The Lit & Phil @litandphil.bsky.social Newcastle's independent library, the Lit & Phil, is home to more than 200,000 books and music items, and has a rolling programme of events and activities.
www.litandphil.org.uk
@reflexrecordshop.bsky.social @reflexrecordshop.bsky.social 
Elysium Theatre Company @elysiumtc.bsky.social Award-winning Durham-based theatre company. We tour the North with a mixture of classics, contemporary work, new writing & other premieres. Strong online presence with audioplays, short films & educational videos. Strong schools, HE & community engagement.
Jon Farthing @jonf1979.bsky.social Podcaster at Nerdfest UK, improviser with Spontaneous Wrecks and School of Improv. Trustee of Alphabetti Theatre and Boho Arts. Normally found at a music gig somewhere in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Say hello!
Prancey Dog @pranceydog.bsky.social Prancey Dog is a music promoter and record label based in northeast England.
https://www.prancey.com/gigs
Boiler Shop @boilershop.bsky.social Independent venue in the heart of Newcastle. 
Newcastle Cathedral @newcastlecathedral.bsky.social 
Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979.
Buy the Profanisaurus or Subscribe here: https://lnk.bio/vizcomicofficial
White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social Music. Memoir. History. Fiction. Limited Editions. “Fail we may, sail we must”
The Fire Station @thefirestation.bsky.social Sunderland's premier live music and performance venue. Home to the state-of-the-art auditorium. See what's on and book now at thefirestation.org.uk
CaroleW Productions @carolewproductions.bsky.social High quality theatre from North East UK with universal appeal.
Shows that we love and want to share with you, curated or created by us, offering...
"A Good Night Out"
"A good story, well told"
@CaroleWears
Tracks Darlington @tracksdarlington.bsky.social Music collective developing activities/services for the benefit of musicians, music organisations and audiences in and around the Darlington area.
tracksdarlington.co.uk
Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social A trilogy of books about the dark pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s, from public information films to nuclear war!
Buy the books: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
Patreon: bit.ly/3Rfo1Xz
Contact: ste1bro@hotmail.co.uk
The Pastels @thepastels.bsky.social Independent music group. Songs, intervals, long intervals, clang, vibrant clang, sudden clang, no clang.
thepastels.org
Charlie Higson @charliehigson.bsky.social The Fast Show. James Bond. Tap dancing. Book tour tickets here https://bio.to/WWHSBookTour. Podcast https://shows.acast.com/willy-willy-harry-stee/episodes/67335b351c8f0284cfa9e94c
Daniel Fawcett @majorlabeldebut.bsky.social Urban planner, music dweeb, community radio host, cat fan, Newcastle upon Tyne resident. https://linktr.ee/majorlabeldebut
Represent Women @representwomenne.bsky.social Represent Women is a representative and advocacy organisation for the women and girls’ sector, in the North East of England.
Our focus is women and girls’ organisations and groups that are led by and for women and girls.
Ewan Mackenzie @ewanmackenzie.bsky.social Lecturer/researcher in work and employment, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Also a musician. Sociology of work(ing), inequalities, creative/cultural work, public sectors and healthcare. Views my own. 
Cinemania Presents ... @cinemaniapresents.bsky.social weird horror | fantastic action | cult gems | incredibly strange films
https://linktr.ee/cinemaniapresents 
Erin Wiegand @erinwiegand.bsky.social Film programmer, independent scholar, book editor. One half of @cinemaniapresents.bsky.social
Poison, Pink @pinkpoisonband.bsky.social NCL post-pub band
https://www.instagram.com/pink_poison_band/
https://linktr.ee/ppoison
Header by jim trainer (@trainerjim on ig)
Vera Drew @veradrew22.bsky.social gotham award winning filmmaker and actor and dreamer!!!!
The People's Joker is now available on VOD, Bluray, VHS, and MUBI (thepeoplesjoker.com)
patreon.com/veradrew22 to support my future art
TRANDEMIC - my new movie, coming soon
Paul Doherty @thepauldoherty.bsky.social Award-winning film-watcher, award-losing filmmaker. Video Editor. Former baby. Future corpse.
The Young Women’s Film Academy @ywfacademy.bsky.social UK charity supporting girls and young women to share stories, change lives and make the world a better place through film.
www.youngwomensfilmacademy.co.uk
The Cumberland Arms @thecumberlandarms.bsky.social A Newcastle pub and music Venue
Dr. Caroline Mitchell @carolinereith.bsky.social Professor of Radio and Participation, Uni. of Sunderland, UK Co-founder Fem FM. Action researcher/feminist/humanitarian/podcaster; European; http://radio.garden; BLM 🌱 📻 Views own
Greg Atkinson @gregatkimusic.bsky.social Singer-songwriter from Teesside. Played on BBC6 Music and BBC Introducing. https://soundcloud.com/greg_atkinson 
Eoghan Lyng @mightylyng.bsky.social The Mighty Lyng
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 🤝]
Michael Duckett @mducked.bsky.social Drawing (urban sketching, comics, zines + lifedrawing)
Bradford. Northumberland. Wildlife and the outdoors.
That Clare (She/Her) 🏳️⚧️✊🏳️🌈 @thatclare.bsky.social Links: https://linktr.ee/thatclaremusic
Musician singer protest songwriter 🏳️⚧️✊🏳️🌈 #punk #alternative #postpunk #synthwave #trans #queer #leftie #greenparty #antifascist #wokeaf #teesside #northeast #music #transrightsarehumanrights
Greg Walker @thatsnogreg.bsky.social Northern dude 🤙🏻 Cinema Manager & Programme Lead at CULTPLEX Cinema in Manchester 🎞️ 
Dextro @dextromusic.bsky.social (~Ewan~)
Contact animator[at]dextro.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/dextro_music
Not the DJ
Daisy Alys Turnell @daisyturnell.bsky.social Craft beer’s resident gigantor
✿ Founder @craftbeerncl.bsky.social
✿ Co-owner @tipplemarketing.bsky.social
linktr.ee/daisyturnell
📍 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Film Updates @filmupdates.bsky.social All the latest news, reviews and interviews on films, actors and TV shows!
Toronto/LA Documentary Film Festival @docfestival.bsky.social 4 tiers to enhance your film.
- in person fest
- audience feedback video
- podcast interview
- virtual showcase
https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/toronto-festival/
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoDocumentaryFilmFestival
Leeds International Film Festival - LIFF @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social 📽️ 39th Leeds International Film Festival, 30 October - 16 November 2025.
🌍 Leeds, England
🌐 leedsfilm.com 🔗 linktr.ee/leedsfilmfest
GemArts @gemarts.bsky.social Award winning Arts organisation based in the North East. We produce and programme South Asian and culturally diverse arts.
HALL64 @hall64.bsky.social Documentary photography
Newcastle
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
Get The Chance @getthechance.bsky.social Get The Chance is a social enterprise based in South Wales, working to create opportunities for a diverse range of people to experience and respond to sport, arts, culture and live events. https://getthechance.wales/
@pigsx7.bsky.social @pigsx7.bsky.social Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - pigsx7.com
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Johan Revelj @johanrevelj.bsky.social PhD student, ethics, litterature and conversation in education. Reading, writing or at the piano.
Travel by train/bicycle
Reading poetry by distant human beings
Watching stars and birds
Father of three
Sword owner
Composing
Difficult to access since 1978
We Make Culture @wemakeculture.bsky.social We bring people together through music-making and creativity. Developing talent, building community, enhancing creative confidence and wellbeing. Sunderland, UK.
More info: https://linktr.ee/wemakeculture
Tyne and Queer @tyneandqueercic.bsky.social Disabled & queer-led live music.
Accessible, + inclusive shows.
Tickets/info: https://bio.site/tyneandqueercic
📍 Newcastle (UK) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈♿️🤘
North East Anarchist Group ⬛️🟥 @neanarchogroup.bsky.social Intersectional and internationalist anarchist communist group. Let's build anarchism in North East England! 🏴 Educate, Agitate, Organise! 🏴
https://linktr.ee/northeastanarchistgroup
Nathan J @nathanmj.bsky.social Socialist | North Tynesider | Bi | Early Years/Primary Teaching Assistant | OU Criminology/Childhood Studies Student | Chelsea Fan | Football Shirt Collector | 🏴🇵🇸🏳️🌈🎗️
Bylines articles: https://northeastbylines.co.uk/author/nathanjohnston/
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
⬇️ buffer.com/bluesky
Andrew Fenwick @fenwick.me ✍️ Dazed & Confused / The Guardian / Metro / The Quietus / Football Weekends / Vice / The Prague Post / Radio Free Europe
🎓 University of Oxford, Artificial Intelligence nerd
🇬🇧🇨🇿 Newcastle upon Tyne x Praha
Harrogate Film Society @harrogatefilm.bsky.social HFS has been bringing the best in World Cinema to Harrogate since at least 1955
www.harrogatefilmsociety.org
Jamie Mendonça @filmculture.bsky.social distributor of world cinema @ curzon film (née artificial eye) | vegan person | "with my films you’re aware of every second passing through your body" [chantal akerman]
jamiemendonca.com london, uk
Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks 
Film Review @filmreview.bsky.social Celebrating Cinema Since 1944! F. Maurice Speed’s publishing phenomenon—the world’s longest-running film annual.
www.filmreviewdaily.com
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/
musicfilmnetwork @musicfilmnetwork.bsky.social Independent film distributor specialising in music documentaries. musicfilmnetwork.com
London Mountain Film Festival @londonmountainfestival.com We are an annual adventure film festival like no other. Community Events, Household Streaming and In-Person Screenings in London, Penrith and Inverness. All of it world-class, accessible, inclusive and bloody brilliant.
The Cube Microplex @cubecinema.com We are a radical self-owned independent cinema/venue run entirely by volunteers for over 25 years. We put on films/parties/gigs/workshops/talks/more because we feel they are worth whole bundle of free labour, not for profit. Come on down! cubecinema.com.
On This Day in Simpsons History @dailysimpsons.bsky.social #OnThisDay in #TheSimpsons history, Simpsons-related news and memes. NOT AN OFFICIAL FOX/DISNEY ACCOUNT.
Debbie Howard @debbiehoward.bsky.social Writer of scripts. Director of Film & TV. Founder of Big Buddha Films. Bafta member. Repped by Andrew Mills at Revolution Talent. Championing women in film &TV.
Safe:
https://youtu.be/Wbc4zaew1ic?si=UxBsSYc6wxdJQPkD
www.bigbuddhafilms.co.uk
New Wave Films @newwavefilms.bsky.social U.K/Eire film distribution since 2008. SONGS OF FORGOTTEN TREES, by Anuparnu Roy in Cinemas 14 Aug. MIROIRS No.3 by Christian Petzold, in Cinemas 17 Apr. GHOST TRAIL, BOGANCLOCH. MISERICORDIA, here,THE ECHO, CLOSE YOUR EYES & more to explore on website.
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
@sheffdocfest.bsky.social @sheffdocfest.bsky.social Read our social media moderation guidelines:
https://bit.ly/4kivsGE
Cinema Rediscovered @cineredis.bsky.social Great films back on the big screen 📽️ Cinema Rediscovered 10 is on tour from August to December 2026 across the UK and Ireland.
https://linktr.ee/cineredis
Directors UK @directors-uk.bsky.social The home for film and TV directors
directors.uk.com
Arrow Video @arrowvideo.bsky.social Distributor of classic, world, cult, horror cinema on Blu-ray & UHD.
💿: bit.ly/3oFfoXK
Women in Film and Television UK @wftv-uk.bsky.social The voice of women in creative media | networking evenings | collaborate with industry bodies on research projects | promote women’s interests
Become a member: https://www.wftv.org.uk/
Little White Lies @lwlies.com Passionate about movies since 2005.
https://linktr.ee/lwlies
Support our independent journalism: http://bit.ly/3tKr2O9
@bbcfilm.bsky.social @bbcfilm.bsky.social 
Curzon Cinemas @curzon.com Film Lovers, Welcome Home
Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social Filmmaker/writer. The Story of Film/Dear Orson Welles/A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things/Women Make Film/I am Belfast/My Name is Alfred Hitchcock/The Story of Looking/Atomic/Stockholm My Love/Life May Be/
Best info about me: https://markcousins.cargo.site/
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.
Endless Window @endlesswindow.bsky.social Promoter/shows/DJ. Keep Newcastle weird.
Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social Husband, Father, Son and Ex Local Liberal Democrat Councillor for, Ouseburn Ward in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Released from public service by the electorate. If you need me, I'll be on the bike, or away in the campervan.
Sean Hunter-Edgar @sean-hunter-edgar.bsky.social Senior Designer | Mostly in FMCG & craft beer 🍻
LDN/NCL. Design guy at Donzoko Brewing.
FrightFest @frightfest.bsky.social FrightFest is one of the World’s leading Fantasy / SF/ Horror & Thriller Film Festivals. Leicester Square, London August Bank Holiday, Halloween & Glasgow.
Criterion Moments @criterionmoments.bsky.social Since 2023, we’ve dedicated ourselves to gathering and publishing some screenshots from some movies. criterion.com
The Criterion Collection @criterion.bsky.social Since 1984, we’ve dedicated ourselves to gathering and publishing the greatest films from around the world. criterion.com
Steve and Karen's Breakfast Show @thesandk.bsky.social Official Account for Steve and Karen's Breakfast Show on Hits Radio North East!
From the North East and across the North East. Every weekday from 6am
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
Cultured. North East @culturednortheast.bsky.social A website and FREE newsletter spreading the word about culture in North East England. All written, curated and delivered by award-winning journalists. Founded by @samwonfor.bsky.social and David Whetstone. Join our mailing list at culturednortheast.co.uk
People's Theatre @peoplestheatre.bsky.social The North-East of England's leading non-professional theatre
https://linktr.ee/peoplestheatre
@theglasshouseicm.bsky.social @theglasshouseicm.bsky.social 
@poprecsltd.bsky.social @poprecsltd.bsky.social 
Field Music @fieldmusicmusic.bsky.social 20 years of Field Music
https://fieldmusic.ffm.to/fmstore.OTW
Nadine Shah @nadineshah.bsky.social Maker of music. Mediocre actor.
nadineshah.co.uk ✌🏽
Kieran - North East Heritage Library @neheritagelib.bsky.social exploring and documenting the North East, one brick at a time (among other things) / Newcastle
northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk / linktr.ee/nehl
Free Trade Inn @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social We sell nice things.
Open 11-11pm Everyday.
Living Wage Employer.
Proudly Independent.
Food Bank Donation Point!
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
Chi Onwurah @chionwurah.bsky.social Labour Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Chair of the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Thom Sansom @thomnstuff.bsky.social HE/HIM
● Animation Lecturer & Freelancer
● 3D & 2D Animaton Genralist
● Motion Graphics Designer
● Happy go lucky scamp
● Geordie Lad from Newcastle, UK
Website: thomnstuff.com
Jacob Zualski - Opera @jacobzualski.com 
Dressed In Wires Ruined My Birthday @dressedinwires.bsky.social Dressed In Wires (2002-2021) and beyond: Bikini Ayatollah Soundsystem/ Pleas/ and these others which haven't materialised yet: Hair Stinks Of Blood/ Control Sea Control Thee/ Can't Cope (Sob Stories)/French Executions In The USA/Inconsequential Lacerations
Wayne Gamble @gamblism.bsky.social Graphic Designer
https://www.waynegamble.co.uk
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
James Leggott @jegleggott.bsky.social Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies, Northumbria University.
Neil Partington @neiljpartington.bsky.social Former Indie/Soul DJ. Non League Football fan (Spennymoor Town). Daddy to Ivy. Husband to Kat. From Newton Aycliffe. Currently living in Newcastle Upon Tyne