The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social Northern correspondent, Financial Times
Experimental cook, purveyor of Andy Burnham content
“Cynical” - Boris Johnson
📍Manchester
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/
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Gitsh @gitsh.bsky.social Yorkshire born Londoner
NHS 💙
Cats 🐈
Trees 🌲
Seasonality 🍓
Old Oakie @markingall.bsky.social Twitter quitter. Teacher. Former Labour leader of Harlow Council, Dad and lifetime (sadly of late) follower of THFC.
Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com Fuck you
Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social The same remoaning remoaner from Twitter. Anti Brexit, Anti Tory, Anti Trump. Pro Facts, Pro Fun, Pro not putting up with racism. Grieving mother 💔
Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social Large, slow-moving, land mammal. Bed-dweller. Horizontal guitarist. Loser of remote controls, vapes and plectrums in blankets. Deactivater of account for no reason sometimes. Late adopter of fuzz. Haver of Long Covid. He/him/Moog
Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social Molecular Biologist. Debunker of myths. Proud European. 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧
www.emmamonk.co.uk
https://monkdebunks.substack.com
www.linkedin.com/in/emma-monk-780686190
https://medium.com/@info_28174
Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social Exposing Reform UK.
Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social President & Chief Correspondent, Feature Story News (www.featurestory.com)
All links: http://linktr.ee/SimonMarksFSN
Podcast: 📻: plinkhq.com/i/1111788303
American Week on LBC: https://shorturl.at/Iw9Nn
The iPaper: https://inews.co.uk/author/simon-marks
HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk Artist, animator, utter nonsense. Don't believe a word except when I'm being serious. Did that gif once, those noseflags and other stuff.
HappyToast.co.uk
patreon.com/HappyToast
redbubble.com/people/HappyToast/explore
https://ko-fi.com/happytoast
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)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social Author/annoyance from The Bird Site
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
Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social here are some drawings of helpful small robots for you #SmallRobotsRemastered
Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16161865
Some writing and illustration for @thedailytism.com
Nonbinary. Pronoun agnostic. 🏳️⚧️
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
ShrovetideLive @shrovetidelive.bsky.social Live updates of the greatest football game on earth, The Royal Shrovetide in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, UK. Sponsored by @DoveComputers
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
TM Blake - Eurostar @tmblakeeurostar.bsky.social International Train Manager for Eurostar based in London. Here to share my adventures and stories from the UK, France and Belgium.
Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social Eurostar Train Manager, ale and photography fan. Posts when operational duties allow. Contact eurostar for customer support. Bon voyage! #TrainsNotPlanes
🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇪🇺
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @ask-aubry.com Curator of Nice Guys™, WTFs, & Trash Takes
Submission? DM me
DMs are subject to the public
Buy me a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/askaubry
Follow≠endorse
TL=TW
RAF Luton @rafluton.bsky.social The assumed Official BlueSky account of the World's most mysterious & secret (and ficticious) military base. (Parody/Satire Account)
Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk Surface pattern designer and illustrator. Bold, colourful things inspired by brutalist architecture, mid-century graphics and music. Based in Manchester.
https://www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
That's So Village @thatssovillage.bsky.social Celebrating the best sport in the world: village cricket. Part of Cricket District. 🏏
Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social Actor, Writer & Broadcaster
Pawlidays @pawlidays.bsky.social 😻 We love animals!
🎉 Celebrate pet & animal holidays all year
📩 DM for collab or tag #pawlidays365
🐶 🐢🐻🐬🦁🐴🦎🦉🦋🐿🦬🦍🐄🐍
🌍 #myholidayworld #holidaychannel #holidaylicious
www.myholidayworld.com
daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social your daily dose of bunnies ⸜(。˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social Official Gov Description: Flight challenged colony of biracial nudists.
Status: Tariff & Human Free. Sovereign; yet protected by AU. “Flippers Up”
SIGN to protect our Island’s Marine Reserve https://wwf.org.au/get-involved/an-antarctic-safe-haven/
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:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social Words and smiles.Partridge,Thick of It,Veep,Death of Stalin, Dr Strangelove Taskmaster,Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social.
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
Elizabeth Ammon @elizabethammon.bsky.social Cricket reporter at the Times and Sunday Times. Hockey player. Tea drinker. Vice President Sheff collegiate CC and Barnes CC. Single mum. Insomniac. These are my Personal views etc etc. I think that just about covers it all.
Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social #Anonymous: Actions Not Nouns. All that exists is interaction. #BindingChaos #3E https://yacnews.com/
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
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
Jenn Takahashi @jenn.bsky.social 👀 chief looker, @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social
🕵🏻♀️ chief lurker, @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social
🗣️ chief talker, @takpr.bsky.social
🙅🏻♀️ def not @myunhingedskeet.bsky.social
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org Evidence. Action. Hope.
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social Pro-Europe #socialist #RefugeesWelcome. Warning - I swear a lot because the world is on fire!
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
Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social Author. The Wolf That Chews Rocks, the Erin Callahan thrillers, and some politics nonsense. Wulferhampton interloper. Twat.
https://www.russelljonesauthor.com
Andy @leedsandyb76.bsky.social Rapidly heading for 50. Christian, craft beer bore, dad joke peddler, dog person.
Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social Climate and enviroskeeting.
Strat climate comms & media freelancing: Will@WYeates.com
(📍 London, Europe)
Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Jon in Belper @jonbelper.bsky.social Politics life sport enjoy. Finance Director semi retired
Relish_Hendy aka Jen @relishhendy.bsky.social Comedian, Wigs/Hair/Make-Up Historian, Disability Rights Champion, Parent-Carer
As seen on TV/Heard on Radio
#History #SEND #ParentCarer #DisabilityRights #DPAC
Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy. https://politicalquarterly.org.uk
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social Historically inaccurate
He/him
https://www.mooseallain.co.uk
Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social Oh god not again (📺🎬: ITG, 📚: Curtis Brown)
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com Author 'Why Politicians Lie About Trade' | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM.
🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based.
Substack: substack.com/@dmitryopines
Media and training: explaintrade.com
Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine
Become a member: kyivindependent.com/membership
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social EX Editor, the Guardian/ prospect magazine. The New World. ARusbridger.com/ Speaking: karen@chartwellspeakers.com.
Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
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
Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social Well-meaning liability.
British (derogatory)
Sexual swear words are those of my employers.
Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/samwhytebluesky
Iain MacInnes @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social Academic | Historian | Associate Dean | Scottish History | Medieval History | Military History | Medievalism | Comics Studies | Stoke City
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social Former internet celebrity. Former journalist. Current human author and @apiln.bsky.social Supreme Leader. Ally. fizzandnonsense.bsky.social completes me.
Legs @diddia.bsky.social Sweet and fortified. Carpet of coriander. The dowager. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1P55AA8SBNMRC?ref=cm_sw_wa_r_un_un_W6jsmKfXr2KZN
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social BBC’s International Correspondent
https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines. When I want advice, I'll ask for it.
Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola @francescoppola.bsky.social Woke lefty remoaner. Writes stuff on finance and economics at coppolacomment.substack.com. Wrote a book on QE, currently writing a book on banking. Sings a bit. Autistic.
Paul TM 🇪🇺 Wafels (Stroop) @trogdouser.bsky.social Location: The Moscow Tower Of Wax Bastards
Less a Font of Wisdom, More a Glyph of Nonsense.
Swears.
Rigorous interaction policy*.
*Oh Yes.
Posts reflect my Employer (me).
Unprompted DMs? Bad Idea.
Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. “Destructive British media” according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
Tinettchen1 @tinettchen1.bsky.social Move along. Nothing to see here!
#NAFO
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford
Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford
Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford
Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Graham Taylor #FBPE #KTTO #NoToReformPartyLtd💙 @grahamtayloruk.bsky.social London, UK based, retired Cunard Line Ship’s Officer onboard QE2. Politics is broken in this country and it's going to need radical reform to even begin to fix. Call me ‘woke’ and I’ll thank you for the compliment.
Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Mister Alex @awp.christies.org.uk "Never has a man more nonchalantly held a massive owl!"
www.redkitecraft.co.uk
I have a cat, he might get mentioned occasionally.
Was once @awpchristie on Twitter.
Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social The official bluesky account of Foxes In Love!
World Statistics 🌍 @worldstats.bsky.social Global statistics and trends on diverse topics, from economy 📈 to environment 🌿, health 🏥 to technology 📱
Discovery @discovery111.bsky.social We'll bring the 🌍 to you
badly drawn bee 🐝 @soapachu.bsky.social Swish swish motherfucker.
AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿 | kitten foster 🐈⬛ |
cis | she/her until something better comes along.
🇵🇸 ✊🏿
There's probably something funny in the alt text.
London & Liverpool, UK
nicky woolf @nickywoolf.bsky.social Presenter, The Interface - a new tech show from the BBC
https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/theinterface-NW
Contrib Ed, @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
I also make investigative podcasts! Finding Q, The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, Fur & Loathing
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.