Richard Sambrook @sambrook.eurosky.social Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
@afuahirsch.bsky.social @afuahirsch.bsky.social 
Bron Maher @bronmaher.bsky.social Reporter at A Media Operator. Tips, chats and drinks proposals to bron@amediaoperator.com
Roger Mosey @rogermosey.bsky.social Writer & occasional broadcaster. Former head of BBC TV News and director of Sport. Emeritus fellow of Selwyn College Cambridge.
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social Head of Communications at @theelders.bsky.social. Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺
Stephanie Baker @stephanie-baker.bsky.social Senior Writer at Bloomberg News/Businessweek for investigations. Author of Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia. www.stephaniebakerwriter.com @bloomberg.com
Charlie English @charlieenglish1.bsky.social Writer of narrative non-fiction. Formerly Guardian foreign editor. Out now in the UK: The CIA Book Club. Coming to the US July 1.
The Observer @observeruk.bsky.social Britain’s oldest Sunday newspaper
https://www.theguardian.com/observer
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social Journalist-- Middle East, UK politics etc. Former Jerusalem correspondent of the UK Independent, author of "Gaza: Peparing for Dawn" Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
Basia Cummings @basialc.bsky.social Editor, digital
The Observer
Judith Taylor @judith-taylor000.bsky.social Patient advocate and science-to-public writer. Former director/secretary Thyroid Cancer Alliance. Trustee and former Chair Thyroid Trust (U.K.) Former Publishing Director at Elsevier (now retired). Lives in the Netherlands.
Nick Higham @highamnews.bsky.social Mavericks: Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One published by Bloomsbury 9 October. Water news, London history, laundry, ghost pubs etc. Former BBC correspondent…
@pgoodrich.bsky.social @pgoodrich.bsky.social 
Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge
Paul Webster @paulfwebster.bsky.social Ex Observer editor
@tinacarr.bsky.social @tinacarr.bsky.social Singer. Jazzy. Trust my ear. Sing what I hear. ( Formerly Director of Rory Peck Trust - helping freelance journalists)
https://www.tinacarrmusic.com/
Guardian NUJ @gonuj.org The NUJ chapel for the Guardian
Steven Swinford @stevenswinford.bsky.social Political Editor, The Times
Leila Molana-Allen @leilama.bsky.social PBS Newshour Special Correspondent traversing the wider Middle East & Africa. Ex-TheEconomist. Mother of hounds, proud daughter of immigrants.
leilamolanaallen.com
Jon Slattery @jonslattery.bsky.social Freelance media journalist based in the UK. Former deputy ed of journalism weekly Press Gazette.
AladdinNoons @aladdinnoons.bsky.social Scot / Brit
Politics History
Left leaning
Reading Righting Rithmetic
No bigots
Tony Harcup @writerlytone.bsky.social Tony Harcup writes about journalism - mostly in books and articles, sometimes here and at @rememberlop.bsky.social
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/people/academic/tony-harcup
Shanti Das @shantidas.bsky.social Senior investigations reporter, The Times. Previously: The Observer / The Sunday Times. Orwell prize for exposing Britain’s social evils 2023
📝 shanti.das@thetimes.co.uk / @shantidas.01 (Signal)
Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social Chief Political Commentator & Associate Editor, The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/contributor/andrew-rawnsley
David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social Philosopher (Uehiro Oxford), Author (Wittgenstein's Poker, Would You Kill The Fat Man, Parfit, etc.), Podcaster (Philosophy Bites, Social Science Bites). Journalist. Latest book, Death In A Shallow Pond.
Marina O'Loughlin @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social Fingers in many pies
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
Alex Crawford @alexcrawfreports.bsky.social Foreign correspondent Sky News
Terry Stiastny @terrystiastny.bsky.social Author of Believable Lies, a story of wartime propaganda and fake news, out now from WH Allen. Discussing politics and more on Times Radio and Monocle Radio. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452994/believable-lies-by-stiastny-terry/
Jane Martinson @janemartinson.bsky.social Writes, speaks, teaches for a living. Journalist, City U Prof Financial Journalism, Author - You May Never See Us Again. The Barclay Dynasty: A story of survival, secrecy and succession out 19 October: https://amzn.eu/d/669hZna
John Machin @ohjohnnyoh.bsky.social Husband; dad; favourite uncle; soundy podcasty guy; dishwasher dissident; semi-colon lover.
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
@niccifrench.bsky.social @niccifrench.bsky.social Frightening people for a living
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
@colindurrant.bsky.social @colindurrant.bsky.social 
Mike Lanchin @mikelanchin.bsky.social Journalist, documentary maker and writer. My passions include speaking Spanish & Latin America.
@agnetaramberg.bsky.social @agnetaramberg.bsky.social 
Philippa Budgen @philippabudgen.bsky.social Freelance Media Consultant for charities & campaigns.
Loves justice. Hates injustice. Reformed journalist. Sometimes found in cold water. 
Ruth Hogarth @hogarthruth.bsky.social Editor @artsprofessional.co.uk | Honorary Research Fellow QMUL | former BBC World Service
Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social Dr Paul Lashmar, Investigative Journalist, author and Emeritus Fellow at CityStGs UoL, retired Associate Professor. Book: Drax of Drax Hall: Landed Gentry, Sugar and Slavery (Pluto March 2025). I RT when interested not necessarily because I agree.
Ivor Gaber @ivorgaber.bsky.social Journalist Prof and former news journalist. UK representative at UNESCO’s media freedom body. Govt adviser. Specialist in media development and training. 
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Tia Dunn @heytiadunn.bsky.social She’s acting. She’s arting. She’s BSL & bunions. She’s child free cat lady, she’s running or dancing for therapy.
Rep’d: Rogues & Vagabonds- T Tania Branigan @taniabranigan.bsky.social Foreign editorials writer at the Guardian. Author: Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution, winner of the Cundill History Prize. UK paperback: 1 February https://linktr.ee/redmemory and US: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324051961
Ben Page @benpageresearch.bsky.social Visiting Professor at Kings College London. Pollster, social researcher, trends and futures. Ex CEO of Ipsos globally and in UK (2009-2025) FMRS, FacSS etc
@ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social @ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social 
Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social Journalist and author. Writes for FT, Guardian, Prospect and The Conversation. Latest book: Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition, out now. Visiting Prof at Bayes Business School
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Rosalind Freeborn @rosalindfreeborn.bsky.social Writer, artist, curious about everything. Author of Prince George and Master Frederick my historical fiction novel published in January 2025 www.rosalind-freeborn.com
Barnaby Phillips @barnabyphillips.bsky.social Journalist, author. 'The African Kingdom of Gold- Britain and the Asante Treasure' (March 2026) 'Loot- Britain and the Benin Bronzes' & 'Another Man's War'.. BBC, Al Jaz; Athens,Jo'burg Lagos, Luanda & Maputo. Now back in my native N1 #COYG
Fred Kaplan @fredmkaplan.bsky.social Slate's War Stories columnist; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon, and--most recently--A Capital Calamity (a novel); also jazz critic for Tracking Angle.
Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
James Rodgers @jmacrodgers.bsky.social Author. Journalist. Fellow Royal Historical Soc. Linguist.
Editorial Adviser, History Today.
Ex correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, Gaza.
New book, The Return of Russia, out now.
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300270815/the-return-of-russia/
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Joanne Cayford @jcayford.bsky.social 
Kristine Pommert @kristinedmc.bsky.social #Radio doc maker, research #impact consultant and trainer, #REF2029. Career coach. @samaritans volunteer. Grief expert by experience. Ex BBC. @ctvc @bulletinac
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Adam Ganz @adamganz.bsky.social 
John Shea @johnshea63.bsky.social Pianist, BBC Radio 3 presenter, BBC World Service newsreader. Cambridge University & Royal Academy of Music graduate. 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
Josh K Lustig @joshklustig.ft.com Photography, football, deep space and dinosaurs.
Writer and photo editor at @ftweekend.com
https://www.ft.com/josh-lustig
Matthew Teller @matthewteller.com Author: FINDING ALADDIN, out Nov 2026 • DAYBREAK IN GAZA • NINE QUARTERS OF JERUSALEM • QUITE ALONE • https://linktr.ee/matthewteller • He/him
John Kampfner @johnkampfner.bsky.social Author, journalist
website: www.jkampfner.net
newsletter: https://johnkampfner.substack.com/
Berlin, London
Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social ‘Notes on Now’ every month in Byline Times, Co-founder openDemocracy Led Charter 88 from 1988-2005. Iron Britannia; The Lure of Greatness; Taking Control! Etc Online articles in Authory.
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Sign up for my weekly newsletter here: https://observer.co.uk/newsletters
Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social Managing Director, Europe and co-head of London office, Eurasia Group. Formerly HM Treasury and European Commission. Senior Research Fellow, LSE European Institute. ECFR Council Member. My views. Seeking analytical truth
https://www.eurasiagroup.net
Steve Richards @steverichards.bsky.social Political writer, broadcaster, podcaster and host of Rock N Roll Politics live shows. Latest book-Turning Points in Modern Britain
Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
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 
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UKICE. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. https://jonathandportes.github.io/
BlogMyWiki @blogmywiki.bsky.social Short story podcaster: 'Listen with Other'
Ex-BBC radio, former teacher, Bristolian in exile, loves C20th fiction mainly by female writers, writing, classic TV.
http://listenwithother.co.uk
Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
David Leigh @davidleighx.bsky.social Journalist.
Author of "Investigative Journalism: a survival guide" ( Palgrave) http://bit.ly/2lLQhSy.
Was Guardian Investigations Editor; ex-IMPRESS.
Posts are news not endorsements.
Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social Ex BBC World Service. Who knew there was life outside?
Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social Director @ukandeu.bsky.social Bitter and twisted observer of politics. ‘Not yoda’ (DC) ‘Slightly matey politics don' (Q. Letts) Trustee, @fullfact #LUFC Most views someone else’s
Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
Tara Conlan @taraconlan.bsky.social Journalist writing about media for the Guardian & others since all this was just Gracie Fields. taraconlan.com
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social Contributing Editor at Monocle, host of Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk and The Daily. Author of four scandalously under-rated books.
Sarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social I am a screenwriter (Blinded by the Light), author (Greetings from Bury Park, They), journalist (Guardian, Times and lots of others), I teach at UCL and am working on my first stage play. Mostly though I am a husband and father of two young children.
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
Alix Kroeger @alixkroeger.bsky.social Text editor at the Associated Press, London. Previously BBC News website and BBC na srpskom. Oxford Climate Journalism Network 2024. Ukraine, Balkans, climate change, bicycles and the rest. 
Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social Professor of Politics. 
tudor lomas @tudorinjordan.bsky.social Brit living in Amsterdam and Jordan; woke & angry; former BBC journo/presenter; author; focus on sustainable development, fairness, environment, pol/econ, inter-cultural stuff. Supports DCFC; works with Saleh and family wadirumtours.com
Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Chief Reporter at UK political outlet Byline Times. I cover democracy, campaigning, and Britain's media.
Followers can reply to posts (ask to DM me). Open to news tips.
'Fake news w*nker' - Tommy Robinson.
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
Matt Chorley @mattchorley.bsky.social 📻BBC Radio 5 Live weekdays 2pm-4pm
🇺🇸Americanswers Mondays BBC Sounds
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk Author, parliamentary sketchwriter and co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. Books about chaotic detectives, sneaky spies, and misleading words.
Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com Whitehall editor at the Financial Times 🗞️
Host of the FT’s award-winning ‘Political Fix’ podcast🎙️Author 📚
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social Deputy editor of The House magazine in Parliament.
Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday