Sian Meades-Williams @sianysianysiany.bsky.social Freelance Writing Jobs newsletter 💌 Food and travel features writer🍝Yeovil Literary Prize winner 🏆 The Pyjama Myth 📖 Cats 🐾 Potatoes 🍟 she/her 💕 https://freelancewritingjobs.substack.com
Bev Craig For Greater Manchester Mayor @bevcraig.bsky.social Labour Party candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoralty on 30 July 2026.
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Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social Prof. of English Literature, Jesus College, Univ. of Oxford.
E-m British & European literature, history, & political thought; succession; parliamentary culture & Indigenous assemblies.
Pole in GB; pro-Ukraine; contra anti-Semitism. All views mine alone.
The British Association of the Study of Ukraine @thebasuorg.bsky.social A multidisciplinary community for those who work on, study &/or want to learn more about Ukraine. For academics, policy makers, & practitioners.
Founded April 2024
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Cristina Maza @cmaza.bsky.social Journalist. Covering foreign policy & defence. Editing @ Euractiv.
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Matt P. Dryden @mattpdryden.bsky.social Terrorism | National Security | Criminal Justice Reform. Researcher, Practitioner, Policy-Maker. Analysis: BBC News, The Independent, The Spectator, The Telegraph, and academic journals. Writing a book about terrorist behaviour. https://lnk.bio/mattpdryden
Balakun @balakunua.bsky.social We are building bridges between mentors worldwide, and Ukrainians eager to learn and practice English. Learn More: balakun.org/
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social Author, Campaigner, Broadcaster.
Natasha Kuhrt @natashakuhrt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Co-founder, co-Convenor BISA WG East European/Eurasian security. Research interests: Russian foreign,security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping
Anastasiia Lapatina @lapatina.bsky.social Kyiv-based journalist with Lawfare. I go by Nastya
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Michael Judge @mjudgetfp.bsky.social Journalist, poet, and publisher of The Person with Michael Judge https://michaeljudge.substack.com
Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social #FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator. ‘On Time’ News and Fiction writing blog at:
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Silicon Curtain podcast @siliconcurtain.bsky.social 
johnsweeneyroar @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social Old school war reporter: author of 16 books inc Killer In The Kremlin, Murder In The Gulag and novel The Useful Idiot.
Co-host Lucy Letby: Was There Ever A Crime?
Founder: VPDFO! Festivals
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Lead Mojo @leadmojo.co.uk Audio, comedy, audio comedy.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com Leeds man & audio/comedy producer. Work stuff @leadmojo.co.uk
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Dr. Helen Kopnina @helenkopnina.bsky.social #Sustainability scholar @northumbriauni.bsky.social #EnvironmentalEducation #SustainableBusiness #Biodiversity #Animals #Climate Wary of polarization, viral slogans & echo chambers https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=pE0rWdgAAAAJ&hl=nl
Cllr Richard Kemp CBE @cllrkemp.bsky.social Lib Dem spokesperson on Housing. Former Lord Mayor of Liverpool and Councillor for the fabulous Penny Lane ward. Married to Ald. Erica Kemp CBE with three children and five grandchildren
Ernest_UA @ernesttranslated.bsky.social Official English page of Ernest - Ukrainian Volunteer | provide aid to civilians and army | To donate visit our website https://angel-of-life.weblium.site/ua
Darryl Morris @darrylmorris.bsky.social Hello. I'm a broadcaster, writer, documentary-maker and northerner. My latest documentary - God Next Door - is out now on BBC Sounds. I host the weekend late show on Times Radio. I'm a Bolton Wanderers fan and an #ADHD bore. www.darrylmorris.co.uk
Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social British Academy International Fellow, Politics Department, University of Manchester | Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis | UNC PhD | oligarchs, elites, governance, state capture, networks, Ukraine, post-communist states | snitsova.com
Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social newspaper editor and podcaster in Kyiv. Read english.nv.ua and listen to Ukraine without Hype
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ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social Original news from across the UK and around the world. Available on ITVX 24/7. National news: ITV1 weekdays at 1:30pm, 6:30pm and 10pm. Regional news: ITV1 weekdays at 6pm.
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Joel Wasserman @joelw762.bsky.social In Ukraine since 2018. Please consider supporting my wife's humanitarian work here: https://gofund.me/ad24e4e0
Rachel Townsend @racheltownsenditn.bsky.social North of England Correspondent for ITV News
Jim Broomfield @hellojimbo.bsky.social 
Conal Cunningham @conalcunningham.bsky.social Senior reporter at St Helens Star and Leigh Journal
Sadie Trent @sadietrent92.bsky.social 33, Somerset
BA and LLM graduate from UWE
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London Mavericks, AO Manchester Thunder (sometimes Northern Mystics and Adelaide Thunderbirds)
Manchester United
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c.l.hanks @chloehanks23.bsky.social 26 year old poet based in York. Winner of the V Press Prize for Poetry in 2020. PhD @ YSJ.
Co-host for Howlers Spoken Word Open Mic & Board Member for York Lit Fest.
(Adulteress, Querencia Press 2023)
Christopher Fariss @cjfariss.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan. cjfariss.com
The Trouble Club @thetroubleclub.bsky.social The finest voices on everything from politics to fiction. They all happen to be women.
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Michael Dwyer @michaeldwyer.bsky.social Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Journalist. Speaker. Writer. Commentator.
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Society. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture. The personal. The structural.
Editor in Chief, Byline Times.
hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
Phil Davies @phildaviespen.bsky.social Penmaenmawr North Wales. Ex Head of HR Conwy Council. Now publicity & social media for author Viv Foster’s debut novel “Maths to the Matterhorn” the 1st book in the trilogy “Cornflakes to Kilimanjaro”,Socialist,
Ski addict, Francophile, Welsh, rugby lover.
Adam Reichardt @areichardt.bsky.social Editor of @neweasterneurope.eu, co-host of the Talk Eastern Europe podcast.
Web: www.neweasterneurope.eu
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkEasternEurope
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/areichardt/
Iryna Matviyishyn @imatv.bsky.social Independent reporter in Ukraine 🇺🇦| 2024 Vaclav Havel Fellow, RFE/RL. Ex- Kyiv Independent. Words in BBC, NPR and others| EMA in Human Rights and Democratization, Europe.
Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social Reuters Journalist of the Year 2025: 'Scoop of the Year'
Senior correspondent, UK economy and north of England.
☀️ Stockport ☀️
💬 Signal: bruce.369
Mike Wild @mikewildmacc.bsky.social CEO at Manchester Community Central, supporting local charities, community orgs and social enterprises to make more good things happen. (Also TV and music geekery) [he/him]
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
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Reset Communities for Refugees 🧡 @resetuk.bsky.social We train & support communities to welcome refugees to the UK through #CommunitySponsorship
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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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Mike Buckley @mdbuckley.bsky.social Director, Independent Commission on UK EU Relations. Writer. Commentator. Yorkshireman. Labour. Former aid worker. 🇺🇦 ukeucommission.org
Freelancing for Journalists @freelancingfor.bsky.social A community for freelance journalists across the world. We create resources to help you make a success of your freelance journalism career. https://freelancingforjournalists.substack.com/
Joe Sinclair @joesinft.ft.com Deputy head of video at the FT. I make short docs
Kevin Gopal @kevingopal.bsky.social Manchester-based freelance journalist and editor
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Serhii Sternenko @sternenko.bsky.social 
Melanie Podolyak @melaniyap.bsky.social Unpopular opinion puffin
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
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Spencer Kimball @spencerkimball.bsky.social Energy reporter at CNBC.com.
https://www.cnbc.com/spencer-kimball/
Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social News Operations Editor, Kyiv Independent
Lucy Fulford @lucyfulford.bsky.social Journalist & filmmaker – migration / conflict / climate.
Author of THE EXILED on Ugandan Asian exodus.
Making 🎥 at Global Witness.
Words in Guardian / CNN / Times / Byline Times / Hyphen
http://linktr.ee/lucyfulford
http://www.lucyfulford.com
Kate Tsurkan @katetsurkan.bsky.social culture reporter at The Kyiv Independent, chief editor at Apofenie, translator, art collector, mom
Emma Mateo @emmamateo.bsky.social Researching protest, civil society and war - mostly in Ukraine and Belarus
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Formerly NYU Jordan Center & Columbia U Harriman Institute
PhD in Sociology from University of Oxford.
Matthew Kupfer @matthewkupfer.bsky.social News editor, DemocracyDocket | Ex: Voice of America, San Francisco Standard, OCCRP, Kyiv Post, Moscow Times | Opinions mine | DM for Signal
Robin Whitlock @robinwhitlock66.bsky.social Freelance journalist - climate, renewables, environment & more. Can assist with web content, white papers, copywriting & more (enq robinwhitlock1966 @ gmail.com ). WSM UK. NUJ. Sea shanty singer and serious jazz funk and soul enthusiast. 🇵🇸🇮🇱
Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.
Declan Carey @declangcarey.bsky.social Local Democracy Reporter in the North West, covering Manchester City Council & the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Olia Hercules @oliahercules.bsky.social 🇺🇦🇬🇧 author, chef and activist
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is the UK’s largest national centre for research and teaching on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus and Central Asia. www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees
Tomasz Famulski @tomaszf.bsky.social 
Jack Hewson @jackhewson.com Al Jazeera English Correspondent reporting from Iraq | Past lives in: Ukraine, Africa, South-East Asia | RTS '26 | DuPont '23 | http://jackhewson.com/showreel
Alexandra Rucki @alexandrarucki.bsky.social Regional Comms Manager for cancer support charity Maggie’s & a former journo.
Based in Manchester.
Simone Brunner @simonebrunner.bsky.social journalist DIE ZEIT, Vienna // eyes on Austria, Ukraine, Belarus & Russia // slavicist & germanist // CEE citizen by heart // from Carinthia/Koroška
Lydia Tomkiw @lydiatomkiw.bsky.social Senior reporter at Pensions & Investments covering hedge funds, private credit. Freelance reporting on Ukraine.
James Miller (Millermena) @jamesmiller.bsky.social The Casual Analyst: https://www.thecasualanalyst.com/
Expert on pro-democracy movements & the fight against autocrats in Ukraine, Russia, Syria & beyond. Liveblogging & OSINT pioneer, Twitter OG turned refugee (Millermena). Trying to save my own Republic
Jonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com Central Asia wanderer 🇰🇿🇸🇱🇰🇬 | Cricket writer 🏏 | Also Norfolk, Eurasia and Ukraine 🇺🇦
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📷 lifeincentralasia.picfair.com
📲 youtube.com/@20SecondTravels
David Nolan @nolanwriter.bsky.social Writer of books - I Swear I Was There, Tony Wilson, Black Moss - maker of TV, trainer of journalists, punker of rock. My #MancNoir book trilogy is now in TV development. Also cult leader of Cult Manchester.
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Olesya Khromeychuk @okhromeychuk.bsky.social Historian of East-Central Europe, PhD. Author of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022), ‘Undetermined’ Ukrainians (2013). Director of Ukrainian Institute London. www.olesyakhromeychuk.com
Alexander Khrebet @alexkhrebet.bsky.social Reporter at the Kyiv Independent
European Press Prize 2023
AllForJan Award 2023
Middle East aficionado
Donetsk guy in Kyiv, Ukraine
a.khrebet@kyivindependent.com
khrebetis@gmail.com
Kerli Veski 🇪🇪 @kerliveski.bsky.social Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs @MFA Estonia. Diplomacy, foreign and security policy, sanctions, international law.
Kateryna Yushchenko @kyushchenko.bsky.social Passionate about Ukraine, freedom, economics, history, technology. Georgetown SFS, Chicago Booth
Financial Times @financialtimes.com The best of FT journalism, including breaking news and analysis.
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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Jane Dalton @janecdalton.bsky.social 'The Second Life of Anthony B', a psychological suspense mystery. 'A captivating read', 'beautifully written'
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Senior reporter @Independent
Books, news, animal welfare
Sabrina Miller @sabrisunmiller.bsky.social Award winning journalist 🏆 The Mail 🗞️ 24 🎂Spilling tea + sipping coffee ☕ Views own: Tip? Story? Abuse? sabrina.miller@mailonsunday.co.uk ✏️
Adam Cailler @acailler.bsky.social Senior Reporter, tech reviewer and Reddit lead for @thedailystar online | Reach PLC Jewish Network Chair | adam.cailler@reachplc.com | Thoughts could be mine.
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Mari Saito @saitomri.bsky.social Special Correspondent, Reuters. DM for Signal #
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Dom Smithies @domtheowl.bsky.social Oft likened to owls 🦉 / Head of Influencing & Comms @StudentMindsOrg 🧡 / Member @UKLabour ❤️ / Alum @NHSEYouthForum 💙 / Trustee @yorkunisu /Gaymer 🏳️🌈🎮
Ruth Hannan @ruthhannan.bsky.social Exploring care in a new economy at @carefull.bsky.social with @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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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.
Sashko @sashkonyc.bsky.social Actor. Immigrant. Ukrainian. Queen.
🇺🇦🇻🇪 - Liberty!
charlotte shevchenko knight @shevchenkoknight.bsky.social poet, unfortunately. Food for the Dead (Jonathan Cape). Lecturer @ University of Hull. NWCDTP-funded PhD on authotheory and anorexia @ Manchester Writing School. rep’d by Peter Straus @ RCW Literary Agency
Cossackgundi @cossackgundi.bsky.social Aiden Aslin
British national.
Ukrainian marine 2018-2022
Currently in GUR International legion.
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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social Ukraine in English: news, analysis, podcasts, videos. Run by Internews Ukraine.
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SK Media @spaghettikozak.bsky.social American serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Former Youtuber. Blame russia for the lack of uploads, sorry.
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua Official English page of Ukrainian media outlet "Ukrainska Pravda"
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com UK news editor, Financial Times. I write some of the headlines. I also wrote a book, How to Love Animals. https://www.ft.com/henry-mance
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Live straight out of Bucha 🇺🇦
Pre-order my new book "The Land of Tears and Hope": https://geni.us/tearsandhope
The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine
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Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert.bsky.social Journalist writing about politics and arts, mother, book-lover. Jewish feminist and social media addict. Londoner.