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Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social pub manager at The Queen's Head, Stratford (E15 not upon Avon) 🏳️🌈 alewife, she/they, gay. used to write about cars https://buttondown.com/behind-the-bar/archive/
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Jethro Norman @jethronorman.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).
Conflict, security and development.
& occasionally Cricket, rugby and football.
IOM Somalia @iomsomalia.bsky.social Working with and for migrants, refugees and displaced communities in Somalia, and supporting the Government of Somalia build climate resilience and tackle climate mobility.
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
Nazanine Moshiri @nazaninemoshiri.bsky.social Senior Advisor @berghoffnd.bsky.social. Frontline Journalist, Speaker/Host, fmr @crisisgroup, UN, Reuters. Views Mine.
David Sterman @davidsterman.bsky.social Deputy Director, New America Future Security program
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
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@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change.
https://www.theccc.org.uk/
Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social Former diplomat, active on foreign policy in Lords. Vice-Chair RUSI, Hon Pres Normandy Memorial, Special Envoy for the Bayeux Tapestry loan. Pop up on the media a bit. New book Peace Makers. https://geni.us/PeaceMakers
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. 🏳️🌈
Beth Rigby @bethrigby.bsky.social Political Editor, Presenter and Podcaster, Sky News. RTS Political Journalist of the Year. Electoral Dysfunction podcast out every Friday 
Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire works alongside the local community to raise awareness about the threats to our butterflies, moths and their habitats. VC38.
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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social Political journalist & broadcaster |
Westminster Editor at the Lead UK |
Presenter on Fubar Radio |
Chatting on Oh God What Now |
Find my work and commission me here: https://www.zoegrunewald.com/
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social Professor of Government & Public Policy, Oxford; Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How It Could Save Democracy (on FT's What to Read in 2026; https://linktr.ee/billionairebacklash); www.pepperculpepper.net
Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social Senior Researcher @ Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne | IPE & Geoeconomics | Trade imbalances 🚢 & EV battery value chains 🔋
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Andrew McCabe @andrewahala.bsky.social Antiquarian books, Numismatics History. Modernism. Classical & African Art Literature & Culture #sicklecell, 🏳️🌈 dad, he/him. Woke af.
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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
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social 🌎 Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎 linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social Associate Professor of History of Medicine and Health (Africa). Researcher on maternal health, childbirth, indigenous med., and health advocacy. Website: drogewilliams.com
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Ailbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social Political Editor, New Statesman
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social We are a migrant-led national organisation empowering migrants to speak out, challenge perceptions and change public debate, in the media and to policymakers. Offices in London, Glasgow and Birmingham.
Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social Shamelessly HIV+ actor, writer, public speaker based in London.
Former CEO of aidsmap and Gay Men Fighting AIDS.
He/him. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🌍🌱
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1837201724?i=1000724643828
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social Economics writer. Author.
Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket.
Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through.
Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.
Stuart Cameron @stuartcameron.bsky.social education • international development • inequality • data
stuartjcameron.github.io
SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social Official account of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal created by
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
Home of the ongoing webcomic SMBC, A City on Mars, and of little books featuring large concepts abridged beyond the point of usefulness.
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
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DUBLIN MENS GROUP @dublinmensgroup.bsky.social Fáilte and welcome to the Dublin Men’s Group (DMG), a social and networking group for gay, bi and trans men in the Dublin metropolitan region. It is a non-profit group providing social and networking opportunities for gay, bi and trans men.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
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.
Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Peace Researcher: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
notes on sudan @notesonsudan.bsky.social union official, labour histories.
Lisa Musumba @lisamusumba.bsky.social Communications Coordinator @africaprog.bsky.social • Host of the #AfricaAware podcast • views are my own
The World Today @theworldtoday.org The magazine of @chathamhouse.org. From June 2026, social media updates will be posted on @chathamhouse.org – please follow us there
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Leon Kouider @leonkouider.bsky.social Journalist at Maghrebi.org specialising in Sudan and Egypt.
Ariana Hashtrudi @ahashtrudi.bsky.social Middle East News Editor at https://Maghrebi.org, a non-partisan MENA news site
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller
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Ally Freischmidt @allyfreischmidt.bsky.social journalism student at UoP
local and national politics
Kate Bunn @katebunn.bsky.social Reporter for online newspaper, Maghrebi.org, focusing on news from the Sahel region.
Suzie Shefeni @suzieshefeni.bsky.social a young woman in afriq.
Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com ✍🏾 Jacqueline Nyathi, librocubicularist, friendly neighbourhood "You *Must* Read This" person.
https://hararereview.com
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.hararereview.com)
Charlie Robertson @frontiercharlie.bsky.social Frontier / emerging market obsessive, author The Time Travelling Economist which explains what Marx missed and when countries escape poverty from 1670 to 2070
The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social Enjoy The Observer journalism in print every Sunday, and digitally, seven days a week 🗞️
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social Performer, writer, speechifier, pub landlady, gender discombobulist
National Fucking Treasure
Ireland
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
David Khoudour @davidkhoudour.bsky.social Senior Development Economist & Human Mobility Expert – Migration & Forced Displacement
Morse College Fellow @Yale.edu | PhD Economics @sciencespo.bsky.social | Fulbright Program alumnus @UCBerkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Ex @UNDP.org @OECD-OCDE.bsky.social
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
Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social Digitalisation, Democracy and anti-Disinformation. European Parliament 2019-2024. Danish diplomat 2005-2017. https://karenmelchior.eu/
Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social Sitting on the sidelines is for Waldorf and Statler. Promoted by Tim Dexter on behalf of Labour both at 23 Orford Rd E17 9NL.
Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social Author of award-winning bestseller An Irish Atlantic Rainforest. Over 17 years rewilding our 73-acre farm on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork. In love with Earth's biosphere.
Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social A nonprofit trust, saving the last of Ireland's ancient woodlands and planting scarce native trees and new forests nationwide.
Registered Charity RCN20045265
Leonor Oliveira Toscano @leoatoscano.bsky.social 🇵🇹 in 🇳🇴 | PhD Research Fellow @UniOslo | Gender, Conflict and Local Peacebuilding | Kenya | She/Her
Judd Devermont @jdevermont.bsky.social Operating Partner, Kupanda Capital | Board Member, Fraym | Non-Resident Scholar, Carnegie Africa Program | Former NSC Senior Director for African Affairs | Former National Intelligence Officer for Africa | Personal Account
Matthias Rompel @matthiasrompel.bsky.social Director East Africa & Horn of Africa @giz.de, formerly Country Director Ethiopia, Djibouti, Malawi. Global Citizen, International Cooperation Practitioner, Hon. Professor @jlugiessen.bsky.social
Geno Teofilo @genoteofilo.bsky.social NGO Aid Watch Founder and NGO Communications Professional. Former Oxfam, Norwegian Refugee Council & others. Coffee please!
Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Press Gazette energy & environment journalist of the year 2022
Highly commended:
Society of Editors 2025
Shortlisted:
Press Awards 2025
Press Gazette 2025
AOP 2025
Deputy Ed + Snr Policy Ed, Carbon Brief
simon.evans@carbonbrief.org- J Joshua Craze @joshuacraze.bsky.social Writer | Bylines:
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Maria Bedsvaag @mbedsvaag.bsky.social Senior Communications Advisor.
Humanitarian NGO. Oslo.
Popular with my kids.
Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social The world doesn't have to be this way. Climate & biodiversity science, risk, resilience, Earth-repairing societal/planetary futures. Prof U Washington; RA African Climate & Development Initiative/ Fitztitute, UCapeTown, SEI Oxford, LC Nature Recovery.
R. Maxwell Bone @maxbone55.bsky.social Eyes on all things Africa, Human Rights and Democracy. Recovering Democracy & Governance Practitioner. MPhil from the University of Cambridge. Words in @foreignpolicy.com @wpr.bsky.social @newhumanitarian.bsky.social & elsewhere
Will Swanson @willswanson.bsky.social Documentary photographer, Emmy award winning journalist, Pulitzer grantee, GroundTruth fellow… mostly east & Horn of Africa
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater 
Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social Writer & broadcaster.
🏴 🌈 🖊️📚 🎭 📺 📻 🪴 🐔 🥃
He/Him
www.damianbarr.com
📕 The Two Roberts is my new novel. I’ve curated an exhibition about them for Charleston in Lewes which is now in Nottingham.
📕 Maggie & Me.
📕 You Will Be Safe Here.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
Buy my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA at https://geni.us/Prestige_Drama.
Get my extremely good memoir at www.mammybook.com
Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.
Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
WIRED @wired.com For Future Reference.
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Skoll World Forum @skollworldforum.bsky.social The Forum shines a spotlight on some of the most promising solutions and impactful social innovations and connects leaders who are driving social progress around the world. Attendance is curated by the Skoll Foundation team online and in Oxford, UK.
Rory Cormac @rorycormac.bsky.social Professor: Subversion & Secret Statecraft | Author: Fakers (coming 2026); Disrupt & Deny; How to Stage a Coup; Crown, Cloak, & Dagger
ONE France @onefrance.bsky.social ONE lutte pour un monde plus juste en exigeant les investissements nécessaires pour créer des opportunités économiques et améliorer la santé en Afrique.
https://www.one.org/fr/
Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk MP for #WaveneyValley.
Former charity CEO.
Need to get in touch?
📧 waveneyvalleyoffice@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/AdrianRamsay
https://www.adrianramsay.org.uk
Chatham House Africa @africaprog.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org’s Africa Programme is a world-leading centre for independent policy research on African politics.
Website🔗: chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/africa-programme
Podcast🎙️: soundcloud.com/chathamhouse/sets/africa-aware
Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social Former MP, former Supreme Allied Commander #WarOnTheCountryside, above average satirical photoshopper & senior advisor to Sir Keir Starmer before he became unpopular
Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social Read Philosophy, write Philosophy, swear.
(senior lecturer at u of exeter; phil. of medicine, politics, ethics & metaethics, philosophical methodology. Irish, sports bore, hobbyist guitar pedal-builder)
Dr Rohit K Dasgupta @rkdasgupta.bsky.social Associate Professor, London School of Economics| Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow| Labour & Coop Party Councillor| Chair of Council & First Citizen, London Borough of Newham 25-26| He/They| https://linktr.ee/rohitkdasgupta
European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu European Research Council, set up by the EU, funds top researchers of any nationality, helping them pursue great ideas at the frontiers of knowledge. #HorizonEU
REDMIX @redmix.bsky.social REDMIX - Unpacking #mixedness for an inclusive history of the Red Sea, 1800s-2000s • directed by Valentina Fusari, University of Turin• funded by @erc.europa.eu
@tomlavers.bsky.social @tomlavers.bsky.social 
Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social Official source of news from Trinity College Dublin. Trinity is Ireland's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Ranking 2026 and Times Higher Education 2025 and ranked 75th in the World QS World University Ranking, 2026.
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
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~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
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Dr Claire Yorke @claireyorke.bsky.social Author and academic | Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, Canberra | Empathy, Emotions, Strategy, Security, Politics, Diplomacy, Asia-Pacific | 🇬🇧in 🇦🇺| https://claireyorke.me/
Darja @darjawolf.bsky.social Decolonization & Humanitarianism @unibt | Global & African History @unibt & @SOAS | History @unibielefeld and @Univ_Paris | Postcolonial City Walks in Bayreuth
Africa Special Interest Group at University of Essex @africasigessex.bsky.social The Africa Special Interest Group is the hub for interdisciplinary studies focusing on Africa @universityofessex.bsky.social, and contributes to joint research activities, education, as well as student and cultural events on Africa.
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@sayeedawarsi.bsky.social @sayeedawarsi.bsky.social In Westminster making laws and on TV making mischief 😉
Parliamentarian, podcaster, author and member of the #Yorkshire tribe