David Lance Callahan @davidlancecallahan.bsky.social English Primitive reinventor, Moonshake/Wolfhounds ranter, Swell Maps supply guitarist, nature writer. #MDANT
https://davidcallahan.bandcamp.com/album/down-to-the-marshes
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social Emeritus Professor. Member, UK House of Lords.
If with all your effort and might you do not reach the mountain top that is not failure; failure is that you did not even try.
Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social Former NHS Doctor - Bestselling Substack Writer - Political Commentator. Sign up here! http://Linktr.ee/jujuliagrace
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk Professional website designer, enthusiastic photographer of modern buildings and writer of The Monthly Jotter.
www.brighterside.co.uk/link-tree
Ellie Brown @elliebrown.bsky.social Researcher, writer. Looking at twentieth-century architecture and design (shopping centres, public art, urban space, interior design).
emadeleinebrown.com
James Dunbar @jamesad.bsky.social architect, phd student (Architectural & Urban History & Theory, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), traveler, photographer, future architectural historian, part-time punk (semi-retired), critiques of ISM
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/
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
Simone Salis | Creative Technologist @simone.org Street photography mixed with Zen-informed essays and podcasts on technology, society, intentionality.
#streetphotography #ricohgr #fujifilm #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #ファインダー越しの私の世界
Chicago | Italia
Castles in Space @castlesinspace.bsky.social UK Electronic Vinyl Record Label
castlesinspace.bandcamp.com
castlesin.space
Activists Without Borders @activistswb.bsky.social Activists Without Borders is a UK-based international advocacy and campaign group dedicated to protecting human and environmental rights, empowering frontline activists, and addressing injustices worldwide.
FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social Activist, political irritant, bubble pricker, definitely left and nearly always right, europhile, founder of the Rejoin Campaign.
rejoincampaign.uk
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk 💚 Real hope. Real change.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class and Coal Country. Should be running or writing.
Housmans Bookshop @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com
📖 substack.com/@rutgerbregman
📺 youtube.com/@rutger.bregman
Miles Glendinning @milesglendinning.bsky.social historian of mass housing (global + HK). New HK housing history: https://www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Public-Housing-An-Architectural-and-Policy-History/Glendinning/p/book/9781138680227. Global housing archive: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/2927
Modern Railways @modernrailways.keypublishing.com Updates from the team at Modern Railways magazine, which has provided news, views and analysis on the UK's railways for 60 years.
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West Country Modernism @westcountrymodern.bsky.social A journey around mid century modernist buildings in the West Country. By @magslhalliday.bsky.social
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Keith Marriott @keithmarriott58.bsky.social UK based retired Architect
Interested in photography, architecture, history, mountains and politics- not necessarily in that order
Bengelapen @bengelapen.bsky.social Leftwing♀ who loves photography-🇬🇧-Heaton/Abbott-the sea-campervanning through Europe-there's more but can't think of it now. Did I mention I am forgetful?
Dr Rosamund Lily West @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social Lecturer | Historian | Curator
Lecturing @unioftheartslondon and @westdean | PhD on post-war LCC sculpture and housing @KingstonSchArt | Fellow @RoyalHistSoc (she/her)
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Dan Thompson @danthompson33.bsky.social Artist and writer, interested in seaside, empty shops, and peace. Worthing, Ramsgate, Margate, UK.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club @wolvesfc.bsky.social Fear Nothing.
Cherry Red Records @cherryredrecords.bsky.social The unmistakable sound of independence. A record label releasing the most independent thinking music since 1978.
https://linktr.ee/cherryredrecords
Public Service Broadcasting HQ @psbhq.bsky.social https://publicservicebroadcasting.os.fan/
London-based musical entity. Informing, educating & entertaining since 2009.
Management: matthew@eastcitymanagement.com
British Culture Archive @britcultarchive.bsky.social The Changing Face of British Society & Culture. EXHIBITIONS | SHOP | GALLERIES
New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more.
Website: https://newleftreview.org
Robert Law @robert-law.com Photographer/Ffotograffydd 🏴Shortlisted: RPS IPE 2025, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020 & '21, Portrait of Britain 2019. Long term project: Holyhead - Sea Change?
https://bio.site/robertlaw
Solar 76 @solar76.bsky.social Producer of electronic music in a retro-futurist tech-house style.
https://solar76.bandcamp.com/music
John Hill @archidose.bsky.social Architect, editor in chief at World-Architects, architectural tour guide, author of 7 books including "Buildings in Print," and I have a weekly newsletter about architecture books: https://archidose.substack.com/
Town and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social Challenging, inspiring and supporting people to create healthy, sustainable and resilient places that are fair for everyone.
www.tcpa.org.uk
Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social Professor at ICREA, ICTA, and the Department of Political Science & Public Law at UAB • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk
Substack https://substack.com/@willd10
Williamdavies.blog
Documenting Britain @documentingbritain.bsky.social Supportive documentary photography platform focussed on emerging artists.
British Journal of Photography @1854.photography The home of British Journal of Photography. Established 1854.
Learn more 👉 https://1854.photo/4fD9MCH
Thames & Hudson @thamesandhudson.bsky.social Publisher of beautiful books on art, photography, architecture, design, fashion and more.
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Another Place Magazine @anotherplacemag.bsky.social Showcasing contemporary photography which explores our relationship with 'place' - for our books visit @anotherplacepress.bsky.social
https://anotherplacemag.tumblr.com
Edited by @iainsarjeant.bsky.social
Mimi Mollica @mimimollica.bsky.social Photographer Educator and Director of Photo Meet
Diane Smyth @dismy.bsky.social Editor British Journal of Photography + Photoworks Annual. MA + BA lecturer in theory + history of photography at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Freelance writer
Holly Smith @holsmith.bsky.social Research Fellow @ University of Cambridge // My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN (Verso) is out now 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
Modernist Estates @modernistestates.bsky.social Designer and writer (📚Modernist Estates, The Barbican Estate, Modernist Escapes and Golden Lane Estate)
🥾 Perambulations architecture walking guides 👉🏼 https://thingsyoucanbuy.co.uk
💻 Not-for-profit estate agency 👉🏼 modernistestates.com
Ed Wall @eddwall.bsky.social Professor of Cities and Landscapes / Landscape Architect, author, and editor, including The Landscapists (Wiley/AD)
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www.projectstudio.co.uk/about
Ming Cheng @architectming.bsky.social Architect | Town Planner | Urbanist | Photographer.
Interested in #architecture #urbanism #placemaking #urbandesign
I also take photos to capture cities and urban life.
blog: https://substack.com/@quietaperture
web: https://mingcheng.myportfolio.com
Mark Tewdwr-Jones @marktewdwr-jones.bsky.social UCL Bartlett Professor of Cities and Regions at CASA: Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Academician, urban planner, geographer, scientist, film historian, futurist, pro-rail. Believe in creating inclusive future places for all
Toby Blackman @tobyblackman.bsky.social Art and Architecture: Site, Writing, Photography | Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University (he/him)
Stephen Parnell @stephenparnell.bsky.social Formerly an architect, academic and software peep. Now advocating for media literacy and responsible GenAI in HE. Northerner: border collie & brass band lover. Trombone learner (still). Here to learn not argue. Thinking round corners.
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk Writer & speaker. Landscape, food, utopias, queer theory, imagination. Prof of Landscape Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Antifascist. Recent book: The Landscape of Utopia. At work on 'Reworlding: Planetarity & Future Imaginaries'.
Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Historian of protest, political movements, public space in Britain.
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons
https://historyofpublicspace.uk
Croydon and Rochdale
@ruralmodernism on Insta.
🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally.
She/her
Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
https://linktr.ee/coelinks
The Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social A home for working-class readers and writers
https://thebeemagazine.com
Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Welcome to my shiny new echo chamber… hoping here that I can keep it clean and tidy and ‘woke’.
IRL - lawyer (of the lefty, campaigning variety).
Side @sidegallery.bsky.social Est. in 1977: Side is dedicated to lens-based documentary. We are home to the UNESCO-listed AmberSide collection, showcasing film and documentary photography on working-class life from the North East and beyond.
Sidegallery.co.uk
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
Niall McDiarmid @niallmcdiarmid.bsky.social Photographer
Nick Turpin @nickturpin.com London based Street and Public Realm photographer producing stills and moving image projects for Architects, Developers and Arts Organisations. nickturpin.com #architecturalstreetphotography
Photo North Festival @photonorthfestival.bsky.social The festival for photography lovers and enthusiasts, with pop ups across the UK
www.photonorthfestival.co.uk/festival
gignouxphotos @gignouxphotos.bsky.social Gignoux Photos produces documentary photography projects focussing on socio-political and environmental issues around the world.
Tamsyn Warde @tamsynwarde.bsky.social UK based Documentary Photographer. Youth, play, community, social issues.
MA, Portrait of Britain.
Jenny Lewis @jennylewisstudio.bsky.social Lens based Artist
3 Mongraphs with Hoxton Mini Press
National Portrait Gallery Collection /Wellcome Collection /Birthrites Collection
Visiting lecturer and workshop facilitator
www.jennylewis.net
Roger Tiley @rogertileydocphoto.bsky.social I’m a documentary photographer, educator and filmmaker. My career spans more than four decades.
I am a native of the south Wales valleys. 
Mark Pinder @mark-o-p.bsky.social Editorial and documentary photographer. Northern England. Views my own because nobody else wants them.- W Janine Wiedel @wiedelphoto.bsky.social Documentary photographer
Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social Depleted human. Slowly making photographs about a life with ME/CFS, like Long Covid.
https://linktr.ee/andrewgifford.photography
Bristol, UK. 335.42 ppm. He/him/oi.
LCC municipal @lccmunicipal.bsky.social London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc.
lccmunicipal.com
Richard Waite @waitey.bsky.social News editor at the AJ. Into architecture and gossip. Bradford and London. 
Oli Marshall @olimarshall.bsky.social London by way of Yorkshire | Campaigns Director at @C20Society.bsky.social
Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social Writer, artist, editor, curator
Editor: recessed.space
Teaching: UCL Bartlett
Obviously, everything here is my opinion & not that of my employers, except when I am my employer
Probs won't chat to faceless/anon/troll profiles
Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
Tom Wilkinson @tmowilkinson.bsky.social historian of art and architecture
tmowilkinson.com
Douglas Murphy @entschwindet.bsky.social I spend my days in an architecture school
I've written some books
Chatting about music, culture, politics etc etc
Geraint Franklin @geraintfranklin.bsky.social Architectural historian with Historic England (opinions own). British architecture after 1945. Post-Modern Buildings in Britain, HKPA, John Outram. High-Tech Britain out March 2026!
Dan Hancox @danhancox.bsky.social Journalist and author from south London. Latest book: MULTITUDES: How Crowds Made the Modern World (Verso 2024).
https://cursedobjects.podbean.com/
https://danhancox.substack.com/
Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social Historian of shopping precincts, derelict landscapes, leisure centres, power stations, inner cities, housing, the Potteries, Telford new town, & city centre redevelopment. @c20society casework & trustee.
Reuben J. Brown @reubenjbrown.com ○ MA Investigative Journalism at Cronkite School of Journalism
○ Steele Fellow at Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
○ Prev. Digital Editor at The Architectural Review
Eleanor Beaumont @eabeaumont.bsky.social Architect (nearly) and deputy editor @social.architectural-review.com
Lang Rabbie @langrabbie.bsky.social Hydronyms: Gulf of Mexico/Lake Ontario
Not an architect but prone to concrete fetishism
Palimpsestian
Scot with a Nottinghamshire childhood now residing in London SW2's debatable lands
C19th Liberalism tempered by teenage Marxism Today habit
@robertbevan.bsky.social @robertbevan.bsky.social Journo, writer on cities and architecture, heritage consultant @ authentic futures.✊ he/him
Merlin Fulcher @merlinfulcher.bsky.social Architectural journalist, editor, and broadcaster
Chris Bond @chrisb0nd.bsky.social Visual stuff (primarily photographic), sonic stuff and other things. Welcome to my sketchbook. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
📌 United Kingdom
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
recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social recessed.space is a platform for writing about art and architecture, and where the two intersect.
The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk Helping communities across the UK to reuse and regenerate historic buildings, with grants, loans and advice.
https://linktr.ee/ArchHFund
Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Nick Dunmur @nickdunmur.com Professional photographer all my working life. Also Business & Legal adviser to @assocphoto members. Posts on photography, creative practice, politics and (de)generative-AI. Views my own. https://www.nickdunmur.com
Photofusion @photofusionuk.bsky.social Gallery, courses, studio hire, darkrooms, film processing & exhibition production
Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com graceblakeley.substack.com/subscribe
Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org We investigate Britain’s foreign policy, military & intelligence agencies and corporations. Please support our work - https://www.declassifieduk.org/join/
@davidcampany.bsky.social @davidcampany.bsky.social Writer, Curator
Creative Director, International Center of Photography
Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social FT Architecture and Design critic. Author of ‘On the Street: In-Between Architecture’. Jeez. Another platform. @financialtimes.com
Aaron Bastani @aaronjbastani.bsky.social Co-Founder @novaramedia / Author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Next book on politics and economics of an ageing planet.
Architecture Today @architecturetoday.bsky.social Architecture's independent voice.
https://architecturetoday.co.uk/
Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social Historian of #architecture and #energy, at University of Liverpool School of Architecture. Author of Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency (Pelican, 2021), and Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (William Heinemann, 2016).
Hugh Pearman @hughpearman.bsky.social Writer and editor on architecture. Bit of a thing for industrial archaeology and historic modernism. Book "About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings" published by Yale.