Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social Independent Bookshop of the Year 2019 UK & Ireland. PostBooks subscription boxes + bespoke literature consultations. Contact us at mail@goldenharebooks.com // 0131 225 7755
Find us at 68 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AQ
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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social An independent bookshop by the seaside in Portobello, Edinburgh. 🌊 Open 7 days, 10am - 6pm. 📚 Browse millions of books on our website. 👉 https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/links
CreepingBent @creepingbent.bsky.social Art, Music, Literature, Film.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world 🌎
Join us 06 - 30 Aug 2027.
#edfringe
edfringe.com
Rebecca Tamás @rebeccatamas.bsky.social 🌿 Poet & nonfiction writer. ‘Strangers: Essays on the Human & Nonhuman’ w/Makina Books. 'WITCH' w/Penned in the Margins.
(https://makinabooks.com/product/strangers/)
The Gentleman Ultra @gentlemanultra.bsky.social Purveyors of Italian passion. Disciples of the Football Italia years. 🇮🇹
https://gentlemanultra.com/
Amy Lawrence @amylawrence.bsky.social Football. Music. Words. Labradors. Hopeless optimism.
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
no AI ever
Lines of Silence @linesofsilence.com Experimental psych / Kosmische/ krautrock band.
“A sound that oozes effortless cool” - Louder Than War.
https://linktr.ee/linesofsilenceband
Alan Colquhoun @alancolquhoun.bsky.social Pianist, philosopher, author, ethicist, metaphysician, moralist, aesthete...🇺🇦
Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com Author: Tigers Between Empires (2025). Owls of the Eastern Ice (2020, Best Book per NYT/WSJ, PEN America winner, Nat Book Award longlist). Work: Regional Director Temperate Asia @wcs.org. Home: Mpls https://linktr.ee/jslaght
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/
Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social 🇮🇪 Writer Hagstone | Constellations | This Woman’s Work (with Kim Gordon) | Agent: Peter Straus at RCW | Newsletter: momentsofrecognition.substack.com
Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social Historian living in Rome. 🏳️🌈 Author of "The Families who Made Rome, a history and a guide" (Chatto, 2004). Currently writing a single-volume urban history of Rome for OUP.
Only by knowledge of history can we know our context. Plus, it's fun!
Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Dundee Birding (stonefaction) @dundeebirding.bsky.social Birder. Target of 150 species of bird within Dundee, Scotland in 2025. Music fan - BAND-MAID, Ren/The Big Push & others etc. Birding blog-posts - https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/
Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards. Substack: https://smallfinds.substack.com
Izzy Pig @izzypig.bsky.social I'm a blue Staffordshire Bull Terrier. I live with @INeedDirection.bsky.social. I like running on the beach, sleeping, cheese and shredding tissues.
Edinburgh Images 📷 @colognuh.bsky.social Trying to post a daily picture from around Edinburgh, things the tourists don’t see or arty stuff or things I just like.
All the images are my own.
The Floating Nomads @thefloatingnomads.com Narrowboat life, ship travel & digital nomad adventures. Join us on board and abroad for real stories from the journey.
www.thefloatingnomads.com
The Scotsman @scotsman.com Subscribe to The Scotsman for news, opinion and expert analysis from Scotland’s national newspaper: http://scotsman.com/subscriptions/
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
docomomoscot.bsky.social @docomomoscot.bsky.social Scottish chapter of the international committee for documentation & conservation of modern movement buildings/sites/neighbourhoods. Contact us at mail@docomomoscotland.org.uk.
Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS @stkildawhs.bsky.social News and stories from the NTS team on St Kilda, a dual UNESCO World Heritage Site.
NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social Exploring Scotland’s past through archaeology at National Trust for Scotland sites. Follow for updates on digs, discoveries, and history! #ForTheLoveOfScotland. Where we are and what we're doing.
Glazyhaze @glazyhaze.bsky.social SONIC out now ☆
Eerie Edinburgh @eerieedinburgh.bsky.social Author of the best selling Hidden Haunts books and Ghostly Tales of the NC500, and creator of the Eerie Edinburgh YouTube channel, where I explore Scotland’s haunted history.
Join me as I uncover the eerie side of Edinburgh and beyond.
Old Edinburgh Club @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social The Old Edinburgh Club (OEC) is the city’s local history society, concerned with all aspects of the capital’s history and development.
daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social your daily dose of bunnies ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
@womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian/author PL Henderson to celebrate/promote women in the arts.
Real art...real artists...No AI
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social I hope you smile today 🐈⬛🤍
My links: https://linktr.ee/Purrinink
Danny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social #UncannyAutumn is nearly here…👻🍂🛸 Tickets are on sale NOW at uncannylive.com for the online screening of the Uncanny Live tour on the 25 September!
Nat Doig @weirdinthewade.bsky.social I’ve an award winning podcast about all that’s weird and a little off kilter in the town of Biggleswade and Bedfordshire. History with a pinch of the paranormal, folklore & urban legends. I also like cake, cats, beating bosses and disability rights.
@thornerecords.bsky.social @thornerecords.bsky.social 
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
Bill Ryder-Jones @billryderjones.bsky.social billryderjones.co.uk
Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social Rome’s English language magazine since 1985.
News, culture and insights into Rome and Italy.
www.wantedinrome.com
Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social Covering #Arsenal for @TheAthleticFC. #ArsecastExtra with @arseblog.com. Real name @jamesmcnicholas. LEZ DOO DIS 💥
Film Edinburgh @filmedinburgh.bsky.social Film office for Edinburgh, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. 
Library of Mistakes @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social A free public library in Edinburgh for the study of financial and business history. Our aim is to improve understanding, one mistake at a time.
www.libraryofmistakes.com
@observethedate.bsky.social @observethedate.bsky.social 
Leamington Books @leamington.bsky.social We are publishing Ceitidh Chaimbeul • Mohammed Moussa • Luca Serra
DrawMeLikeAFrenchFry @drawmelikeaffry.bsky.social hobby artist #art
Filmhouse Edinburgh @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social Great films deserve a great home. Our doors are open, daily from 10am!
https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/home
@spurtle.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social Broughton's free, independent stirrer for hyperlocal news, views, history & culture in north/central Edinburgh since 1994. Monthly print issue. Online at www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk. No party-political/faith affiliations. Not-for-profit. Run by volunteers.
Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.com I have questionable artistic skills and a love of Arsenal. Here is where I combine the two.
www.poorlydrawnarsenal.com
Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social Your 2025/26 Premier League champions.
Until Arsenal joins Bluesky, I will try to fill the void by manually sharing content only from their official channels.
I have no affiliation with the club and seek no partnerships, promos, or monetary gain.
Lindsey Lavender @lindseylavender.bsky.social Contemporary Cityscape Artist | Edinburgh
SSA VAS | RA Summer Exhibition 2023 & 2025
Solidarity : 🇵🇸Palestine | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
she | her
https://linktr.ee/lindseylavender
Graff N Vandal @graffnvandal.bsky.social Documenting Graffiti. 🏴
https://www.graffnvandal.com/
📷
https://www.instagram.com/graffnvandal
📱
https://www.tiktok.com/@graffnvandal
🎞
https://youtube.com/@graffnvandal
The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social Our 3 million strong audience shows this is the place to read real local news with great photos all day every day. Got a tip?
Contact us - https://bit.ly/46DeluF
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EdinburghMinute.com @edinburghminute.com The Edinburgh Minute newsletter. Read by 30,000+ locals. Get smarter about Edinburgh with a quick curation of news, culture & communities @ 7am daily 📬 Proudly subscriber-supported.
Written by Michael MacLeod along with thousands of local contributors.
bdrmm @smellybdrmm.bsky.social Our third album, Microtonic, is out now. Listen to brand new single Lake Disappointment, and order the album at the link below!
linktr.ee/smellybdrmm
Suede @suedehq.bsky.social #ComingUp30 out 25 September. Suede & Manic Street Preachers UK co-headline tour tickets on sale now.
https://linktr.ee/SuedeHQ
Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social We are the Edinburgh Literary Salon. Based in Scotland's vibrant and historical capital city, we stage a free and inclusive monthly event that is dedicated to supporting the literary community. https://www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/ https://linktr.ee/LitE
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
David Hewson @davidhewson.com Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
www.davidhewson.com
Peter L @peterlatimer6.bsky.social Shoegazer, actuary, hockey player, MD ANT, statto, #setlistgeek, #Latbrokes, heavy user of multiple custom feeds here on BS and creator of a few myself
We Dig Music podcast @wedigmusic.bsky.social Thoroughly diverse music discussion podcast. Each month Colin, Ian, & Tracey pick their 10 favourite songs from a particular year and then argue over which is the best.
On all podcast providers & wedigpodcasts.com
Part of the We Dig Podcasts network.
Simon Sheldon @simonshell.bsky.social Stuff and things and music and stuff 👍🏻
Gordon Russell @fcgordeaux.bsky.social #MDANT
1_imaginary_boy @1imaginaryboy.bsky.social I chose an eternity of this.
godwina faith 🇪🇺 @godwina.bsky.social * held for a moment i remember a song *
…from a smalltown near cologne. it’s the cure, vivienne westwood, siouxsie and wales forever 🖤
Andrea @parramaterial.bsky.social Music news, writing and live gig reviews #MDANT I make music as Hazelene / Lines Of Silence / Glisten Trick https://linktr.ee/hazelenemusic
Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social 
Geoff Shaw @gshawisme.bsky.social Mainly music, sometimes other stuff, very occasionally running #MDANT
Music photos on IG @gsmusicphotos
Wilgy @wilgy.bsky.social From Atherstone,England,living in Hamburg,Germany. Fan of the cure, mogwai, Stoke City and St.Pauli amongst others..
https://thecurecommunity.freeforums.net/
EverythingIndieOver40 @indieover40.bsky.social Sometimes…..I fade away
Gareth @justplayed.bsky.social Music obsessive. Record shop frequenter. Occasional self-elected gatekeeper. Clash Magazine’s vinyl nerd. @justplayed on Twitter, @justplayedvinyl on Threads & IG.
Lazer Guided @lazerguided.bsky.social Occasional music hackery. Probably a Stasi informant.
Previously @lazerguidedblog on whatever the hell Twitter is now
Lives in Glasgow, works in London, hides in Dublin.
TraceyB @ineeddirection.bsky.social Hopeless romantic, rubbish musician, sulky software developer. 1/3 of the @wedigmusic.bsky.social podcast.
MBS, TFC, MBV, AMC, TWP, SMB, UVS, YLT, RHP, JTP, DAD. Not SFM.
Rob Morgan @durutti74.bsky.social GBS veteran. Sometimes I make music. Sometimes I write about music. Getting better slowly.
Caroline Binnie @carolinebinnie.bsky.social Velvets to the Voidoids and beyond. Live music, post punk, cinema, art. Edinburgh.
Monorail Music @monorailmusic.bsky.social Glasgow-based independent record shop.
Sign up to our mailout: http://eepurl.com/W9ORL
Chemikal Underground @chemunderground.bsky.social Independent record label est. 1995 in Glasgow. We’ve released albums by Mogwai, Arab Strap, The Delgados, The Phantom Band, Adrian Crowley, RM Hubbert, Broken Chanter, Chrysanths to name a few.
https://linktr.ee/chemikalunderground
Dean B @deanbromley.bsky.social Runs for cake (and chocolate)
#JFT97
Mike @manicpopthrlls.bsky.social Music mainly, 80s to present day, often Scottish. 🏴 And the MP Cats.
Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral.bsky.social The label that celebrates itself
https://linktr.ee/soniccathedral
David Squires @davidsquires.bsky.social Illustrator, cartoonist, five-a-side gun for hire.
Kevolver @kev-moose.bsky.social Only here for the music 🎶🎧🎸 .. Failed golf pro many moons ago ⛳️ still got it though.. occasionally !! 😎
Mogwai @mogwai.scot Mogwai Young Team.
New Album The Bad Fire - Out Now
https://mogwai.scot/
Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
she/her
Simon Cuthbert-Kerr @stcstc.bsky.social Hello! Mainly posting music, guitars, travel, photography, Arsenal and cats. I was in Wozniak, we were great! https://wozniak.bandcamp.com/album/memory-disorder
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