Ina Boyle Society Ltd @inaboyle.bsky.social IBSL champions Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) as a key figure in Irish 20th century music, promoting her life and legacy, and that of other neglected Irish composers.
www.inaboyle.org 
International Anthony Burgess Foundation @anthonyburgess.bsky.social What's it going to be then, eh? All things Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) from his Estate and Archive in Manchester, UK.
www.anthonyburgess.org
Madeleine Mitchell @madeleinemitchell.bsky.social Violinist performing worldwide. Director London Chamber Ensemble & The Red Violin festival reg charity, professor Royal College of Music, opera and art lover, Mama
Diamond Geezer Blog @diamondgeezerblog.bsky.social Announcing new posts on
@diamondgeezer.bsky.social's blog
Comics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Celebrating comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators (ESPECIALLY THEIR CREATORS) from the 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history!
Johnnie Johnstone @johnniejohnstone.bsky.social Football schmootball; Robert Bresson; Milton Nascimento; Dreyer; Debussy; Sun Ra; Can.
Record Collector, Shindig! Through The Crack In The Wall: The Secret History of Josef K (Jawbone).
Coming 2026 - The Clientele (J-Card)
Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social Writes books. In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk out now.
Also: Under The Ivy; Small Hours; Themes For Great Cities &tc.
Web: www.graemethomson.net
Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social Retired classical music critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Co-constructor, Out of Left Field cryptic crossword. pacificaisle.substack.com. He/him
Peter Kravitz @peterkravitz.bsky.social Couples, individual & trauma psychotherapist in Edinburgh. Climate grief, poetry relief.
Editor: The Picador Book of Contemporary Scottish Fiction. Shakespeare for everything & nothing.
(And my Great Aunt Fanny ran The Vegetarian Hotel in the Catskills.)
Berkshire @royalberkshire.bsky.social News and updates from the Royal County of #Berkshire, UK
Contemporary Music for All @comanewmusic.bsky.social Our vision is for contemporary music to be open to everyone, celebrating participation in new music-making as a meaningful and essential part of our lives. Find a CoMA ensemble near you! https://linktr.ee/contemporarymusicforall
Richard Peat @composerpeat.bsky.social Composer (Bury St Edmunds) | Album: Faces in the Mist http://lnk.to/SMFiM | PhD: Representing Children in Opera | Watch The Sky Engine https://youtu.be/kIkXo4lYXLM?si=EswMG
🍺Donald Clarke 🎥 @donaldclarke.bsky.social Film correspondent and general blowhard for The Irish Times. Bias so-called 'critic'. You're the tray of nice things I upset yesterday. https://www.irishtimes.com/author/donald-clarke/
Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social Author/editor/'cultural historian'/carer, S Wales, probably autistic:
NEW BOOK!: Into the Groove, OUT NOW.
Textcast archive: https://firstlastanything.co.uk/about/
Email: whenisbirths@yahoo.com
ko-fi.com/firstlastanything
Michael Mitchell @michaelmitchell.bsky.social I'm running for City Council in Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth. https://toronto-danforth.ca
Quick, what’s the longest word you can find —> https://bsky.app/profile/michaelmitchell.bsky.social/post/3mvadd2s4ic2l
Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
Hyperion Records @hyperionrecords.bsky.social British classical label presenting recordings of music of all styles from the 12th to the 21st century. Est. 1980.
https://bio.to/HyperionRecords
Lisa @lisasass.bsky.social LitWit • Baroque music & early keyboards • Hockey • Enterprise tech marketing
"Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time."
~Howard Nemerov
#ClassicalMusic #Baroque #SciComm #poetry #jazz
Paul Stanistreet @paulstanistreet.bsky.social Writer on #education, #adultedu, #lifelonglearning, social and environmental justice, #leaderhood. Editor of @intreved.bsky.social. Blogger: https://thelearningage.wordpress.com. Scouse. Hamburgist.
Zach Carstensen @zachcarstensen.bsky.social Music, politics, baseball and cats. Sometime freelance music critic based in the Chicago area, formerly Seattle 🏳️🌈
https://gatheringnote.com/
David Bowman @dlbowman76.com Illustrator, coder, reader, bon-vivant. Please don't ask about HAL 9000...I don't like to talk about it.
Portfolio: https://www.dlbowman76.com (available for commissions)
Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social Semi-retired farmer. Early career medievalist (annalistic chronicles of Britain and Ireland). Lapsed trombonist. Occasional dogwalker.
Gaudle Mietty @gaudlemietty.bsky.social 
Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social Writer of Gods Behaving Badly, Warhorses of Letters and more. This American Life contributor.
Free newsletter at mariepphillips.substack.com
Timothy Weir @tgweir.bsky.social Retired. Writer and community contributor in Evansville Ind. Music, art, travel, positivity.
Prof Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social STOP TRUMP #stoptrump
History: gender, women, children, music, African diasporas, queer histories, disabilities.
British #womencomposers 🎶
Long-term housebound with
#longcovid
Garden flora and fauna 🌿 🐦⬛🐞
Chris Barrett @mrchrisbarrett.bsky.social Cameraman/Librarian/Music Lover
Cycling/Walking Everywhere
https://heathcoatstreet.blogspot.com/
Nottingham, UK
Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
Michael Betteridge @mbetteridge.bsky.social composer/md. manchester. conducts @the_sundayboys. passionate about new music for all. he/him 🏳️🌈
Open Up Music 🎵 @openupmusic.bsky.social Working alongside young disabled musicians to bring about musical inclusion. We're the charity behind the National Open Youth Orchestra noyo.org.uk, openorchestras.org and the Clarion accessible instrument theclarion.uk. UK Bristol based. openupmusic.org
Maryanne @abigbirdruns.bsky.social Runner of 250+ marathons. Co-Chair of the 100 Marathon Club UK. Dog lover. Sea swimmer. Crossfitter.
Ben Hogwood @benarcanafm.bsky.social The music sounds better with you! Music rights for Naxos; editor of Arcana.fm website; writing for Electronic Sound, Presto Music and musicOMH. Dreams of forming acoustic band Good On Paper while supporting the Canaries #ncfc
Ian Gardiner @garedunord.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Music, Goldsmiths, University of London
Composer / Arranger / Orchestrator / Percussionist (lapsed)
iangardinermusic.com
Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social Writer. Occasional Broadcaster. TV's 'Clangers Expert'.
timworthington.org
33 1/3 Books @3313books.bsky.social Short books about legendary albums and music genres. 📚 🎶 Published by Bloomsbury.
Explore the 33 1/3 hub! ⬇️
www.bloomsbury.com/33-13-hub
Paul Guijt @paulguijt.bsky.social Oud ZFR, CVZ, RIVM: kwaliteit van zorg en preventie. Zeldzame ziekten en ICT. Natuur en Slovenië.
Dr Michelle Johansen @historitage.bsky.social Social historian, researching &
writing about British librarians & #PubLibs in the long nineteenth century. Learning & Outreach Manager at the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Simon Brackenborough @sbrackenborough.bsky.social Londoner and writer on classical music. Interested in the arts, history, nature, reading, coffee, vegetarian food, and active travel infrastructure.
https://mosaicoftheair.substack.com/
Corbin Keep @cellocorb.bsky.social Cello, with a strong focus on music by women composers.
http://www.wildcellist.ca
https://corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-beauty-works-by-historical-women-composers-arranged-for-unaccompanied-cello
Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
Love Your Classical Music Geek @loveinner.bsky.social Classical music obsessive. 🏳️🌈
Angela Elizabeth Slater @angelascomposer.bsky.social UK Composer.
Founder of Illuminate Women's Music
RPS composer 2021-22 |
Mendelssohn Scholar Award 2019 |
Tanglewood 2020-22
Ivors nomination 2023
Aspen Composition fellow 2024
http://angelaslatercomposer.co.uk
Mary Hopkin @maryhopkin.bsky.social Singer, songwriter
maryhopkin.com
Tom Robinson @tomrobinson.com UK-based songwriter and broadcaster (b.1950). Rock Against Racism, Glad To Be LGBT+, Sometime DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music https://linktr.ee/tomrobinson
Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.com Brad Bigelow, Missoula, MT
bradbigelow.com
Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books
Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten/AI path.
Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Co-founder @guildmedmak.bsky.social.
Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers 7: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024).
Next books on Du Maurier, & Beowulf.
Tim Riley @timriley.bsky.social Reading. Writing. Sub-optimal parenting.
Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. Latest book is on John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical” --Mail on Sunday. Views here are my own: my employer has no views.
@mikeandla.bsky.social @mikeandla.bsky.social Music, literature, art, science, dogs, and birds, and a cat. Not necessarily in that order
Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social Writer, reader, cook, friend, lover. Contributing Editor, Observer. Contributing Writer for the New Statesman, Consulting Lit Ed for Harper's Bazaar. Podcaster, various. www.ericawagner.co.uk
Clay Pipe Music @claypipemusic.bsky.social ‘An entrancing record label built on a foundation of Arcadian sounds and gorgeous graphic design.’ Shindig.
Website: www.claypipemusic.co.uk
Bandcamp: https://claypipemusic.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claypipemusic_francescastle/
Poppy H @poppyhproducer.bsky.social TUNES: https://poppyh.bandcamp.com
Dr Sarah Brand @sarahgailbrand.bsky.social *Trombonist
*Music Therapist in forensic
mental health services
*Absolute Shower
📍Kent, UK.
Recordings of experimental improvised music:
https://sarahgailbrand.bandcamp.com
When nothing goes right, go left.
Join a union.
Emma Flint @emmaflint.bsky.social Writer. Awkward but terribly keen.
LITTLE DEATHS | OTHER WOMEN
Books, history, coffee, cats, stories, gin 🐈⬛
📚 Agent: Antony Topping
Longlisted: Women’s Prize | CWA Gold Dagger | Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year | Guardian Not The Booker
Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social Giving new life to old books since 2015. Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social Cultural talk and typing. And singing.
Biographer of Stephen Sondheim.
Variety, London theatre critic.
The Stage, Associate writer.
Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers.
Somewhat gay. 
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Philip Hensher @philiphensher.bsky.social Author of 12 novels, most recently To Battersea Park. Comes with schnauzer. 
John Mitchinson @johnmitchinson.bsky.social Writer, co-host of Backlisted, writer for Byline Times, former publisher.
Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social Writer | Presenter | Historian
I write about music, women's history & cultural history.
QUARTET out now at https://linktr.ee/leahbroadwriter
Substack: http://leahbroad.substack.com
Website: http://leahbroad.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/leahbroad
Alexandra Coghlan @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social Classical music journalist. Author, Carols From King's, Ebury, 2016.
Joanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social Writer, editor, librettist. Writing a biography of Vernon Elliott and a radio play about Handel and Hendrix.
http://notes-upon-notes.com/
Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social Composer. Cricketer. Third thing.
https://linktr.ee/bernardhughes
Rebecca Franks @rebeccafranks.bsky.social Writer | Journalist | Classical music critic @thetimes.com
Finishing that novel… @BathSpaUni @TheGEAcademy
Sign up: http://wordsonmusic.substack.com
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
Anna Beer @annabeerauthor.bsky.social Author of 'Eve Bites Back', 'Sounds' and Oxford crime novels: 'Death of an Englishman' and coming soon 'An Inkling of Death' https://annabeerauthor.wixsite.com/mysite and https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/our-people/anna-beer/
Ted Gioia @tedgioia.bsky.social Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social Academic | Author | Cultural commentator
Opera. Classical music. Cultural history. The state of the arts today.
Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social Associate Professor and head of Music at RHUL, working on Slavonic studies and analysis. Also a runner and TU organiser (@rhucu.bsky.social). Listen to Shostakovich. I wrote a book on Weinberg: https://tinyurl.com/5xs2h82h
https://danielelphick.co.uk
Andrew Newman @irishpianoman.bsky.social Classical music nerd and radio presenter
in Claremorris Ireland. Stay tuned though for my own podcast!
There will be lots of typos!
Mr. Symphonist @deeplyclassical.bsky.social Passionate symphony lover. Other music is good too.
Caroline Potter @carolinefrmus.bsky.social Award-winning author of books on Boulez, Satie, Boulanger and Dutilleux/ Visiting Reader in French Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire/
Contributing writer at I Care If You Listen/ https://substack.com/@carolinefrmus