Europeana @europeana.bsky.social - Europe’s cultural heritage online http://europeana.eu
- European data space for cultural heritage https://dataspace-culturalheritage.eu
Funded by the European Union
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.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social Glasgow's new quality newspaper. Join our free mailing list 📨
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Malcolm V Tucker @tuckerslaw.bsky.social ‘Unbelievably rude’ - Rupert.
The V is for vitriol, vilification, vendetta and volley of verbal abuse.
Indiana Jones had the right approach to Nazis. Yes, that’s really my cat.
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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social As the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design, we promote + champion design in Dundee + its role in improving lives. Delivered by Annie, Kirsten + Lizzie 👋
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social Political cartoonist
PlacemakingX @placemakingx.bsky.social 🌏 Global network of #Placemaking leaders facilitating collective learning, advocacy & action for #PublicSpaces.
www.PlacemakingX.org
Project for Public Spaces @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking, social impact partnerships, events, & training. Join us for the 5th Int'l Placemaking Week June 24-26 in Detroit, MI! www.pps.org
Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.
Website: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/
British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk A world-leading independent research organisation providing objective, expert geoscientific data, information and knowledge 🌎
Jaideep Gupte @jaigupte.bsky.social Director, Research, Strategy and Innovation at the Arts & Humanities Research Council, UKRI. Fellow of The Institute of Development Studies (On Leave of Absence).
Caroline Clark @1carolineclark.bsky.social Scotland’s heritage - nature, stories, places
Ethan Kent @ethankent.bsky.social Supporting public space and placemaking learning, advocacy, & action globally.
Executive Director @placemakingx.bsky.social
https://www.placemakingx.org/people/ethan-kent
Also with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Formerly with @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
Tony Burton @tony4place.bsky.social Chair @powertochange.org.uk Trustee @cprecountryside.bsky.social, @nationwidefdtn.bsky.social, @SMKcampaigners.bsky.social. V.Chair HS2 Design Panel. Convener Neighbourhood Planners.London. Chair Wandle Valley Forum. Founder @civicvoice.org.uk.
Rebecca Madgin @imadgination03.bsky.social Place - Heritage - Emotion - Urban History
Professor of Urban Studies at University of Glasgow
Arts & Humanities Research Council Place Programme Director
Views/posts/likes etc my own
This Must Be The Place(making) @urbanplacemaking.bsky.social News, ideas, and resources in the world of placemaking and urbanism.
Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social Independent research & policy recommendations for the UK's creative industries. Led by Newcastle University Business School with the RSA and funded by AHRC. https://pec.ac.uk/
Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social Pro VP U.Glasgow, personal views and evidence-based judgements only. 'You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass'-John Buchan. https://murraypittock.com
Collective @collective-edin.bsky.social A free contemporary art gallery on Edinburgh’s iconic Calton Hill 🔭
⭐ Current exhibitions: Highland Embassy by Shen Xin & Panorama: New Views of a City
🏛️ Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm
https://collective-edinburgh.art/
Andrew Cotter @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social Dogs, Broadcasting, Writing, Mountains. 
Kieran Daly @kieran-daly.bsky.social Head of Market Development, Social Investment Scotland | Board Member Director, Social Enterprise Scotland | Trustee, Impact Arts | Glasgow Southside
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches
Gaada @gaada.bsky.social Artist-led projects + resources in Shetland 🥔⚡️ www.gaada.org
Centre for Cultural Value @valuingculture.bsky.social We collaborate and engage UK-wide to advance understanding of arts, culture, heritage and screen. Based at the University of Leeds.
peacock & the worm @peacockandtheworm.bsky.social peacock: a workshop for art
the worm: a space for art
Open access printmaking workshop and gallery space in Aberdeen, Scotland. https://peacock.studio/
Est. 1974
Beverley Hood @beverleyhood.bsky.social 
e-flux @e-flux.bsky.social 
Wendy McMurdo @wendymcmurdo.bsky.social Always searching 🌱 Photography, photographic culture & digital media. Past commissions: Photographers Gallery. Upcoming solo show: National Galleries of Scotland 2026.
Michael Sheen @mchshe.bsky.social Serious Actor.
Amanda Gorman @amandagorman.bsky.social Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment.
https://amandagormanbooks.com/
Stephanie Smith @smithsj.bsky.social Mother. Artist. Works in collaboration with Eddie Stewart SMITH/STEWART.
Glasgow based Mancunian.
Instagram @studiosmithstewart
www.smithstewart.co.uk 
Raw Vision @rawvisionmagazine.bsky.social ORDER NOW: Issue 124
The world’s only international journal of outsider art.
linktr.ee/rawvision
Wayne Thiebaud @waynethiebaud.bsky.social Fan account of Wayne Thiebaud, an American painter known for his California landscapes, and his lush and colorful oils of food and objects. 1920-2021
Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
Ruth Millington @ruthmillington.bsky.social Art writing, curating & consulting. Author of MUSE (Vintage, 2022) and This Book Will Make You An Artist (Nosy Crow, 2024).
Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social Devoted to vintage Ladybird books and the other work of their artists. My exhibition The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists has been travelling since 2018. Twitter: @lbflyawayhome
It's Nice That @its-nice-that.bsky.social Inspiring Creativity since 2007 👌
We champion work across graphic design, illustration, photography, animation, and more
Header image artwork by Paola Saliby
Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com Your story. Your platform. Follow our live coverage on aljazeera.com
JANUSZCZAK @januszczak.bsky.social I’m the Polish art critic of The Sunday Times whose name nobody can pronounce. Unless they’re Polish too. I also make loads of films about art. My favourite artists are 1/Michelangelo 2/Manet 3/Pontormo 4/Lynette Yiadom-Boakye 5/Reading FC
Jon Pountney @jonpountney1.bsky.social ONLY AN EYE, BUT MY GOD WHAT AN EYE!
John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com
📝 ft.com/jbm
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social Lawyer, Filmmaker, Big Issue top 100 Changemaker 2024, CEO CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE https://www.cfsj.co.uk/
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 
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social A reader-funded newspaper that truly sits outside the established system and answers only to the public.
Subscribe for exclusive content in the Byline Times monthly print edition: subscribe.bylinetimes.com
Visit our website: bylinetimes.com
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-heart-that-works-rob-delaney/3f4398e419f2db84
Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social Smile Scotland ... you're on camera
Martin Rowson @martinrowson.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, writer, ranter, poet & cook
K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social Socialist Beard Wearer Historian, Trade Unionist, Anti-Racist Tottenham & Cardiff, cat lover,CAMRA member since 1975
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social Older artiste.
He/Him
https://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk
Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie.
https://eleanorjanega.com/
Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social Scottish comic/writer/actor with confusing accent, absolutely not insecure about it. She/her. My book out now! Show for '26: The Mermaid https://linktr.ee/eleanormorton
Eleanor & Alasdair Read That on Spotify
support me: https://ko-fi.com/eleanormorton
Charlie Brooker @charliebrooker.bsky.social Underwhelmist.
Richard Coles @richardcoles.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, musician, priest.
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…
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Marian Keyes @mariankeyes.bsky.social Reads books. Watches telly. Wrings hands over the state of the world.
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.
Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007.
Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social Artist; have written, and curated, also. Head of Programme, Writing MA, at the RCA, London.
jeremymillar.org
Profile: https://jeremymillar.org/Notes-on-Gesture-for-H-C-2015
Header: https://jeremymillar.org/Neutral-Diluted-2007
siân pattenden @sian-superman.bsky.social stuff
Pandora Vaughan @pandoravaughan.bsky.social Artist. I make things up.
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk Powerful citizen journalism | Regulated by Impress
https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk
A network of 10 volunteer-led news publications from across the UK
Donate via https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/
Email info@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
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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Neil Cooper @neilcooper.bsky.social Writer & Critic The Noise of Art - neilcooper.substack.com
coffeetablenotes.blogspot.com
The Herald, The List, The Drouth, Scottish Art News, MAP, Hungry Beat.
Lost Edinburgh @lostedinburgh.bsky.social A page dedicated to documenting the ever-changing face of Edinburgh down the decades | Account run by former The Scotsman journalist David McLean
Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social I have opinions and bylines and plenty of snacks.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
222lodge @222lodge.eurosky.social Art initiative at the Singel 222 in Dordrecht, Netherlands
Unnoticed Art @unnoticedart.eurosky.social Unnoticedart.com
Unnoticedartfestival.com
Alan Cumming @alancumming.bsky.social Willing to give it a go
Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations.
Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4.
Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Sarah Donaldson @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social now: co-founder @thenerve.news before: deputy editor, Observer New Review
thenerve.news
Brobirn @brobirn.bsky.social Artists Kevin Broughton & Fiona Birnie collaborating through conversational painting to create metaphors for contemporary states of mind. 
Jen Ballie @jenballie.bsky.social Head of Design Research @ V&A Dundee; Reader in Design @DJCAD University of Dundee. Design for Planet Expert @Designcouncil | Personal Account
Kirsty Devine @kirstyd.bsky.social Paisley Museum Re-Imagined Project Director
Glasgow Women’s Library Board Director
Alice Strang @alicestrangart.bsky.social Modern & Contemporary Art Specialist & Art Historian
A Saltire Society Outstanding Woman of Scotland
Photo by Alex Robson
www.alicestrang.co.uk
Please find me on instagram @alice.strang.art
Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot Buildings/heritage/tech/Muppets fan, ex-scientist.
Works @archhfund.org.uk Scotland
50% of @ScottishCinemas.org
33% of @glasgowgardenfestival.org
Also at @gordonbarr@mastodon.scot
Sandra Dick @sandradick.bsky.social Herald Scotland/Herald on Sunday journalist - features, news and off diary stories. 
Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Part of the University of Edinburgh, UK. Undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.
https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/
Charlotte Church @charlottechurch.bsky.social 🌬️🌳 Artist and activist. Founder of The Awen Project and The Dreaming retreat. Loves a bit of singing an all.
📧 charlottechurchmgmt@gmail.com
Rhona Matheson @rhonamatheson.bsky.social CEO of Starcatchers, potential PhD student, interested in children’s rights, babies’ rights, personal views here
Emma Pirie @emmajanepirie.bsky.social Communications and engagement. Arts and events. Cheerful.
Paul Lawrence @edinpl.bsky.social Ch Exec City of Edinburgh Council.
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social Journalist, Blossom, Thrive, Director http://nordichorizons.org, Columnist http://thenational.scot Podcast http://lesleyriddoch.com NEW Finland film screenings https://lesleyriddoch.com/events. Denmark & other films https://www.youtube.com/@Lesley_Riddoch
Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social Journalist. Activist. Working for a better tomorrow today.
Political perspectives. Sustainability. Resilience. Food security. Social justice.
Scottish. Irish. Algerian. Kabyl.
There is no Planet B.
Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social 💻 Dad + Head of Digital @theSNP @YesScot on 9 winning national elections 🎸 Co-founder of National Collective 🎨 Edinburgh College of Art grad 📱 The revolution will be digitised.