | stories and tips to polly@londoncentric.media | signal: pollysmythe.92
Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social Chris Coates, purveyor of niche drivel: https://substack.com/@oddthisday
Nathan Phillips @nathanphillips.bsky.social Just a city boy born and raised in west Detroit that supports a team in North London
Catch me live for games at arseradio.com
Tom McH @tommchenry.bsky.social I draw comics you can read here: https://www.noncanon.com/
You can buy the physical issues here: https://yourmchenries.bigcartel.com/
I also made HORSE MASTER: THE GAME OF HORSE MASTERY and some other games back when: https://tommchenry.itch.io/
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
Mike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social Waterboys singer / guitar player / Rock'n'roller / Freak flag flyer
Quantian @quantian.bsky.social Locked in and posting regularly on here now
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
Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk Political Scientist at the University of Manchester
Co-Director of the British Election Study
https://www.jack-bailey.co.uk
George Pearkes @peark.es No longer Bluesky’s only resident finance bro | Macro Strategist | Even the blind squirrel get a nut sometime. | #ForTheCrown, #COYG | 🇺🇸 via 🇨🇦. Not 🏴. | Normal man, one of the Normal Men
*ALL CAPS HEADLINES LIKE THIS ARE FROM BLOOMBERG
📍 CLT
Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social Senior lecturer in British politics at the University of Liverpool. Expect academic work, parkrun/triathlon spam, and graphs. Views my own 🏳️🌈
Book: Whatever Happened to Tory Liverpool? Free ebook (& other links)--> https://linktr.ee/david_jeffery
Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social Jewish. Deputy Editor of Jewish News. Resh Galuta of Bluesky. Regular entrant on the NY Times Bestseller List of Unpublished Books. All opinions are mine.
Sam Bowman @sambowman.co Editor of www.worksinprogress.co and head of publishing at Stripe. Just here to have fun.
Mike Harding @churchcat.bsky.social Curmudgeon, poet, writer, ex stand-up comic, European, playwright, woke lefty Grauniad reader, Irish trad mandolin player and blues harp playing anarchist and agnostic. Also happen to be a recovering Catholic. Website www.mikeharding.co.uk
Michael Shanks MP @michaelshanksmp.co.uk Proud to serve as Rutherglen's Labour Member of Parliament. UK Energy Minister. Charity trustee and volunteer. Occasional runner.
Dave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org Welsh/Dutch bloke who makes games, videos and Photoshoppery. Friday night #TOTP botherer. Former CTO of WeTransfer, now freelancing. I do not have a podcast.
Join me for a pint at bagpuss.org for a selection of my stuff.
YouTube: youtube.com/@bagpuss_org
Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk Architectural illustrator / 3D reconstruction artist. Edinburgh, Scotland. #Blender3D Pro. https://bobmarshall.co.uk
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...
Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change.
https://www.theccc.org.uk/
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
NCSC UK @ncsc.gov.uk We are the National Cyber Security Centre – part of the UK’s intelligence & cyber agency GCHQ. We help to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.
Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social Classics & Ancient History at Exeter (at risk of redundancy), Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats, bats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
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.
M@ @mattfromlondon.bsky.social London explorer. Chief pilot of Londonist: Time Machine, a Substack about London History. Follow for lots of geeky observations about London.
Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com Leeds man & audio/comedy producer. Work stuff @leadmojo.co.uk
My posts, since you asked: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zhglb2ub3qwkn2kpxlwekst3/feed/aaaaqszrsfcwo
Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social Climate and enviroskeeting.
Strat climate comms & media freelancing: Will@WYeates.com
(📍 London, Europe)
Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social Baroness/Actress/Writer/Campaigner. Best known as iconic presenter of Playschool and Play Away
Tinfoil Matt @tinfoil-matt.bsky.social The brain worm infestation caused by living next to Telegraph opinions every day
Anne Murphy @drannemurphy.bsky.social Interests: Humans, general practice, vaccines, fresh air, London. Talks too much. Retweets eclectic. Bot-blocker. Obviously personal account. http://drannemurphynhs.wordpress.com
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
Kate Rusby (Official Page) @katerusby.bsky.social Often hailed as 'Folk Royalty,' Kate Rusby has played a pivotal role in bringing traditional English folk music to a contemporary audience.
*Tickets for 'The Springshine Tour’ ON SALE NOW* katerusby.com/gigs
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.
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
Words: @nytimes.com @harpers.bsky.social @latimes.com @rollingstone.com @yahoonews.com @teenvogue.com @vicenews.bsky.social
Leak documents to me at: nick.turse@theintercept.com
Or on Signal: nickturse.01
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social Informative and sexy at the same time!
Writes for Horrible Histories, Dogs In Space, Amazing World of Gumball; also talks a lot on podcasts (Taskmaster The People's Podcast, Football Book Club)
he/him
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
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
Oxfordshire History Centre @oxhistcentre.bsky.social We are part of Oxfordshire County Council - we're the archive and local studies for the county, including photographic collections
Website - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory
Catalogue - https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/
Guardian Sport @sport.theguardian.com Sport news, comment, video and more from @theguardian.com
John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social BBC lifer since 1966, international affairs editor since 1982. Presenter of ‘Unspun World’ on BBC Two, BBC World & World Service. Two daughters, one son, six grandchildren, a loving wife, lots of books, and an Irish terrier. Defender of the Oxford comma.
Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social Founder of the Housing Frame on Substack. Housing, markets, economy. Buc-ee’s fan.
conorsen.substack.com
📍Atlanta, GA
Phil Marsden @philmarsden.bsky.social 
RemembranceWatch @remembrancewatch.bsky.social Showcasing the best in #respecty remembrancing and poppy one-upmanship. Poppy ratings. Poppy Rage.
Wear your poppy/where's your poppy. Check the alt. Poppy.
H/T to giantpoppywatch on the other place. Lest we forget 🫡.
JWexTheSpa @handle.invalid South West England via Spain and the Midlands - but made in NW5.
Trying hard not to give in to despair
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.