Renomed @renomed.bsky.social Has the BBC repeated something old and potentially interesting? I'll try and let you know. @edjefferson.com made me.
Andy Fanton @yourpalfanton.bsky.social Writer and cartoonist, worked with the Beano, Dandy, Viz, Private Eye and BBC Radio. See fanton.co.uk
Out of Context Biffo the Bear @oocbiffo.bsky.social Lovingly curated and manually posted by chuboh.bsky.social
Not affiliated with the Beano, the Dandy, or any other DC Thomson publication
Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social Comics, music, books, film, photos, paintings & cartoons! Humanism & ASD too. A Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure. Hurrah!
Chris Meredith @thenerdgatherer.bsky.social
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.
Mark GJ @brokentv.uk It takes a village of dozens to hold me back
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Current project: Auntie's Favourites - The stories behind the BBC's 250 Most-Broadcast Programmes.
Current progress: Finding all the bad bits in first draft
https://brokentv.uk/
No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com 👨🏻🎨 Wonky football doodles since 2014, by Alex & Sian
🛒 SHOP: noscoredraws.com
📕 BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/njnvr4hz
✊🏻 No Pasarán
@catbrownabdn.bsky.social @catbrownabdn.bsky.social
Kirsty Newton @kirstynewton.bsky.social Music, mayhem, singalong, comedy, improv, fluffy dog, on the road probably...
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
God Is In The TV Zine @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social The music and culture webzine established in Cardiff in 2003. www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk
Richard @ricrus77.bsky.social Music obsessive. Gig goer. Disco pickle. Cinephile. Bookworm. Guinness drinker. Red wine drinker. Pizza eater. Cookie monster. Crisp addict. Chocoholic. I could be the greatest motherfucker you’re ever going to meet… 🌈
Mike Stores @mstores.bsky.social Library worker. Reader. Runner. Cyclist. Frequently grumpy. Mackem
Colin H @funkygoat.bsky.social Sunderland till it kills me. All my opinions are someone else's 🇸🇯🇬🇧
Mark Bungle @markbungle.bsky.social Collector of archive programming and nostalgia within the TV and advert world. Not a fictional bear from Rainbow. Nor a real bear.
Louis_Helpits @louis-helpits.bsky.social Small needy man
Stuart Millard @franticplanet.bsky.social World's Deadliest Man. Master of the Dim Mak. Writer.
https://www.youtube.com/@StuartMillard
Dan/iel Mudford @danmud.bsky.social king of the escalator, makes weird music(incl. Shaun Of The Dead), films.
Generally happy camper.
https://youtube.com/@NebulaRasa
https://thesonsofsilence1.bandcamp.com/music
OpenYellowCircle.bandcamp.com
Kieran Hodgson @kieranchodgson.bsky.social Train Enthusiast
Sue @suepook.bsky.social Cancer survivor. Chocoholic. Idiot. #MDANT.
Meepy @floweroflondon.bsky.social These aren't my sausages.
DaveLaica @davelaica.bsky.social I like sounds, pictures and other textural things
https://laica.bandcamp.com/
https://audio.com/dave-fleet
Lew Stringer @lewstringer.bsky.social Writer/artist on UK humour comics since 1983. Clients have included Oink!, Viz, Buster, Beano, Dandy, Toxic, Doctor Who Magazine and more.
Dr Goggles @drgoggles.bsky.social Twitter refugee.
C64, arcade and other retro gaming.
Craft beer, running, outdoors, weird music, Zappa fan, etc.
humankulus.bandcamp.com
C86freak @c86freak.bsky.social Florida based, frequent flier to the UK. Shoegeezer, dream-popper, C86er. We are all Chameleons!
Matt Horritt @environmentrisk.bsky.social Managing risk in a changing environment www.horrittconsulting.co.uk
Paul Whitelaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social I write about pop culture. Credits include The Scotsman, The Big Issue, Radio Times, Classic Rock, Doctor Who Magazine and BBC Radio Scotland's Afternoons show. Co-creator of the So Disappointed podcast. Black cat enabler.
paulbwhitelaw.blogspot.com
Andy B @eightofclubs.bsky.social Strange person
Hector Chicken @hectorchicken.bsky.social Not the Belgian restaurant. Dundee United, Derbyshire cricket, cats, sports history, family history, football programmes...
weloveallthat @weloveallthat.bsky.social Somehow a proud #MDANT
No longer posting on the hellsite. Records, tapes, CDs and mp3s.
Live by the river, but not THAT river.
Still speak the lingo.
Not me in the picture.
Red Sky At Night / Joanne Sheppard @redskyatnight.bsky.social Curious ghoul.
‘This confused worker’ - the Daily Mail
‘On the short side, dressed in black’ - my dad
CAUTION: May contain the Devil.
#COYS
Rach of the North @rachofthenorth.bsky.social Gig-loving, music obsessive Geordie lass
David Bryant @23daves.bsky.social "I don't mean half the things I say/ So just ignore the half that you don't like"
All views expressed are personal, not those of my employer.
Writer of "Everybody's Number 1 to Someone", about NME Indie Chart toppers: https://indienumber1s.blogspot.com
@charliearr.bsky.social @charliearr.bsky.social 37/92
Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com Thames in the streets, LWT in the sheets
she/her
alisoneales.com
Smersh Pod @smershpod.com The film podcast that does a bit of everything. hosted by https://bsky.app/profile/johnrain.co.uk
One of Esquire's 38 Best Comedy Podcasts Around.
https://www.patreon.com/SmershPod
https://shows.acast.com/smershpod
Michael Clark @clarkmichael.bsky.social “May the gloss in Ross be a good gloss”
Newcastle upon Tyne
Pop Music • Comedy • Cult Films & TV
Glum Rock @jimblower.bsky.social Left to my own devices I probably wouldn't.
Lowri Thomas @yolowri.bsky.social Lecturer and cardiovascular science researcher. CBeebies fan.
Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social Fancy a trip to celebrate the past filled with #UK based nostalgia. Its mainly Television on here but I chuck other #retro bits in too.
@bernzdb.bsky.social @bernzdb.bsky.social
Optimo (Espacio) @optimo-espacio.bsky.social Global, anti-racist, anti-classist, pro-love dancefloor duo since 1997.
Booking : caroline@spunoutagency.com - M @mrdo.bsky.social @mrdo.bsky.social
James Copley @jamescopley.bsky.social ✍🏻 Digital Journalist at National World
⚽️ Cover #SAFC for The Echo
❤️ Boyhood Sunderland supporter
💪🏼 All views are very much my own
@ewankirky.bsky.social @ewankirky.bsky.social
Fighting Fantazine (Editor) @fightingfantazine.bsky.social Editor of Fighting Fantazine, gamebook/interactive fiction fan magazine
www.fightingfantazine.co.uk
Dun @dunproofin.bsky.social DJ type thing, occasional music maker. Catch me on twitch on https://twitch.tv/dunproofin
Matt Thorne @8minutesidle.bsky.social Author of six novels, three children’s books, one film and critical study of pop star Prince. MA Convenor in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. New book FAMOUS: Ego, Envy and Ambition in Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop out now.
James Yorkston @jamesyorkston.bsky.social Music and Words www.jamesyorkston.co.uk More likely on Threads x
Paul @drinkplayteach.bsky.social This account will tweet about beer, Sunderland AFC and cm9798.
Alex Reeve (storyjoy) @alexreeve.bsky.social Award-losing author of the Leo Stanhope series of historical crime novels published by Bloomsbury. Rep’d by Carrie Plitt at Felicity Bryan Associates. Otherwise, an absent-minded Professor. Tries to be a good egg. Also enjoys a good egg. He/him.
David Belbin @davidbelbin.bsky.social Nottingham novelist. Music nerd, movie lover, theatre & gig goer, Dylan nut. My serial novel, 'Greeneland', an account of Graham Greene's four months in Nottingham from 1925-6, is free to read at davidbelbin.substack.com. Website: www.davidbelbin.com
Lyndsay J @eljay2.bsky.social Scottish, parent, dog servant, book lover. I don't do "follow back". Pronouns are she/her
Phil Fletcher @philfletcher.bsky.social Puppeteer/Puppet Builder and performer of CBBC’s Hacker T.Dog
@theblowmonkeys.bsky.social @theblowmonkeys.bsky.social Musician
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
Sultans of Ping @sultansofping.bsky.social Giving out random messages for the Worlds Greatest Purveyors of Rock n Roll (we're not gonna be friends in the morning) #RockstarsForAllEternity #Sultans30
Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
timworthington.org
Mrjimbob @mrjimbob.bsky.social Musician/author Author/musician
Wood @woodplc.bsky.social Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, delivering solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets.
www.woodplc.com
Holy Coves @holycovesband.bsky.social Welsh Awen Rock band from Anglesey, North Wales, led by singer songwriter @ScottMusicDruid
NEW ALBUM 'HIRAETH' OUT NOW!
AUTUMN/WINTER TOUR ON SALE!
👇
https://linktr.ee/HolyCoves
Sausage On A Fork @podcasthill.bsky.social A podcast dedicated to the U.K.’s longest running children’s drama programme, Grange Hill. Each episode features an interview with a different former cast member. As seen on BBC Breakfast and The Weakest Link
Yogi Shoegazer @yogi-shoegazer.bsky.social Shoegaze DJ from Aberdeen Scotland, vinyl addict, Aberdeen FC fan and adidas trainer collector.
NORTHSIDE @northside1.bsky.social This is the official Northside blue-sky account.
Made In Manchester and signed to Factory Records
TICKETS https://linktr.ee/Northside_band
MERCHANDISE https://deaddeadgood.com/collection/northside/
Tim Brown @booforever.bsky.social Musician and teacher. Bass player of The Boo Radleys.
Will Potter @williampotter.com Writer, editor, comic-book character, bass player in CUD. https://geezerblimey.bigcartel.com
The Boo Radleys @thebooradleys.bsky.social 90s indie band who, like Lazarus, have risen from the dead.
Frenchbloke @darkoutside.co.uk can't access messages, send an email or text. Or letter.
does stuff,
occasional 24 hour radio broadcasts of things you've never heard before in forests.
Galloway
_Jess_CB @jesscb.bsky.social Phlegmatic lefty. DJed for 10, put on nights for 100, Djed for 500, built a festival for 3000. Went too big. @_Jess_CB_DJ - #AFCB 🍒
Stupid & Contagious Podcast @stupidpod.bsky.social Welcome to THE 90s indie podcast, a podcast focused on bringing you interviews with the bands that defined a generation! We will bring you all your favourite 90s bands all served up with a side plate of 'hilarious' British banter!
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. 🖤
Worcester, UK
Mike Dunphy @mikedmfy.bsky.social Guitar twanger with veteran CUDband
Vicki Jarrett @vicki-jarrett.bsky.social Novelist (Nothing is Heavy, Always North), short story writer (The Way Out - collected stories).
The Festive 50 @thefestive50.bsky.social The Festive 50.
Compiling the best end of year music chart since 2013.
Voting opens November 2026.
https://www.mixcloud.com/TheFestive50/
dvdmccrmck @dvdmccrmck.bsky.social Searching for the perfect beat
Miki Berenyi @mikiberenyi.bsky.social Bands: MB3/Lush/Piroshka
Book: Fingers Crossed
Website: mikistuff.com
Gigs: UK/EU: julia.wasielewska@roamartists.com
US/RoW: bowen@teamwass.com
PR: UK: duncan@bellaunion.com;
US: sarah.avrin@charmschoolmedia.com
Liz Hedgecock @lizhedgecock.bsky.social I write mysteries (historical and modern) and edit books. I also drink a lot of tea. Cheshire, UK. She/her. Books at http://author.to/LizH (Amazon author page). Website: http://lizhedgecock.wordpress.com. Painting at http://lizdoesart.wordpress.com
Fay Roberts @fayroberts.bsky.social Queer, disabled, Welsh(ish), progressive performance poet/ musician/ project manager/ event host/ musician/ award-winning voice actor. Lover of spreadsheets and creative writing. ze/zir or they/them/their https://linktr.ee/fayroberts
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
Mike Woods @mikewoods.xyz “a crisply-dressed man with a shaved head and the wry cast of a seasoned creative” - Vice Magazine
mssngpeces.com
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
CUD @cud.bsky.social CUD are a band from Leeds, still touring, still making new music, refusing to give way. cudband.com
Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com "Isn't he a panic"
ASD. Deals in items salvaged from old video tapes and snark about 80s pop.
“Tinkety tonk old fruit, & down with the Nazis”
https://www.youtube.com/@NeilMiles
John Kenyon @johnkenyon.bsky.social Independent Designer
Jeremy Biggs @subversivecomics.bsky.social Writer | Musician | Producer | Celebrity Murder Party | Metal Made Flesh | Mayhem | Bearlands: Zombie Bears |
www.subversivecomics.com
www.metalmadeflesh.com
pom @pomdeter.com
Soundhog - plastidisc.com @soundhog.bsky.social Short-run/one off records - http://plastidisc.com
Hyper-occasional music - http://soundhog.co.uk
Not 'JonnyPencils'
Email me through one of the sites above, as I'm not giving my personal details to any fucking 'age verification' service to access messages.
Stuart White @stuartwhitewm.bsky.social I'm just a boy, standing in front of a story, asking it to write itself…
Founder @writementor | award-winning author | Teacher | An auld Jedi trying to teach his kids the ways of the Force!
Lee @leefreshprince.bsky.social He can't half play the bongos.
Creator of @megablast.bsky.social
Dan Tappin @oitappin.bsky.social A man. In Cardiff. From London. Likes stuff, dislikes other stuff. Ex radio/tv/tv software now:f/t dad p/t librarian. Views are his own and not the baying mobs. Will talk about mashups, Documentary Now, NUFC, Eurovision, and David Bowie to anyone