Newcastle University @newcastleuni.bsky.social Official page for Newcastle University UK, a founding member of the Russell Group of Research intensive universities, and a Global Top 140 university. #WeAreNCL
Col86@Safc @colarmy.bsky.social #Safc 🔴⚪️ #Automotive #Art #Design #Nature . . (Colsafc86 toktik)
Orbis Community @orbiscommunity.bsky.social Orbis Community champions collaboration between creatives and communities
Gateshead
Gateshead Council @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social For customer services telephone 0191 433 3000
Glow Newcastle @glownewcastle.bsky.social 
Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social Poet with autism and a cat.
Author of ADULTHOOD (Anxiety Press, 2026).
Here to connect with fellow writers and/or fellow neurodivergent people and/or fellow anti-fascists.
he/him • NJ • www.brandondiehl.net
Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social NDHums is a safe and generative research network and space that accomodates the diverse, individual needs of scholars working in the humanities | https://ndhumanities.com | Funded by the Wellcome Discovery Platform https://medhumsplatform.org |
StimCafe @stimcafe.bsky.social www.stimcafe.org.uk
D6: Culture in Transit @d6culture.bsky.social We are D6, where cultures meet and exchange, and where artists and ideas come together to question cultural narratives and raise environmental consciousness.
Whickham Hermitage Community Garden @whickhamgarden.bsky.social Beautiful free to enter, volunteer-maintained Garden & Orangery Cafe, in Whickham, Tyne and Wear. Open Tuesday-Sunday 9am-4pm Wheelchair accessible. Dogs on leads welcome. 🌺 whickhamhermitagegarden.co.uk
Stuart Hunter @stu-art-hunter.bsky.social I am a North East based multi
award-winning creative, founder member and President of the Hartlepool filmmaker collective In The Frame. Former Vice President of Newcastle Film Club.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14915495/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr
Craig Hinds @craighinds.bsky.social Literature, movies, SFF (particularly Star Wars, LOTR, Dune, Conan, Arthurian Legends). Weirdly intense about dessert. Writer of stories long and short. Identical twin to @danielghinds.bsky.social
Dr Andrew Higgins @ashiggins.bsky.social Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. Tolkien Scholar and author Live in Balham London 🏳️🌈
Darren Banks @darrenbanks.bsky.social Artist / birdwatcher/horror film fan/ UFOs/hiphop/ based in Umeå Sweden & sometimes London.
https://www.darrenbanks.uk/
https://dontforgetthebirds.blogspot.com/
Allegra @allegraintheatre.bsky.social Cultural Producer | currently full-time arts bureaucracy-ing & relationship managing | North East adoptee | plant mama | views my own
Previously producing for Curious Monkey, Roundhouse, Raindance Film Festival
Activity Uplift @activityuplift.bsky.social Fun activities for Dementia & Alzheimer's Caregivers, Seniors, and Activity Professionals. https://activityuplift.com
Flagpie @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social I'm just here to burn Nazi's and chew bubble gum...
and I'm all outta gum.
Mick Smith Artist @theartistsmith.bsky.social Artist, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 
Joel Apps @joelappsk6.bsky.social I’m a Photographer and Digital Artist, Visual Arts and Digital Arts facilitator.
Based in East Sussex near Hastings.
I’m also an ambassador for www.outsidein.org.uk
www.k6photography.com
Nat Loftus @natloftus.bsky.social Visual artist / Musician (aka Nat Johnson)
Whitley Bay
Owen G Parry @fanriot.bsky.social Artist, scholar of art, performance and visual culture. Senior Lecturer at CSM
owengparry.com
Sarah Munro @sarahmunro.bsky.social Personal Account.
Director: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. Co-chair Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN).
Board member: Scottish Futures Forum, Scottish Parliament.
Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social Artist & filmmaker working within the deindustrialized landscapes & communities of North East England.
https://mattjamessmith.com/links
Lady Kitt @ladykitt.bsky.social Mess Making as Social Glue
Drag Is Folk💚
www.lladykitt.com
Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social Ground up, practice-led creative organisation. A blend of producing, advisory and strategic placemaking.
#culture #community #placemaking
🔗 https://linktr.ee/build_cultr
Nerdrays @nerdrays.bsky.social 
Louise @borolou.bsky.social #Teesside, music, football, books, theatre, and the coast
Hadrian Park Primary School - Centurion Multi Academy Trust @hadrianpark.bsky.social Every child is our priority. Please visit www.hadrianparkprimary.org.uk for further information.
Wellcome Collection @wellcomecollection.bsky.social A free museum and library in London and online. Explore the past, present and future of health with us.
wellcomecollection.org
Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social Quake shirt with a French tuck. https://umabreakdown.neocities.org/JunkInTheTrunk/
https://linktr.ee/Umabreakdown
Sammy Hobson @sammyhobson.bsky.social 
Migrants in Culture @migrantsinculture.bsky.social Migrants In Culture is a migrant-led design agency. We resource artists & organisers to build more more creative & powerful social movements.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art @balticgateshead.bsky.social Contemporary art gallery ✨
Open Wed-Sun 10am-6pm
Free entry, no booking needed
Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA
https://baltic.art/
Cait Jobson @caitjob.bsky.social Researcher at Durham University
PAR with young people
Creative and digital methods
Shev @soundslikeshevek.bsky.social they/them | Newcastle upon Tyne
sounds like...
Alternative Comedy?! | Writing/Performing | Sound Design | Techie things | Badges n zines
{creating with @mrfunbles}
[Norman Jonson 🤝]
Sue Reed @suereedwrites.bsky.social Author, wild & free, tough yet kind.
✍️ The Rewilding of Molly McFlynn
Rep'd Nicky Lovick at WGM Atlantic .
https://linktr.ee/suereedwrites
Mike Collier @mikecollier.bsky.social Left of centre; pro-EU; Education; Charlton Athletic.
BARRIE J DAVIES @barriejdavies.bsky.social BARRIE J DAVIES IS AN ARTIST
👇 SHOP MY ARTWORK HERE
www.barriejdavies.info
Laura Brewis @mslbrewis.bsky.social I run @wemakeculture.bsky.social / 2024 Big Issue Changemaker / wife of rock star / mam / lover of Sunderland / views my own
Kate Harland @kdharland.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northumbria University. PhD in hospitality tech, and guest-host relationships.
Haley @handle.invalid they/them - 28 - poet & participatory artist - disabled & silly - dearesthaley.com -
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
𝕷𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖘 𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖗 @cosmicgrindhouse.bsky.social 🎥 writer x director | 🖤 cinema, horror, dark fantasy, myth, folklore, vinyl, photography | 🏰 northerner in bristol, bath, london
main: Instagram.com/lewiscarrofficial
Jess Hunt @jessjehunt.bsky.social Director of No More Nowt.
Hartlepool heart & East Durham soul.
Advocate for access and leadership of culture and creativity, wherever you live (but especially Co. Durham).
Multicoloured thrifter and beach comber. Culture & general nerd. Opinions my own.
Euan Lynn @e-lynn.bsky.social Artist / synths & shouts in NOVYI LEF, Swine Tax, Amateur Trepanning / Slacks Radio resident.
Socialist / modernist / straight edge
They/them
http://www.euanlynn.com
Clymene Christoforou @clymene.bsky.social Arts, politics and international exchange. Director D6 Culture in Transit and D6:EU, board member On the Move.
d6culture.org & d6.eu
@deborahsnell.bsky.social @deborahsnell.bsky.social Artist - illustrator, printmaker, installation & music videos. Works at The Crack Magazine - gig lover & reviewer. @thecrackmagazine.bsky.social
Narbi Price @narbiprice.bsky.social Artist, curator, Gateshead UK.
www.narbiprice.co.uk 
Snowball @snowballcommunity.bsky.social
What’s is Snowball??…Think TripAdvisor for the disabled community.
Apple https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/snowball-community/id1624679548
Android https://play.google.com/store/search?q=snowball+community&c=apps&hl=en&gl=US
Hum the Word @humtheword.bsky.social Zoom Wizard | AI Investigator | Click-ity Click
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. 🖤
Worcester, UK
Dr Julie Holder @julieh80.bsky.social Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary History, National Museums Scotland. Posts about history, museums, heritage, disability & my pets Lightning & Puggo. Discworld fan & disabled mum to 2 fabulous neurospicy kids (own opinions she/her)
Jill Cole @jillrcole.bsky.social Director at Northern Heartlands; believing in the power of creativity to change things a little bit.
M6 Theatre @m6theatre.bsky.social Enriching young people's lives with dynamic and memorable theatre from our home in Rochdale. National and international touring, schools, youth theatre and outreach.
m6theatre.co.uk 
Action for Children's Arts @childrensarts.bsky.social UK wide membership organisation Campaigning, Connecting and Celebrating all art forms for children age 0-12
J.M Barrie Awards
Founded by Vicky Ireland MBE
www.childrensarts.org.uk
@earlspeter.bsky.social @earlspeter.bsky.social Antifascist. A cowboy, http://eastoncowfolk.org.uk
Senior Technology Innovation & PMO Consultant- UK Charity's
All views, possibly my own, might not be.
Mark Shilcock @markshilcock.bsky.social Here in a personal capacity. Community Worker in Gateshead (managing www.OurGateshead.org ) Grandad, Musician, Dog walker, Songwriter. I probably have enough guitars? Consett. #MadeByDyslexia. These are my own views.
Film Hub North @filmhubnorth.bsky.social Supporting film culture in the North of England. Led by HOME & Showroom. Part of BFI Film Audience Network & BFI NETWORK.
Lily Daniels @terracottalily.bsky.social Community arts 4eva
https://www.terracottalily.co.uk/home
GemArts @gemarts.bsky.social Award winning Arts organisation based in the North East. We produce and programme South Asian and culturally diverse arts.
North East Museums @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Art and heritage at the heart of North East England. 12 museums and galleries for you to enjoy.
(Formerly known as Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums)
northeastmuseums.org.uk
Charlotte Dack @charlottedack.bsky.social CPD Manager at North East Museums
SEND Mum to a brilliant boy
Museums/culture/arts/education/SEND/fashion/music/friendships
Tim Burke @timburkemusic.bsky.social Conductor based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Music Director of Tête à Tête. Building opera and community music projects in Newcastle and North Shields.
timburkemusic.co.uk
Dr Susan Jones @susandrjonesarts.bsky.social Independent arts researcher and commentator on artists’ livelihoods and arts policy interrelations www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk
Big Local Jarrow CIC jarra @biglocaljarrow.bsky.social In Jarrow we grow, forage, blend and brew our own tea. We make tea with you.
Creative Culture Heritage #UniversalBasicIncome UKSPF
Account managed by @r2ph #Dyslexia expect typos.
Vici @viciws.bsky.social Disabled writer and director for theatre and TV. Artistic Director Little Cog. Activist.
BBC : Hen Night. Published playwright: with the love of neither god nor state, Methuen Drama; Funny Peculiar & Siege Salamander Street books. 
Anne @annemag99.bsky.social Writer, reader, poet, lover of all things books, 🏳️🌈, studying various things, buy too many notebooks and pens… chronic illness… student of Literature and Philosophy... trying to add positivity... retired and live near London, England
Janet E Davis @janetedavis.bsky.social Artist, art historian, formerly worked in heritage (manager, digital projects, researcher), and voluntary work relating to Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social 📚 Prof of Contemporary Literature & Theory.
🐈⬛ Poet, Londoner, ashtangi, beleaguered cat-feeder.
📕 Author of Contemporary Feminist Life-Writing: The New Audacity.
Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social used to work in museums, now works at School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds (she/her)
Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social Heritage & conservation professional & enthusiast, usually found exploring old places 😃
Curator of Properties for English Heritage, & freelance heritage consultant.
Studying p/t for PhD in lime finishes.
Jo Clement @joclement.co.uk Poetry, Print & People 🌈
🦉 Northern Writers Award Winner
🐕 Managing Editor Butcher's Dog
🍎 Lecturer in Creative Writing
📚 Poetry Book Society Selector
📖 Outlandish (Bloodaxe)
Proper Working Class Northerner 💪
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller 🐴
Sometime dodo 🦤
Roweena @r2ph.bsky.social Liquorice addicted Irish lesbian feminist dyslexic who loves cycling & a bit of #photography. #FBLC
Wendy Smith @wendredasmith.bsky.social Musician. Creative Director. Prefab Sprout. 
Alison Clark @artsportali.bsky.social Cultural policy/visitor economy/sport. #LocalGov. Midlife CrossFitter. Feminist. Contrary Madam. Northerner
Kacey de Groot (she/her) @kaceydee.bsky.social Standing for NEU Deputy General Secretary.
Adult. Born in the 70s.
Human. Innit.
Female. I can show you my…driving license.
Drama teacher and lead practitioner. Trade union activist. ADHD Hotmess. Lesbian. Queer. Trans.
Annie Rigby @annierigby.bsky.social Hope. Theatre. Darts. Music.
Artistic Director of Unfolding Theatre
Lives in the North East.
@unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social
Ste Dunn @stedunn.bsky.social Programme Lead The National Lottery Good Causes • Festival Director Northern Pride • Chair Rendez-Vous Dance• creative producer & LGBTQIA+ activist
https://beacons.ai/stedunn
frida sapphic @fridasapphic.bsky.social Part-time witch ✨70s rockstar of Newcastle - Drag Idol 2020/21 winner! - Newcastle - @dragcastlencl // Black Trans Lives Matter // 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇵🇸
Trishfay @trishfay.bsky.social Retired NEU member. Still active ✊. MacMillan volunteer. Love travelling and visiting new countries. Ageing Rock chick 🤘
Paul Callaghan @paulcallaghan.bsky.social Culture, economics, regeneration, business, politics & football. #SunderlandMusicCity #SAFC My own views. Retweets are not an endorsement http://MACTrust.org.uk
MusicCity.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcallaghan/
Nimerta Kaur Virdee @nimvirder.bsky.social Introverted woodland elf, hates bigotry and loud spaces.
Gordon Tait @gordontoon.bsky.social Dr in Eng Lit. from @hullenglish: Joseph Skipsey, archives, mining & w/c lit, NE identity. Researcher @wearesnook
Gateshead-born: @NUFC @DurhamCricket.
Chainee
Ray Verrall @rayverrall.bsky.social Architect. Educator. Artist into maps, landscape, and surrealism. Cardiffian. Dad. Autistic.
Prof. Chris Ashford @lawandsexuality.bsky.social Professor of Law + Society Northumbria University. Deputy Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor R&KE. Queer theorist. Research: sex, sexuality and law. Also interested in HE policy & strategy. 🏠/🏢 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 🏳️🌈He/Him.
Unfolding Theatre @unfoldingtheatre.bsky.social Big-hearted theatre that brings people together.
Based in North East England.
unfoldingtheatre.co.uk
Richard Collier @richardcollier.bsky.social Professor at Newcastle University, writes on law, gender, masculinities, legal professions, law schools and wellbeing, family law. Plays and records folk-pop-post-punk music. Sounds bit like the Go-betweens. Location: Elm Lodge Housing Estate.
Keith Merrin @keithmerrin.bsky.social Director - North East Museums.
Trustee - Virgin Money Foundation.
Blooloop50 Museum Influencer 2024.
Museums, arts, music, heritage, football and stuff.
Views and opinions all my own.
Star & Shadow Cinema @starandshadow.bsky.social A volunteer-run music, cinema, cafe and gardening project in Newcastle upon Tyne. Owned by the community
https://starandshadow.org.uk/
Jack Drum Arts @jackdrumarts.bsky.social We're a community arts organisation based in Crook, Co.Durham in North East England specialising in carnival arts, music, theatre and more.
Our mission is: inspiring and changing lives through engagement with arts and culture.
https://www.jackdrum.co.uk
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Julie Ward🇪🇺🇺🇦🌈🌍🕷️✊🌹 @julie4north.bsky.social Grandma, Poet, Angry woman, Labour MEP 2014-20, Wild Swimmer. Serial board member: @anothereurope.bsky.social @chartist48.bsky.social @csfberlin.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk