Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk Austro-British Industrialist. Chair of Great British Energy, Co-founder @vocl_uk, Former CEO #Siemens UK. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
Dr Claire Robinson @mcrclaire.bsky.social Cultural and social historian of 19th and 20th Century. Mostly researches Victorian and Edwardian theatre and periodicals in Manchester. Historical Pantomime. Public Engagement. Fashion and costume history. Arty stuff. Foodie. Nature. 
CityCo Manchester @cityco.bsky.social The City Centre Management Company | City Centre BID | Northern Quarter BID | Accommodation BID (Business Improvement Districts) #ManchesterCityCentre
Lisa Kershaw @lisa-forevermanc.bsky.social Community Builder @ Forever Manchester.
Dedicated to the communities of Greater Manchester.
Beer Nouveau @beernouveau.co.uk Brewer and Brewing Historian, holistic commentator on the hospitality industry.
Dr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social Historian, and author specialising in true crime, Victorian and Edwardian detectives, and the history of forensic science. Also, linguist 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹. Rep: Past Preservers. http://drangelabuckley.com
NotQuiteLight @notquitelight.bsky.social Artist - exploring the places in which we exist, in the half-light of dawn & dusk.
Photography. Film. Audio. Text. Music.
notquitelight.com
Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social Historian of sport, focusing on Manchester.
Visiting Research Professor at NYU; Honorary Research Fellow at DMU. www.GJFootballArchive.com
Museum of Transport Greater Manchester @motgm.uk We'll take you back! Open Wednesdays, weekends and bank holidays 10 am to 4.30 pm. Adult admission £7.50, student/jobseeker £6, disabled/children free. https://motgm.uk
Helen Antrobus @helenantro.bsky.social 📚 Curator & historian working for a big conservation charity, nattering about 20th c women, political and landscape histories (sometimes all at once).
🎧 Presenter and giddy kipper of #BackWhen, the National Trust's history pod: https://shorturl.b
Lisbet Sherlock @lisbet.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Researcher. Current projects: Tolson sister #suffragettes and history of @FarmWoodoaks. Trustee at British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social and Chair at Dorset Wildlife Trust @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Niall Murphy @murphyniallgla.bsky.social If you are interested in architecture, urbanism and conservation issues in Glasgow, Scotland, then follow me. I’m Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, Chair of Govanhill Baths BPT a Trustee of BEFS and Co-chair of the Glasgow Built Heritage Commission.
Prof Kirsty Fairclough @profkirsty.bsky.social Prof of Screen Studies, SODA at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Music Commissioner GMCA
Series Editor-British Pop Archive
https://linktr.ee/kirstyfairclough
Jen Mellor @mellordramatic.bsky.social Operations Manager at Manchester University Press. 💟📚 Likes: books, cities, marzipan, coffee. Opinions my own.
Guided historical tours of Belfast @drtomstours.bsky.social Unveiling Belfast's messy past to curious travellers, history enthusiasts & locals eager to rediscover their city. Local certified guide & history PhD.
Wigan Tours @wigantours.bsky.social A town in N W Eng
Home to great music 🎶 like The Verve & The Lathums
A World Champion RL Team
Amazing Victorian Architecture
2013 FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic
Town built on Coal Mines & Cotton Mills
Where George Orwell visited in 1936
Town of ❤️
Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social Hairy ne'er-do-well. Would-be good egg. Pillock.
Nigel Kneale / Russell T Davies biographer.
New social media platform, same great content.
Est. 1972.
Lucy Mulligan @lucymulligan.bsky.social Marketing Director at the UK's largest Chamber of Commerce, @gmchamber. Covering everything from events to policy, business opportunities and growth. ✨
Manchester History @mcrhistory.bsky.social Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
NORTHERN RESIDENT ARTIST @northresidentart.bsky.social The official northern artist in residence since 2020.
Current Lancashire artist of the year
Commissions start at €7.65
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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social Burkey with the good hair. My woke take brings all the c*n*s to the yard. Profile pic by Nancy fancy pants contact@themasonsisters.com- J @justinmoorhouse.bsky.social @justinmoorhouse.bsky.social
Alternative MUFC @alternativemufc.bsky.social Same game, just a little different.
Paul Heaton @paulheatonsolo.bsky.social 'I Don't Do Video Messages But I Do Wave At People'
@smithsstuff.bsky.social @smithsstuff.bsky.social Fan of The Smiths. Other interests include The Wedding Present, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Fall & Everton.
TheSmithsLocations.blogspot.com
Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell.bsky.social Manchester United correspondent for The Athletic
Andy Mitten @andymitten.bsky.social Started United We Stand in ‘89. Work: The Athletic, GQ, National, editor at large for FourFourTwo. Contribute to BBC, Sky et al. Written 13 books. NUJ member.
United We Stand's website and forum http://www.uwsonline.com
John Hacking @hacking4chorlton.bsky.social Governor Chorlton CofE Primary & @EndeavourFeder1. @unisonmcr. A director of the Edge Theatre in Chorlton
Sibby - Manchester Tour Guide @mcrtourguide.bsky.social 
Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016.
There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly.
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16
Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social Economics editor at the Guardian. Former political editor, former Observer economics editor. Londoner, Mum.
heather.stewart@theguardian.com
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Then: the Guardian/Observer. Now: co-founder all-women journalist collective, thenerve.news. Also, co-founded tech justice non-profit, https://the-citizens.com. And write a personal newsletter at broligarchy.substack.com
Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
Unbelievable Britain - YouTube 🎧
BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
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Liz🦊 @lizzissima.bsky.social Love Manchester and all things interesting or furry 🐕🦺🐩
Anita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social I present programs on TV and Radio, write history books and present a podcast called Empire with William Dalrymple. NOT IN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT!
Empire: World History @empirepoduk.bsky.social Podcast on empires and world history 🌎
A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Dr Priya Atwal @priyaatwal.bsky.social Historian of empire, monarchy & cultural politics in UK/S Asia. Community History Fellow @ Oxford Uni. Views are my own.
Book & contact info here: https://linktr.ee/drpriyaatwal
Tim Harford @timharford.ft.com FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social THE CASTLE! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com
Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm.bsky.social Channel 4 News, Unreported World, Ways to Change the World, The Fourcast, Class of 2023 on Strictly
Also Chairman of Duchenne UK
HistoryExtra @historyextra.bsky.social Posts from HistoryExtra, Britain’s bestselling history magazine and award-winning podcast.
www.historyextra.com
HistFest @histfest.bsky.social The best history events and courses all year round.
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org Art, Activism and Accountability
https://linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Read: TheNewWorld.co.uk
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social We aim to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK.
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
(Dr) Debbie Challis @poisonchallis.bsky.social The ancient world in the modern, in so many ways. Cultural historian and creative producer FRHistS: https://www.debbiechallis.com.
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Manchester Lit & Phil @mcrlitphil.bsky.social We’re here to make you think. And think again.
Our creatively curated event programme gets under the skin of today’s most pressing issues and stimulating subject matter.
https://www.manlitphil.ac.uk/
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
Support us: https://goodlaw.social/donate-bsky
Promoted by Good Law Project Ltd, 3 East Point, High Street, Seal, TN15 0EG
Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social Sunday Times bestselling author. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. #Empireworld #EmpireLand #TheBoyWithTheTopknot #MarriageMaterial. New book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador, out now. https://shorturl.at/qhPlJ
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
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~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Historian. Coffee drinker
Nihal Arthanayake @therealnihal.bsky.social I wrote a book about the art conversation and I host a podcast for the BBC where I have amazing conversations with fascinating guests.
Paintings of Manchester @artofmanchester.bsky.social Manchester drawn, painted and photographed by artists past and present.
Suggestions always welcome 🙏🏼
Independent Salford Beer Festival @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social Hemsley House, Salford • 12-14 November 2026.
The friendliest, most relaxed beer fest around.
#ISBFXI • All profits to @startinsalford.bsky.social
Walk Ride Salford @walkridesalford.bsky.social Campaigning to make walking, wheeling and cycling the natural choice for journeys in Salford.
🌐 walkridegm.org.uk
💬 discord.com/invite/scjf9DUbj5
Architecture Hub @architecturehub.bsky.social #architecture #design #interiordesign #homeimprovement #sculpting #painting
Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. DIVIDE & RULE: Royal Women and their Battles out now. Novel TIME/LIFE published 2025.
Martin SFP Bryant @martinsfp.bsky.social A big chunk of my life is made up of working in quantum technology and going to gigs. Occasionally I talk about those things here.
Dr Emma Probett @emmaprobett.bsky.social PhD in Victorian Studies. Currently writing a book about Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, and the novel of manners. They/Them
linktr.ee/emmaprobett
Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social By day: literary historian and editor for hire. By night: historian and enthusiast of Chartism, 19thC British writing and politics, sausage rolls, and women's, workers', queer and trans rights ✊ she/her, views own
drvicclarke.co.uk
Glossop Record Club @glossoprecordclub.bsky.social Listening to albums. On vinyl. In full. 2nd Thursday of every month at Glossop Labour Club. Free admission. https://glossoprecordclub.wordpress.com/
MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
Richard Hexagon-Jones @richardhj.bsky.social Well, when the sun goes down and the moon comes up, I turn into a teenage Goo Goo Muck.
My free SubStack - https://shorturl.at/TkJaq
Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/Bzt
MCFC.
The Trades Club @thetradesclub.bsky.social Music venue & socialist members club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
By the people, for the people
thetradesclub.com
Martin Glynn @martinglynn.bsky.social 
MJ Herbert @mjherbert.bsky.social Socialist Historian. My work includes books on the history of radical women in Manchester. Been watching Doctor Who since 1963 and author of a biography of the Doctor Who writer Malcolm Hulke. Gender critical. Pronouns? Of course not!
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social We host great author events and have a podcast called Music Maps @musicmaps.bsky.social
https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/
Walthamstow, London and beyond…
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social WILD DONKEY. BROADCASTER. The Fall 78-83. Not a real Doctor. Met Bowie, Woody and Ronno. Ner ner ner ner ner.
COLOSSAL 🛎️end…
Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social 
Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social Urban History features articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. We're worldwide in scope.
🔗 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/urban-history
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
Mark Lewisohn @marklewisohn.bsky.social Writer of the Beatles biographical history trilogy All These Years. The first volume, Tune In, is out. Volume 2 is taking an age but still progressing steadily. www.marklewisohn.net
Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social Art from the Tate Collection.
Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. #artbots by @nuwaves-future.bsky.social
https://www.tate.org.uk/
NME 1980s @nme1980s.bsky.social Posting pics of NME / New Musical Express from approx 1980-85.
Not ‘official’ or linked to NME. Archive (currently) on ‘the other site’.
Steve Anglesey @sanglesey.bsky.social Editor of The New World
sanglesey at gmail
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Most recent book: a biography of Francis Crick. Now writing THE IDEA OF HEREDITY.
Link to publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
Natalie Marchant @talienanm.bsky.social Freelance journalist and explorer, covering news, sustainability and travel. Often found in Manchester or Vienna.
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
@darrenlaws.bsky.social @darrenlaws.bsky.social Geordie music lover, ex Fat City / Grand Central records.
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1