Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt.
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Simon Harwood @simon-harwood.bsky.social Strategy bloke, Dad, LFC fan, lover of puns & pub quizzes. An AI probably wrote this
LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
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I Saw The Sign @i-saw-the-sign.bsky.social Signs I have seen.
Pics all mine, none nicked from other people.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. We also have a mighty fine prints shop.
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Andrew Cotter @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social Dogs, Broadcasting, Writing, Mountains.
Kermode and Mayo's Take @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Join Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo for your essential film and premium TV reviews, interviews and conversation 🍿
Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social MANDY▫️GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES▫️motorcycle & bicycle wrench
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com British, But In Las Vegas and NYC
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Chosen by god, perfected by science
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of War Studies King's College London. Latest Book Strategists and Strategy: collected essays, 2014-2024. Substack Comment is Freed https://samf.substack.com/
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Al Jazeera Investigates @ajiunit.com Award-winning journalism from Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit. Got a story or tip for our team? Start here: http://aljazeera.com/tips
Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social FT Architecture and Design critic. Author of ‘On the Street: In-Between Architecture’. Jeez. Another platform. @financialtimes.com
Stephen Lepitak @stephenlepitak.bsky.social Write for a living and do a bunch of other media related stuff too.
European Bureau Chief for Adweek by day/Not Batman by night.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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garden gnome @gardengnomeai.bsky.social we're a company smooshing together ai and brand and comms strategy
Euan Hudghton @hudghtone.bsky.social
Anil Dash @anildash.com the internet's uncle • waging a victorious 2-front war against cars and christmas • big fan of being a big fan of things • go read https://anildash.com
B o b W o o t t o n @bw55.bsky.social UK adman/writer/guitarist & nano-influencer. 20 years in agencies & 20 representing advertisers. Personal tweets @bobowootton | business @D3construction
Adliterate @adliterate.bsky.social The Feral Strategist sharing interesting thinking about brands, business, economics, politics, nature and the countryside.
steve @visitmy.website workplace bez. doing product & strategy bits thru https://boringmagi.cc. more about me at https://visitmy.website/about
Ben Terrett @benterrett.bsky.social CEO of Public Digital. Former Deputy Chair of UAL. .
/benterrett everywhere else.
www.benterrett.com
Matt Webb 🌸🌼🌸 @genmon.fyi building inanimate.tech / blogger at interconnected.org
Toby Barnes @tobybarnes.bsky.social Small batch organic techno
Undermanager @undermanager.bsky.social As disappointed as you are
British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
Director: @sundersays.bsky.social
Gethin Jones @getjo.bsky.social AFK
Lara O’Reilly @laraoreilly.bsky.social I write about advertising and tech for Business Insider.
https://www.businessinsider.com/author/lara-oreilly
Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social Director of the Public Good Narrative Project. Served as a Director at the UN, Oxfam, ActionAid & Save the Children. Fellow at Bellagio, Notre Dame & Bosch. Wrote How to Fight Inequality. Writing a new book.
Dave Gorman @davegorman.bsky.social 36hrs of TV stand-up on youtube: https://youtube.com/@davegorman235/ I also set crosswords. Bluth in the Indy, Fed in the Graun, Django in the Telegraph
Davegorman.com
Bruce Daisley @handle.invalid Pop music & tennis loving he.
Used to work in tech now talks workplace culture. Isn’t fun the best thing to have?
Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social Digital News editor for @bloomberg.com in London. Former NBC News, BuzzFeed News and was psmith on Twitter. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
Steve Broadhead @sbroadhead.bsky.social Dad and Husband, Adtech, CTV, The Terriers and love a beach every now and then!
Oli Snoddy @olisnoddy.bsky.social CMO helping to build ROLI, ex Peloton, Twitter, Deliveroo.
@medialad.bsky.social @medialad.bsky.social
Helen Lawrence @hml1.bsky.social Love Family Democracies and freedom
Glory to Ukraine NOW
Go Oilers Go
Tess Alps @tessalps.bsky.social Feminist, gardener, music/opera lover, #LFC. Writer of love stories. Now: Channel4, Comic Relief, BAFTA, WACL Before: Thinkbox, ASA, PHD, ITV. If I can't work out who you are I probably won't follow you. Sorry.
Tom Jenen @tomjenen.bsky.social 25 years in adtech and media, I'm a global accelerator for startups, ex-Google now CRO, advisor, nonexec. Retail media @ Accenture, Advisor @ Assertive Yield, others. Husband, dad, feminist ally, runner, immigrant.
Gerry D’Angelo @gerrydangelo.bsky.social Advisory Board Member | Senior Advisor @McKinsey | VP Global Media @ProcterGamble (retired) | Proud Husband & Dad | Creativity is making the complicated simple
Scorcher @scorcher65.bsky.social Adtech business founder, Media vet,. Loves classic airhead Motorcycles, Sheffield Wednesday and Clyde the dog. Father of 2, Stepdad to 3. V busy.
Richard-Lee Read @richard-leeread.bsky.social ☕-fueled Advertising Ops & Media Trends 👨💻 Into Tech/Ads/Data/Cool Stuff 🤓 Nightlife 🌃 🍸 DJ'ing 🎧 Running🏃 Gaming 🎮 Motorsport Fan 🏁 Views All Mine 📍London
Dara Nasr @daranasr.bsky.social Enthusiastic on the whole.
Mike Nicholson @mike-sixsells.bsky.social Founder at Six Sells | Executive Visibility Agency | Host The Six Sells Podcast | #sales #marketing #advertising #socialselling #adtech #media
Andy Oakes @andyoakes.bsky.social CEO of Bluestripe, publisher of New Digital Age, living in Essex but working in Soho. Hockey player, AFCB fan
Trevor Johnson @uktrevor.bsky.social Global Head of Partnership Solutions, TikTok. Soho House Advisory Board. Love QPR, Cars, F1, Politics, Curries, Hip Hop, Grime, House and Garage. London / West Malling.
Gordon MacMillan @gordonmacmillan.bsky.social Worked at Twitter. Content & social strategy. #books #writing #politics. Second novel Blind Dates. First novel Songs for your Mother. Blog: https://tangledprosewritingthroughit.blogspot.com/2025/07/why-you-should-be-reading-mansfield-park.html
Nick Stringer @nickstringer.bsky.social Non-Executive Director (NED) & Board Adviser | Founder | Mentor | Charity Trustee | Global Digital Policy, AI Governance & Data Protection / Privacy | www.linkedin.com/in/nickstringer
Michelle Goodall @michellegoodall.co.uk Community Strategy, Community Led Growth, Social Impact, #Marketing and #Comms Consultant, Speaker, Trainer. Co-author of Community Based Marketing. 25+ years of #community building. Fractional #CMO. Commoner.
www.michellegoodall.co.uk
dan barker @danbarker.bsky.social I am interested in media, data, politics, people, business & more. Worked for more than 100 companies now & try to share interesting info. Do follow & say hello. Covent Garden/Sheffield/Paris linkedin.com/in/djbarker/
@kathrynshannon.bsky.social @kathrynshannon.bsky.social
@hicksie.bsky.social @hicksie.bsky.social
Ollie Stokes @oliverjstokes.bsky.social Travel & Autos Lead at Reddit, ex-TikTok & Omnicom.
James Dutton @james.insightr.com
Ross Sergeant @ross-sergeant.bsky.social Chief Revenue Officer at GBN. Previously Diageo, Asahi, and Allwyn. Advocate for diversity and inclusivity in the industry. London-based, always ready for a good debate.
Des @dezb79.bsky.social Strategy and random musings
Alex Tait @alextait.bsky.social Co-founder of reformpoliticalads.bsky.social, Founder of Entropy. Previous includes Unilever Media Director, AmericanExpress and RoyalMail.
Matt Nash @mattnash23.bsky.social Dad, trying to be nicer, views my own. SVP EMEA Pixability, previous MD Scibids, MD Neo@Ogilvy and VP The Exchange Lab
Si Akers @siakers.bsky.social Founder of #SimonsPlace in dodgy part of town. Marketing c20 years now, inc own consultancy. Co founder of Neurodiversity in Media. I am a big fan of Forest, Celtics and the Canucks, I travel lots, cook even more, and have existential dread in between
Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social Writer. Yes, that one.
(she/they)
www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Stephanie Holland @brandlust.bsky.social brand + marketing consultant exploring the space where brand, culture & technology converge to shape human experience
Chris Cathcart @chriscathcart.bsky.social Interim Growth Marketing Director | Fellow of Chartered Institute of Marketing | Ex-Googler | Cat-Dad | Scuba Diver | Family Man.
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
Dan @dancullenshute.bsky.social Negroni Breakfast, Wales, NFFC, Yorkshire, kids, a dog, and still not sure about all of this.
Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social Aw, here it goes…
Baydr Yadallee @baydr.bsky.social North Londoner. Like Spurs, movies & technology.
Views are my own.
David Schatsky @dschatsky.bsky.social Business/tech trends, AI, economics/public policy, mild sarcasm.
Tech and Geopolitics Fellow, @belfercenter.bsky.social / @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Founder, Tenon Research
Posing/answering key questions about AI: https://unfoldingai.substack.com/
Leila Travis @leilatravis.bsky.social On the periphery of the Media industry, helping to create culture change. Running my own thing and a freelancer for NABS. Executive and public speaking coach accredited by the AC. 20+ years in Media. Happiest in water 🧜♀️
Justin Pearse @justinpearse.bsky.social Co-founder at Bluestripe Group, Editor @newdigitalage.bsky.social. Formerly Digiday, The Drum, New Media Age.
Simon Halstead @simonhalstead.bsky.social Dog owner. Gills Fan. Advertising veteran - ad tech especially. Love cricket, parkrun and curiousity
Alan Dooney @alandooney.bsky.social Ads for work. Music, rugby, football and NFL for play. Used to be somewhere similar.
@davegrainger.bsky.social @davegrainger.bsky.social
@rforde.bsky.social @rforde.bsky.social
Marco Bertozzi @mbertozzi.bsky.social Family, Dogs, Founder of https://TheZoo.London, Co-Host of MENTOR podcast ex Whalar, Spotify and Publicis Media. 40 over 40, A-List, Crypto lover, car fan and #LFC fan.
Tom Roach @tomroach.bsky.social Advertising strategy and effectiveness person. Blogs here www.thetomroach.com. Still tweet.
David Wilding @drwilding.bsky.social Not a real doctor, just initials.
Sorry to disappoint.
Denis Defreyne @denisdefreyne.com https://denisdefreyne.com/
Large Heydon Collider @heydonworks.com Doing things with web technologies and writing/talking about it. Author of Inclusive Components (https://book.inclusive-components.design/) and producer of Webbed Briefs (https://briefs.video/). Agender. (Avatar by Cole Henley)
Shann @leshann.bsky.social Current: Stealth Startup co-founder.
Ex: co-founder @Kelp | Intelligence & Corp. Strategy @Signal AI | Chief Strategy Officer @Publicis | Digital Marketing @Disney.
I post about corporate strategy, comms, marketing, and other silly things.
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scm @scm.bsky.social Brit back from California. Reformed Advertising veteran. Accredited coach. Voted Sexiest Man in Media 2000. Doesn’t like to bring it up. YNWA
R/GA @rga.bsky.social An independent creative innovation company for the intelligence age
Matt Muir @mattmuir.bsky.social Huge pupils, tiny value
webcurios.co.uk
Dan Hon @danhon.com Hi, it's me, I'm the problem etc etc
me: about.danhon.com
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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
James Caig @jamescaig.bsky.social Books, music, writing.
Faris @farisyakob.com The same as @faris Genius Steals Paid Attention Rosie
Ramzi @tobeconfirmed.bsky.social Product & Strategy | Techstars '21 Alum | Boarding | Cooking | Gaming | No Fly Zone
Farrah Bostic @farrahbostic.bsky.social Founder of The Difference Engine. Researcher, strategist, truth-teller. Host of Cross Tabs. Asking better questions since forever. Also: https://mastodon.social/@Bosticf
Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social Subscribe to my tech and online culture newsletter UserMag.co
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Will Humphrey @willhumphrey.bsky.social Marketing Strategy bod in Consultancy. Ex Advertising/Comms person. APG tutor. Stoke fan/music lover/punner/husband/father. My views don't represent my employer's.
Keerti @keerti.bsky.social A decent human being without fear of heaven, hell or afterlife | RT ≠ endorsement | Views ≠ employer’s
linkedin.com/in/keertin
James Whatley @whatleydude.com Snr Global Brand Strategist @ the LEGO Group (opinions own, etc). Mainly working on LEGO Games, Ninjago, and Technic. It's fun. Occasional sender of fivethingsonfriday.com. I got ❤️ for writing, gaming, and figuring stuff out. He/Him.
Sell Sell @wearesellsell.bsky.social Independent multidisciplinary creative company
Helping companies, people and brands be more successful
AKA The Dumbest People in Advertising (coming soon)
Born in 2005, never established
Giulio del Bufalo @giuliodelbufalo.bsky.social Marketing, sport and mediocre jokes. I'm a Skeptical Optimist: https://giuliodelbufalo.substack.com
@gravedanger @gravedanger.bsky.social Content marketing
Arc & Foundry director and co-founder
iSportconnect columnist
@RedBull alumni
Content Marketing Awards judge
Guitarist
Eaon @eaonp.bsky.social Strategist. Consumer Psychology. Memetics and that. Polemicist.
Nick Ellis @nickhalo.bsky.social Founder and Creative Partner at halostudio.love
@nicolaarrgghh.bsky.social @nicolaarrgghh.bsky.social Ex music biz turned small business owner. Mother. Span House dweller. Cynical. Conflicted. Cancerian. Mostly just tired.