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.
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Dave McCraw @davemccraw.bsky.social recovering urbanist and twitter abandonee
Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social We want a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. That’s why we give help to everyone living with dementia today, and hope for the future. Find us at https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/
Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social Writeroonie
Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social Genealogist/sloinntear, writer, tutor, happy bunny, Ayrshire based. Have written a good few books. Laphroaig every time. Cuimhnich air na daoine o'n d'thàinig sibh...!
Heidi Alexander MP @heidialexander.bsky.social Swindon girl. Labour MP for Swindon South. Secretary of State for Transport. Email: heidi.alexander.mp@parliament.uk
Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social Environmental psychologist: transport, energy, water, buildings. "Woke scientist" (Daily Mail). Head of Psychology, Swansea University 🏴. Charity trustee x2. @locastproject.bsky.social My views
World Record-breaking cyclist drianwalker.com
Tina @tp100.bsky.social Minding my own business, mostly…
Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social Hourly images - 3 minutes early - of Scotland's capital city (and beyond) in all seasons, all sorts of weather & even its foulest mood. Run by Tom Duffin, @TomDuffinPhotos.bsky.social, www.tomduffin.com, and weekly newsletter tomduffin.substack.com
LordWoolamaloo @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social Bookseller, editor, blogger, reader, reviewer, writer, photographer, drinker, swashbuckler, cat tickler
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/
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Royal Osteoporosis Society @royalosteosoc.bsky.social We’re the Royal Osteoporosis Society – the UK’s largest national charity dedicated to improving bone health and beating osteoporosis.
Visit us at https://theros.org.uk
Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social Scottish Green Councillor for Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh
Non-binary
They/them
Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Alex Staniforth, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Cllr Jack Caldwell 🇺🇦 @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social ⚓ Leith Walk ward Scottish Liberal Democrats councillor 🔶️🇪🇺. Passionate about poverty,🌳,🏳️🌈,🚶🚴 & North Edinburgh | 🎸Dio & Judas Priest 🤘 | Former Abbeyhill @Scouts ldr & @Pilmeny | He/Him
David Key @davidfkey.bsky.social City of Edinburgh Councillor.
Promoted by David Key, 16 North St Andrew Street, Edinburgh
@cllrdanheap.bsky.social @cllrdanheap.bsky.social
Sarah McArthur @smcarthurreports.bsky.social Research and Journalism | Climate, Conflict and all things Edinburgh
Tom Duffin Photographer @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social Pro photographer in Edinburgh posting landscapes & other work. Regular free newsletter at https://tomduffin.substack.com/ I'd be delighted to be contacted at tom@tomduffin.com to ask about photography work.
Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk 🗳️ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
support my work @ https://ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social Formerly Sustrans. Scotland updates from Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, the charity making it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle.
Join us on our journey: walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/scotland
Free UK Genealogy (FreeBMD • FreeREG • FreeCEN) @freeukgenealogy.org.uk Free UK Genealogy is a charity providing free access to UK historical genealogy records for family historians worldwide.
Publishers of FreeBMD, FreeREG and FreeCEN.
Volunteer-powered | Open access | Genealogy for everyone.
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Volunteer Edinburgh @volunteeredinburgh.org.uk Information on and support with volunteering and volunteering opportunities in Edinburgh.
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is Britain's best selling family history magazine. Follow for the latest family history news and advice.
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Helen Back @helenback1.bsky.social Edinburgh based. Here for the politics, cycling chat, community news, nature, quality of life, comedy, cats, old and beautiful things. End the monarchy. Rejoin the EU. Ban sleeping bag style coats
Shona McIntosh (she/her) @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social Scottish Greens councillor for Musselburgh. Born at 342ppm. I like running, bikes and books. Would like a liveable planet for my children and a free Palestine.
@kevin-lang.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social
Franca @applefranca.bsky.social Live in Edinburgh, like dressmaking, knitting, active travel and coffee. Scottish Government researcher working on children and families. 🇩🇪 passport, from 🇱🇺
I still write an occasional personal blog like it's 2005: www.applefranca.com
EdinburghGary @photoscotland.bsky.social Scottish photographer with a cat, 8 dogs and 3 wonderful kids :)
Kit bag: Nikon Z8 I 85mm f1.2 | 100 - 400 VR S | 105mm Macro | 40mm f2 | Gitzo Carbon Fibre with Benro S8 Pro Fluid Head
Fujifilm X100VI
Sci Fi obsessed.
@walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social The new name for Sustrans. We are the charity making it possible for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle. Because it changes everything. Our health. Our wellbeing. Our world.
Custodians of the National Cycle Network.
The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social Kay W. Historical geography (PhD) researching housing, local and family history. Edinburgh 🏴 Resources at The Past and other Places (blogs rarely). Takes photos (kaysgeog on Flickr). Pedestrian non-driver.
https://thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/
Mark Bridgeman Author ✍️ @markbridgeman.bsky.social Best selling author of The Scottish Murder Book, ERASED, and The Nearly Man.
Bikes for Refugees (Scotland) @bikes4refugees.bsky.social Supporting the resettlement of refugees & asylum seekers with free bikes providing essential mobility and freedom of movement.
@ecocat.bsky.social @ecocat.bsky.social Built wind-powered generator at 332ppm, cat butler and long time sound engineer
Dogs 🐶 @dogs.bsky.social Sharing the cutest dog photos from around the internet. 🐶🐩🐕
🐾 Tag us in your pawsome posts for a chance to be featured! 📸
Email us at dogsofbluesky@gmail.com for credit/removal.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social The greatest platform for creative freedom in the world 🌎
Join us 06 - 30 Aug 2027.
#edfringe
edfringe.com
Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety, cities and mobility.
Devout follower of The Jesus and Mary Chain
Creativebyrovelo.com
Satirical news at The Rovélo Record
ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu The European Transport Safety Council is the independent voice for road safety in Europe.
www.etsc.eu
Calder @calderwook.bsky.social Disabled and mostly found bumbling about Edinburgh on a cargo bike or walking my dogs
Trees make things better.
He/Him
Edinburgh Business and Lifestyle online magazine @edinburghbusiness.bsky.social Sharing Edinburgh's business and lifestyle news www.businesslifeedinburgh.com
@alastairw123.bsky.social @alastairw123.bsky.social
Paul Watt Photography @paulwattphoto.bsky.social UK Based Photographer, Scotland
Vicki White @violaoutside.bsky.social Working in (and for!) active travel. I like running. Also here for animal content.
Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
@ladymelchet.bsky.social @ladymelchet.bsky.social
Edinburgh Reviews @edinburghreviews.bsky.social 🙊 Not an 'Influencer', happy to pay
🏴 An Edinburgh blog for locals & visitors
🧑💻 By Andrew Girdwood / marketer
🎨 By Bronwen Winter Phoenix / artist
https://edinburgh-reviews.co.uk/
Royal Scottish Academy @royalscottishacad.bsky.social Run by artists, for artists.
Founded in 1826, the Royal Scottish Academy supports art and architecture in Scotland.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social The home of science, research and archives at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌿🔬📚
Find out more about what we do: https://www.rbge.org.uk/
Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home @edindogcathome.bsky.social We protect loving homes, we find loving homes, we run a loving Home.
Merchiston Districts Community Council @merchistoncc.bsky.social Community Council serving the Edinburgh areas of Bruntsfield, Church Hill, Fountainbridge, Greenhill, Polwarth, Shandon and Viewforth. https://merchistoncc.org.uk
Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social Author, Inspector Rebus (and other stuff). Edinburgh-based. More usually pub-based.
All Edinburgh Theatre @alledintheatre.bsky.social Edinburgh's year-round theatre website, providing you with all the news, reviews, previews, listings and more. Edited and curated by @thomdibdin.bsky.social
Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust @greenspacetrust.bsky.social Our Vision: Everyone in Edinburgh and the Lothians has access to quality greenspaces to help support their health & wellbeing
www.elgt.org.uk
BBC Gardeners' World Mag @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social Leafy updates from BBC Gardeners' World Magazine and www.gardenersworld.com 🌿
The Scotsman @scotsman.com Subscribe to The Scotsman for news, opinion and expert analysis from Scotland’s national newspaper: http://scotsman.com/subscriptions/
Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social Managing Director, Bridges for Communities, supporting people to live well together
📍Bristol 🇬🇧
Posts on: Bristol, community cohesion & social inclusion, climate & nature, deliberative democracy, public engagement and positive news.
Views my own.
Russell Findlay MSP @russellfindlay.bsky.social Leader of the Scottish Conservatives.
(Past job: journalist & author) 🏴🇬🇧
Tess White MSP @tesswhitemsp.bsky.social Member of the Scottish Parliament for NE Region. Shadow Equalities Minister
Sue Webber MSP @suewebbermsp.bsky.social Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian Region
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport
Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social Award-winning political journalism from Holyrood magazine. https://www.holyrood.com/
Car-Free Holyrood @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social Local residents’ campaign to end motorised through-traffic on Holyrood Park private roads, which are managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
Alan Gordon @agordonsalive.bsky.social Community, people, grower, music and making things better.
BEST_Edinburgh @best-edinburgh.bsky.social Better Edinburgh for Sustainable Travel - coalition of community campaigners and groups in Edinburgh working together to support safer streets & active travel.
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland @theahss.bsky.social www.ahss.org.uk
Speaking For Scotland's Buildings since 1956! Campaigning. Membership. Events.
@thomsonstella.bsky.social @thomsonstella.bsky.social Living my best life in retirement. Finding joy in being ‘granny’. Try to be ‘green’;cycle for transport; need art, garden, yoga in my life.
Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social Chair Planning Democracy; board member Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre; volunteer with Spokes; Hon Fellow Scottish Env LINK, worked for Ramblers Scotland before retirement.
Walking, cycling, mountains, Scottish politics, CND, climate change, gardening.
Fountainbridge @fountainbridge1.bsky.social Council pavement policy is opposite from Council actions
Edinburgh Sketcher @www.edinburghsketcher.com Artist sketching the beautiful city of Edinburgh. This is my sketch blog including family, art, news and events from the city.
Ms Marchmont @msmarchmont.bsky.social Seeking solace in scenes of Marchmont, The Meadows, Edinburgh and occasionally beyond.
Knitter.
Overlander @overlander.bsky.social Alan Brown, author of 'Overlander' from Saraband Books
, short-listed for the 2019 Saltire Awards. Upland flâneur. Slow bicyclist. Xenophile. Sale polyvalent.
Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms.
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social 1. Scottish Labour MP for Edinburgh South West.
2. Civil Engineer
3. Parkrunner.
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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
Scottish History @scottishhistory.org Online publication covering Scottish history, heritage and archaeology. Featuring articles, reviews, latest book releases, places to visit, events and more. Published in Ayrshire. Editor: @neilritchie.bsky.social
Transform Scotland @transform.scot We are the national alliance for sustainable transport – we campaign for better, fairer and greener transport in Scotland.
Edinburgh Bus Users Group @edinburghbug.bsky.social Looking out for Edinburgh's bus passengers and services. Independent of operators, Councils, Government, political parties etc.
Website https://edinburghbususers.group/
Susan Poupard @susanpoupard.bsky.social All things environmental, nature, sustainability, design, digital, arts & heritage · Edinburgh · I work at VisitScotland, volunteer with National Trust for Scotland & with caltonhill.bsky.social · All views my own
Low Traffic Future @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social Our vision is a world with clean air, safe streets, vibrant communities, a stable climate and healthy natural environment for future generations.
Join us at http://lowtrafficfuture.org.uk
Cllr. Finlay McFarlane @finlaymcf.bsky.social SNP Councillor for Edinburgh’s City Centre & Culture Spox
Recipient of the Attitude Magazine Pride Award & MABC Campaigner of the year ‘22.
Lothian Buses @lothianbuses.bsky.social This is the official page for Lothian Buses. Visit www.lothianbuses.co.uk to learn more.
Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social Home is a 15 min city. Active & Public Transport professional and activist, now retired. Cycle holiday manager (ret). Lived on all the brown bits of the Monopoly board. Weekend Ambo driving volunteer. In the gutter and looking at the gutter.
Walking Scotland @walkingscotland.bsky.social We are Walking Scotland. Your national walking and wheeling charity. Formerly known as Paths for All 👣
🌐 www.walkingscotland.org.uk
Nigel Bagshaw @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
Hugh Thomas @cyclonictwister.bsky.social Urban mobility, getting about on a bike, tasty coffee, cycling for a better world, #edinburgh #vlieland #cork #urbanbiking #cowboybike
David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social Professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of Leeds, UK. Working on culture and environmental crisis. Writing a book about birds, loss, and restoration. Worried parent. Luddite. Opinions my own. Reposts ≠ endorsement.
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social Interested in life in general & people in particular.
Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart.
Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.
Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳
Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal.
Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board.
Enquiries - jonburkeuk@protonmail.com
www.jonburkeuk.com
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
sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.
Jule Bandel @julebandel.bsky.social pesky little immigrant | Scottish Greens councillor for Inverleith | local libraries enjoyer | she/they 🏳️🌈✨
Charlotte Maddix @cwmaddix.bsky.social I like complicated conversations about rewilding, housing, localism and sustainable transport. Fuelled by rage about the nature crisis. Sustained by all the people doing something about it.
@lesleymacinnessnp.bsky.social @lesleymacinnessnp.bsky.social
DrCarolineBrown @drcarolinebrown.bsky.social Chartered Town planner. RTPI Director for Scotland, Ireland, Practice & Research. Recovering academic. Likes green space, blue space and active travel. Sometimes knits.
Ross McKenzie @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social Councillor for Gorgie-Dalry, Whitson, Stenhouse, Saughton Mains, Broomhouse, Sighthill, Parkhead and Longstone. Member of the Scottish Greens.
Morningsider @morningsider.bsky.social Transport, planning, and built environment - mainly Edinburgh and Scotland.