Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social PhD researcher: identity and development in University Service Unit cadets. A bounder, cad, rakehell and villain. Edinburgh.
Alex Tobin 🎷 @shhhpeaceful.bsky.social Dutch / American in the Netherlands • I work in communications (ex-The Ocean Cleanup, ex-Fastned) • scribblings about music for @aquariumdrunkard.com
UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social
JOEMUGGS.UK
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Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms
I have bad dreams and I poop a lot.
#MDANT
bassmidstopsandtherest.substack.com
joemuggs.substack.com
theartsdesk.com
mixcloud.com/joemuggs
rovr.live/#/curator/joe-muggs
etc
eops @eops.bsky.social DJ Podcast Radio 🎧 🎙 📻
Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social classically trained artist.
theartofpants.com
Rob Deering @deeringrob.bsky.social Comedian, musician, runner, writer, quizzer, family man and all-round. Entirely round.
Lucy Fishwife 🥐 @lucyfishwife.bsky.social London. Book-related (sells, reads, hoards, writes). Macaroni cheese. Trans rights are human rights. Fix your hearts or die. Redhaired stepchild. Proud slop despiser. Punch up.
https://www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news
https://www.thebksagency.com/lucyfisher
Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.social Mostly watching films.
Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social Scottish drawerer and photographerer
“The funniest man in this lift” - the other man in the lift
Marswasrubbish.com
https://marswasrubbish.etsy.com
Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social Auteur en filmcriticus, screenwriter, vertaler, fotograaf, evil feminist, wicked spinster, international cat-sitter. Likes frites, beer & chocolade. The Low Countries.
Bex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social Gender blurrer, lover of Watership Down, Howards' Way, and Twin Peaks. Please don't tell me how I should do Bluesky
Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social Hello👍Bluesky
happy to be here!
🐙🐙🐙🐙🪨🪨🪨
FYI👋I zombied IG👎
Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.
Official sponsor of the 🐻 emoji
“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”
Was @marxculture on Twitter
Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist.
I like good things and I don't like bad things.
Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Cardassia’s resident anarchist. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
https://linktr.ee/unamccormack
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social In 2025 my ex-publishers Unbound imploded, taking many many £1000s of my earnings, for seven (yes, seven) books, into hell with them. I am here primarily as an attempt to recover from that disaster. if you buy/read/recommend one of my books, it helps.
Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social New book THE CASTLE can be preordered now! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com
Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Women’s Prizes ~ Trustee British Library
Find me at www.katemosse.co.uk
Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science person, more... I run http://bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data http://OpenSAFELY.org http://OpenPrescribing.net
Sam Wollaston @samwollaston.bsky.social Feature writer at the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/samwollaston
John Doran @jahduran.bsky.social Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus
Co-founder of Acid Horse
Writer/Editor
Anti-Fascist
Listen to Nurse With Wound
https://linktr.ee/jahduran
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Michael Hann @michaelhann.bsky.social Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Pen name of Andrew Scott.
Fake History, Fake Heroes and Notorious.
Represented by Pew Literary
Links:
https://linktr.ee/OttoEnglish
BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social a music blog & record store
Will Sergeant @willsergeant.com I do music art and books, you got a problem with that?
Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
Richard Coles @richardcoles.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, musician, priest.
Rob Baker @robnitm.bsky.social Author of two London history books - 'Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics' and 'High Buildings, Low Morals' - I'm currently doing up a 18th Century cottage in the Brecon Beacons which seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time. 
Richard Osman @richardosman1.bsky.social Books etc
Peter Curran @petercurran1.bsky.social Chancer. Radio/Podcast host. Writer/producer and cravat wearing director of documentaries for BBC and others. Rusty actor, failed drummer.
Mhairi McFarlane @mhairim.bsky.social Writer 📚romantic comedies & 🍏📺 writers room Slow Horses Series 5 ✍🏻 Meme slag. Lover of cats. Prosecco goblin. Old Hollywood enthusiast. Don’t trust me with Google Maps & we should be fine.
https://www.mhairimcfarlane.com/
Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan
Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social I write about music things and things music at NPR and elsewhere. Latest book: TRAVELING: ON THE PATH OF JONI MITCHELL. Out now in affordable paperback!
Gideon Coe @gidcoe.bsky.social Ptennisnet
Little Toller Books @littletollerbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher of new and classic writing on place, nature and culture + The Clearing our online journal.
Based in West Dorset
www.littletoller.co.uk
Instagram / @littletollerbooks
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
Jenny Colgan @jennycolgan.bsky.social Writeroonie
Ben Watt @ben-watt.bsky.social Musician, writer, DJ.
Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com Leeds man & audio/comedy producer. Work stuff @leadmojo.co.uk
My posts, since you asked: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zhglb2ub3qwkn2kpxlwekst3/feed/aaaaqszrsfcwo
Rory McCarthy @roryisconfused.bsky.social Hey, it’s Rory. I like fiction and I like films and I like people. “Well, sir, I guess there’s just a meanness in this world”.
Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social Giving new life to old books since 2015. Bookshop.org Indie Champion. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
Sam Amidon @samamidon.bsky.social Voted best rebounder at my local basketball game with 80 percent of the vote, December 2022
Tom Gatti @tomgatti.bsky.social Literary Editor, the Observer | Formerly New Statesman | Editor, Long Players (Bloomsbury)
Ian Leslie @ianleslie.bsky.social Author. Latest book: 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs'. Available now: https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/introducing-john-and-paul-a-love
Cslmn @rapsacnomlas.bsky.social Writer, beauty queen, haver of takes. "A tiny man" - John Cleese
Kate St. John @katestjohn.bsky.social Musician: arranger, songwriter, oboist, singer, piano, sax, accordion, MD. Left wing
Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge. Programmer, Wigtown Book Festival 2026. www.wigtownbookfestival.com
Olly Richards @ollyrichards.bsky.social Writer of some sort
Fraser Lovatt @lovatt.com Toymaker and diarist.
Daisy Buchanan @notrollergirl.bsky.social I write novels, I host the You’re Booked podcast, I love Jilly Cooper and custard.
Sioned Wiliam @sionedwiliam.bsky.social 
ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social Formerly famous fat head & farceur, inventor of the Zeelman Flay (pat. pending) and one half of Danny Kelly's Performing Rat Wonderland. Sole Ambassador for Threadgold's Thorough-Grip Garterettes
Currently kicking the legs up here: patreon.com/dannybaker
Lindy Morrison @lindymorrison.bsky.social Drums.
MDANT
Greg @themanwhofell.bsky.social The world's greatest living man.
Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social Guitar with Blondie 50 years. Wrote those songs. Writer, photographer, animist etc
'Of what is past, or passing, or to come' 🌀
Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social Wading around at the confluence of arts / nature / culture since 2007
Regular posts at caughtbytheriver.net 🐟 Irregular printed matter, record releases & events via rivertones.bandcamp.com and our Friday newsletter
Mat Osman @matosman.bsky.social Suede bassist. Author - The Ghost Theatre out now via Bloomsbury. Producer/composer. Didz at Quietus for musical stuff, Victoria Hobbs at AM Heath for books
@edwyncollins.bsky.social @edwyncollins.bsky.social 
Tim Burgess @tim-burgess.bsky.social Charlatan, solo artist, producer, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter.
Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Len Pennie, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk.
Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains. Don't have access to DMs.
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/
Paraic O’Donnell @paraicodonnell.bsky.social Writer | The Naming of the Birds (Jan. 2025) l The House on Vesper Sands | Lives in a very small way.
https://vspr.st
Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social Writer. New novel coming in November: LESSONS IN HARMONY. Previous titles include What a Carve Up!, The Rotters' Club, Middle England, The Proof of My Innocence ...
https://linktr.ee/coelinks
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
Sali Hughes @salihughes.bsky.social Journalist & Author.
Bang in to clothes, films, cults.
Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy, alongside Yonit Levi. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE
𝔰𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔞 @shura.gg “i got too sad for my friends” out now ⚔️
https://linktr.ee/shura
JOHN NIVEN @nivenj1.bsky.social 'John Niven is a fucking idiot. Who needs him?'
Michael Winner, RIP. 
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Jean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social Daily quotes from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, Good Morning, Midnight etc. "If I could choose, I would rather be happy than write." Dead since 1979.
Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social Arts & culture journalist, interviewer, spouter of opinions. Brightonian.
✍🏻: Guardian, FT Weekend, i newspaper, Independent.
"Rampant feminist snowflake" - Piers Morgan
"Well known lunatic" - Man on the internet
Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social 
Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
The Quietus @thequietus.com Black Sky Thinking since 2008.
Help support independent cultural journalism & get perks by becoming a tQ subscriber here: https://steadyhq.com/thequietus
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social Secondary school teacher + author, broadcaster, journalist.
Still taking commissions where time allows 🤓
📞Sophie Lambert @cwagencyuk
Philippa Perry @pperry.bsky.social Author, Agony Aunt, Artist, Psychotherapist philippaperry.substack.com
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines.
James Ball @jamesrball.com Political editor @ The New World
Opinion @ The i Paper
Fellow @ Tech Policy Press
Fellow @ Demos
PhD researcher @ UCL Laws
newsletter @ techtris
Latest book: The Other Pandemic – How QAnon Contaminated The World. 🏳️🌈
https://www.jamesrball.com/
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ Ex-HORRIBLE HISTORIES BBC TV 📺🤣
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
https://www.patreon.com/c/NeedleMythology
Fergus Craig @ferguscraig.bsky.social Writer actor person.
Rep: Curtis Brown.
Preorder my new book now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everybody-Retirement-Home-Knows-Murderer/dp/1408734621/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social I write novels.
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-crowd-pleaser-9781784634148?srsltid=AfmBOorCYZJ6lmoKe-phK0MiJM31iJceQf9neNV_Wc8uXeFHiVbQj0tB
Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social Berk
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Mary Epworth @maryepworth.bsky.social Write/produce/compose music Run Hand Of Glory Records. https://bsky.app/profile/handofglory.bsky.social
Also: glow worms, Czech, Prog, HI-NRG, zero covid zealot.
Perpetually exhausted
#mcas #mecfs #eds
She/her
www.maryepworth.com
www.handofglory.co.uk
David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social Cultural talk and typing. And singing.
Biographer of Stephen Sondheim.
Variety, London theatre critic.
The Stage, Associate writer.
Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers.
Somewhat gay. 
Nige Tassell @nigetassell.bsky.social Paperback writer.
Latest book – Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout
Five stars – Mojo
'A beautiful thing' – Tim Burgess
'Charming, compassionate and utterly entertaining' – Mirror
'A terrific book' – Mark Ellen
Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
Amro. @amro.xyz Amro.
Not a medical doctor.
Former physicist at the Cavendish Laboratory
Despite all that, still a daydream believer
[sorry - can't use DMs ... because I won’t scan my face or something]
https://letterboxd.com/iamamro/
Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social Stay afraid, but do it anyway / words: Guardian, Observer, i paper, the Quietus / lecturing: City University / agent: http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/kat-lister / book: https://blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/kat-lister-fragile-bodies-auction-weidenfeld
Eva Wiseman @evawiseman.bsky.social 
F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social Author & journalist. Writing more books.
🎄MURDER AT MISTLETOE MANOR
🗡️THE EDIE YORK MYSTERIES
🏰 DREAMS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Charlie Condou @charliecondou.bsky.social Actor, Father, Twat