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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social Writer (on science, travel & curiosity), Yorkshireman, tedious enthusiast, professional overthinker, Megathreader. Now: Scotland.
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Craig Winstanley @cwinstan.bsky.social Voluntarily severed ex-Professor of Bacteriology dabbling in creative things (music, images, writing [a silly children’s story & a sketchbook about old Lancashire towns]). From Chorley (originally). Might mention The Fall. craigwinstanley.online
Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social Director, Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
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Gabrielle Cornish @gcornish91.bsky.social Soviet historian and aficionado of bleeps and bloops. Assistant Professor of Musicology at UW-Madison. Lover of all things Slavic and sonic. Views my own, not my employer’s.
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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social Extraordinary music for everyone, everywhere ✨
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Londinium @londiniumchoir.bsky.social Leading London chamber choir directed by Andrew Griffiths @colla-voce.bsky.social. Latest album 'Every Living Creature: choral music by Kenneth Leighton' released by SOMM Recordings.
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Richard Baker @rchrdbkr.bsky.social Composer based in Ceredigion, Wales, UK. Research Fellow @guildhallschool.bsky.social. Weithiau yn Gymraeg.
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Vaughan Williams Foundation @vwfndn.bsky.social A grant-giving charity, with composers at the heart, formed by the merger of the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust and the RVW Trust.
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Ayesha Hazarika @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge
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Moto Perpetuo @motoperpetuo.bsky.social Classical music global news
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com Wealth editor, Financial Times. I like swimming, classical music and cryptic crosswords. Working on a memoir about my earlier life at a magazine for the very rich. he/him 🏳️🌈 josh.spero@ft.com
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social Writer and arts journalist. MOJO, Guardian, and The Sunday Times. Sight & Sound's TV columnist.
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Alexandra Coghlan @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social Classical music journalist. Author, Carols From King's, Ebury, 2016.
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Tim Ashley @timashash.bsky.social Writer, critic, gay, likes decadent French, German and Italian literature, can sometimes be found slouching around in leather. I live in Sussex by the sea. #TeamRacine #TeamFlaubert #TeamFranzWerfel
Joel Fan Music @joelfanmusic.bsky.social Billboard-Charting Virtuoso Solo Pianist & Recording Artist,
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social Chief political commentator and executive
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Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
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kevin @kevinng.bsky.social I write about music and culture.
David Hewson @davidhewson.com Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
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Marika @trickysurname.bsky.social Violinist, music lover, thalassophile, wine enthusiast, avid reader, astrophile, disappointed idealist.
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UK Critics' Circle Music @ccmusicuk.bsky.social The Music Section of the UK Critics' Circle criticscircle.org.uk
London New Wind Festival @lnwf.bsky.social Founded in November 1998, LNWF evolved from London New Wind Symphony Orchestra.
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Music Consultants: Stephen Barchan and Sasha Valeri Millwood
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social Deputy political editor, Financial Times. Also amateur iphone photographer and some-time musician.
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. 
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2025 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Threatening Music Notation @musicnotation.bsky.social Cataloguing threatening music notation.
Reposting from the original account.
Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
Sam Waller @samwalmd.bsky.social Oncologist, Husband, Father, Widower, Occasional Clarinetist, Living in Venice
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
ClassicalDiscoveries @classicaldisc.bsky.social Jens (@classicalcritic.bsky.social) & Joe (Capriccio Records) have a look at lesser known repertoire and the classical music business while not taking themselves too seriously.
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Kriegsspuren @kriegsspuren.bsky.social Trying to find traces of WW2 in Berlin and other places but also interested in other historical remnants. The long-term goal is to the read my city like a book.
Usually my own photos.
Also into genealogy.
Bradley Hoover @drbradleyhoover.bsky.social Aesthetics, Theology, Philosophy, and Music History. Author of ‘The Aesthetic System of François Delsarte and Richard Wagner: Catholicism, Romanticism, and Ancient Music,’ Cambridge UP. April 2025. 🇨🇦
Escuchame una cosita 🎧 @escuchame.bsky.social Música y otras derivas culturales. Un apéndice del newsletter "Escuchame una cosita 🎧"
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Luís Tinoco @ltinoco.bsky.social Composer, music, radio, education
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social Politics, politics, politics
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
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Chris Boon @chrisboon.bsky.social Lead Learning Technologist at University of East Anglia, cyclist, photographer, violinist, appreciates fine beer. Opinions are my own
Jessica Duchen @jessicaduchen.bsky.social Classical music critic, author, librettist. MYRA HESS - NATIONAL TREASURE out now and available from https://www.kahnandaverill.co.uk/product/myra-hess-national-treasure/
Björn Heile @bjornheile.bsky.social Berlin-born and Glasgow-based academic, primarily interested in weird music. Oh, and I'm associate editor of Contemporary Music Review.
Professional profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/staff/bjornheile
Martin Smith @martinsmith.bsky.social Husband, father, violinist; leader of cirrusstringquartet.com; conductor of rorchestra.bsky.social, enfieldchamberorch.org.uk, Winchmore Strings and anyone else that'll have me. Member/Board member of londonmozartplayers.com. Makes decent coffee. He/him
Archery Music Promotions @archerypromos.bsky.social Classical and contemporary music consultancy and publicist. Working independently with music groups, trusts, festivals and artists, since 2000.
Boosey & Hawkes @booseyandhawkes.bsky.social Boosey & Hawkes, a BMG company, is the largest specialist classical music publishing company in the world.
@prsfoundation.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social 
David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social Classical Music host with a face for radio.
CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, “Music for a While” (https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602/info.html)
"Classical Muse" for other stations and YouTube
Ex CBC Radio
Always time for tea.
Opera North @operanorth.co.uk 💪 Making Opera Vital
📍 Based in Leeds, touring the North and beyond
🎟 Discounted/free tickets for Under 30s 
Oxford Contemporary Music (OCMevents) @ocmevents.bsky.social Presenting + promoting the best new music. https://linktr.ee/OCMevents
www.ocmevents.org
Gareth Ceredig @garethceredig.bsky.social ||: Words-Music :|| Cold Case Crime Cuts / We Forced A Bot / The Naked Week / The Skewer and so off. Also plays in orchestras in exchange for money.
Ruth Elleson @ruthelleson.bsky.social Church/choral musician (alto), massive opera nerd, surtitle operator, and project planner working in public transport. Idiots not tolerated. She/her.
ClassicalCritic @classicalcritic.bsky.social Roving Classical Critic-at-Large & Translator. Opinions are my own - or stolen.
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Gabriel Jackson @gabrielcomposer.bsky.social Composer
Likes clothes, tattoos, RnB & Eastern Europe
Jane Kinninmont @janekinninmont.bsky.social Chief executive @una-uk.bsky.social and regular on @disordershow.bsky.social; formerly at @theeln.bsky.social, The Elders, Chatham House, and the Economist Intelligence Unit (not all at once); working on peace and international cooperation
The Hallé @thehalle.bsky.social Manchester's orchestra since 1858 🫶
@hazelhausmusic.bsky.social @hazelhausmusic.bsky.social the music page for jeffrey roden. i am a bassist, composer, and Lake District Fell walker. i am interested in music, film, literature, walking... rather than current events and pets. some of my work is up listen here https://jeffreyroden.bandcamp.com/
Gavin Dixon @saquabote.bsky.social Classical music writer and journalist. Reviews Editor of Gramophone.
David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social Writer, lecturer, broadcaster, happily bestriding London and Dublin. Classical music/Opera Editor of The Arts Desk, author of seven books including Prokofiev: From Russia to the West (Yale). Running two Zoom courses, one on opera, the other on concert rep.
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Clive Whitburn @clivewhitburn.bsky.social #Composer, #conductor, #choral #baritone, cross genre #musician, #oboe, #sax, #guitar, #sitar, #mandocello, #piano
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
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Presto Music @prestomusic.bsky.social Your home for classical & jazz recordings, sheet music, books, instruments and more. Discover, stream, and shop with us – trusted editorial, reviews and fantastic customer service. Based in Royal Leamington Spa, UK - shipping worldwide.
Stuart MacRae @stuartmacrae.bsky.social Composer. Operas (Anthropocene/The Devil Inside)
orchestral | chamber | vocal
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com Green Industrialist | Founder of Ecotricity, Skydiamond, Green Britain Foundation | Chairman of Forest Green Rovers | UN Climate Change Champion |
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ᴡᴀɢɴᴇʀ & ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ @wagnermetal.bsky.social A musical journey from Richard Wagner to Heavy Metal and back.
https://www.wagner-heavymetal.com/
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social Philosopher at CEU Vienna. Director of Research, FWF Cluster of Excellence, 'Knowledge in Crisis'. Author of The Mechanical Mind, Elements of Mind, The Objects of Thought, Aspects of Psychologism, The Meaning of Belief www.timcrane.com
Ken Hesketh @krhes.bsky.social Composer. Ars Combinatoria (and associated things) nerd. Music box time waster…