Malin Fabbri @malinfabbri.bsky.social Editor of AlternativePhotography.com - https://bsky.app/profile/alternativephoto.bsky.social - author and artist. 
Cumbria @cumbriauk.bsky.social News and updates from the county of Cumbria, UK - we originally started this service on another app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Lesley Kingsley @lesleyinstudio13.bsky.social Nerd. Artist. Bibliophile. Music lover. History geek. Former Librarian. Likes adventures. Yorkshire, UK.
www.lesleyinstudio13.co.uk
Squiggle Thinks @squigglethinks.bsky.social Thinker of thoughts, admirer of mountains and cats, drinker of tea.
Phil Rigby @phil59.bsky.social 
Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
Chair, Family Expert Reference Group, National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce
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Samantha Rayner @profbookshops.bsky.social Vice Dean Wellbeing, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UCL; Professor of Publishing and Book Cultures; co-chair of the Bookselling Research Network and the Penguin Books Researchers Network; General Editor, CUP Elements series in Publishing and Book Cultures
Jon Woolcott @jonwoolcott.bsky.social Author Real Dorset (Seren), The Tattooed Hills (Aurum, April 2026), editor Going to Ground, works Little Toller, editor The Clearing. Events/writing/buy: linktr.ee/jonwoolcott
Adam M Ibbotson 🏺 @adamibbotson.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, and champion of pop-archaeology. Windermere, UK ⭐️ Senior Lecturer at Shap University.
Swift Press @swiftpress.bsky.social Award-winning Independent publisher of your next read.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
WoodPig Press @woodpigpress.bsky.social WoodPig Press is an independent micro-press specialising in speculative fiction and non-fiction. We are a loose collective of creative freelancers who share a belief that humans are more than machines, and there’s more to life than money.
WoodPigPress.com
Save Rydal Mount @saverydalmount.bsky.social Keep William Wordsworth’s home open to the public. Www.saverydalmount.org.uk
Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social Megalith geek, writer, editor, author of STONE LANDS
Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Guardian Country Diarist. Author of LAND BENEATH THE WAVES (one of BBC Wildlife Best Books of 2025): https://shorturl.at/PFJPF
Patron #JohnClare Countryside, Fellow & Trustee of British Naturalists' Assoc. MA PGCE. Rep Cathryn Summerhayes
Dulwich Picture Gallery @dulwichgallery.bsky.social Exhibitions | Collection | Events | Shop | Café | Gardens
The UK's first public gallery founded in 1817.
https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/
Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social The home of Kew Science 👩🔬
🌱Collections
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Markus Campbell-Savours MP @campbellsavours.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Penrith & Solway
Amy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social Northern writer. Author of The Disappeared. Stories in The London Reader, Reflex Press, Palm-Sized Press. Finalist: Mslexia Short Story Comp/Dinesh Allirajah Prize. Arts marketer. Writer in residence Durham Writes & Crossing the Tees.
amylordauthor.com
Wren @wreninwinter.bsky.social What makes my heart sing? Wild places, birds, butterflies, bees, wild flowers... long walks in the woods and by the sea... the moon and the stars… Archaeology, art, folklore, crafts. Cat herder. Peace. 🇺🇦 🌻
Lizziwake @lizziwake.bsky.social All’s well that ends well.
Author of Sketching a Year in Lakeland
(Pub: https://www.inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/collections/books/products/liz-wakelin-sketching-a-year-in-lakeland
Jonathan Pomroy @jonathanpomroy.bsky.social ASWLA. North Yorks based wildlife and landscape artist. Gilling East studio. Writer. Naturalist. Swift and house martin conservation, author of On Crescent Wings. Birdscapes Art for Conservation award 2023. Website
https://jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com/
Dr Amy-Jane Beer @amyjanebeer.bsky.social Biologist, naturalist, writer, campaigner at Right to Roam; Country Diarist at The Guardian; Wainwright Prize winning author of The Flow
WIP: Old Nows
Agent: Jane Turnbull jane.turnbull@btinternet.com
The FolkLore Press @thefolklorepress.bsky.social Publishes Folklore of the Lake District; Folklore of Scotland; Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin, by Stephen G. Rae. Indie filmmakers at Land of Lore Films.
Sharuna @sharunasagar.bsky.social 
Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social Bird campaigner. Nature author of #Fledgling about how I rescued raised & released 2 wild birds: one made nests in my hair for 84 days AND Nature Needs You -The Fight To Save Our Swifts about my swift brick campaign to save birds reliant on our 🏡 to breed🪶
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
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Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca In a world drowning in conflict and grief, we crave what keeps us alive: joy—our daily bread; hope—our living water; kindness—the roof over our souls.
Ramona she/her 🇨🇦 @sockermom403.bsky.social Software developer, 💻
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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT Rep'd by @charlotteseymour.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social Indie Publisher of historical fiction, championing authors and stories based in Northern England and Scotland. SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
Zoe Lea @zoeleawriter.bsky.social Probably drinking tea right now and ready for a natter about books.
Closer Than She Thinks digital book is out and paperback next year. Visit me at www.zoelea.com Sign up to the newsletter https://zoelea.substack.com/
A. D. Bergin @adberginwriter.bsky.social Historical Fiction Author ‘The Wicked Of The Earth’. Britain’s biggest witch trial: greed, corruption, the strong women who dared to fight back and one damaged man seeking redemption.
Strangford @strangford.co Printmaker
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Michael May 🎃 @michaelmay.bsky.social Story Nerd from St Paul, MN in love with folklore, spooky things, gothic, and noir. I'm on a bunch of podcasts and occasionally write. There is no them; there's only us.
Cat Among the Pigeons Press @catpigeons.bsky.social Catherine Cronin, London based artist-printmaker, in love with art, nature & the handmade.
Find me: catamongthepigeonspress.wordpress.com
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Becky Barnicoat @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social Cartoonist and writer for The New Yorker, The New Statesman, The Guardian and more. My debut graphic memoir Cry When the Baby Cries is out now.
Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social Artist, designer, writer.
Cities, typography, food and bands.
Japan, Venice, New York, London.
@trevorwilsonstudio.bsky.social @trevorwilsonstudio.bsky.social 
@davidwilsondesign.bsky.social @davidwilsondesign.bsky.social 
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
@glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social 
The Unhurried Reader 📚🦊🇺🇦🇬🇱 @theunhurriedreader.bsky.social Reader, writer, nature-lover, garden-potterer, history-dabbler, selenophile. Distracted by birds. 🐦⬛
theunhurriedreader.substack.com
@the_unhurried_reader on Instagram (yes, I know that's confusing).
#InvisibleIllnessVisibleLives
#Nordlichtberaubt
The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social To inspire people to write handwritten letters to each other. #PostboxSaturday
Steve Antony @mrsteveantony.bsky.social Children's Author/Illustrator of internationally bestselling Mr Panda series, school staple The Queen’s Hat and ‘Best 2024 Picture Book’ Rainbowsaurus. And many more.
Art(ist) Support! ✩｡:*•.★✼☆｡.. @art-mutuals.bsky.social I repost & support all #Art #ArtWork #Artists #Photographers & other #Creatives ♡☆ From an artist for artists ♡☆ I follow back all creative accounts (SFW) ✩ #BskyArt #Artist #ArtSky #FineArt #Photography ✩✼:*•.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
Katherine @katherineo.bsky.social Love books, bookshops and libraries.
Heidi Parkes, Quilter, Artist @heidiparkes.bsky.social Quilter in Milwaukee, WI, USA
Fafa @madamfafa.bsky.social Renegade Textile Artist. Soon to be your favourite fabric outlaw. Likes cats and cake.
https://booandthenoodle.bigcartel.com
Jo Howell Maverick Art @maverickartjo.bsky.social Alt process and art. Light manipulator. Gobsh!te and hopeful fool. FMS sufferer. Part time human.
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social he/him • Doctor of Physics • Worldbuilder & Conlanger • Fan of Fantasy • Whovian • Amateur Enthusiast of Linguistics, Archaeology, Classics, and many other things
📍 Britain • 📖 Whitewalls • 📺 Trotters' Flat
Sarah Phipps 🔶🇪🇺🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 @sarahphipps.bsky.social Finding my voice to fight for democracy - against all hate
Yorkshire expat in Solihull
Proud Lib Dem Cllr and Local Party Chair
#RejoinEU #saveourNHS
#StandWithUkraine
#StrongerTogether
Books | Gardening | Nature | Cooking | Dogs
🚫 No DMs please
Lesley Rawlinson @lesleysworld.bsky.social Children’s author, nature lover and devoted Granny. Author of three novels, The Weatherman Mystery out now.
Postcards for America @postcards4usa.bsky.social Came to try and help save Democracy.
Staying for The Resistance. Again.
Former White House, Former Time Magazine and US News Correspondent.
Former rather a lot of things, actually.
#PC2A #DemCast
SRM Prints - Printmaker @srmprints.bsky.social Printmaker - linocut prints, block printed textiles. Brick + Mortar - SRM Prints Studio + Gift Shop
Etsy https://srmprints.etsy.com
Gema @gema.bsky.social Ceramic/textile artist, SE London
Half of post-punk electronic duo London Clay & @nlannuities.bsky.social
"Like Aunt Sally, Thomas Leer, & ATV at a bus stop in Nunhead" - Jonah Falco
New London Clay LP https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/private-view
Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social Art from the Tate Collection.
Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. #artbots by @nuwaves-future.bsky.social
https://www.tate.org.uk/
Tim Farron @timfarron.bsky.social Proud to be the MP for Westmorland & Lonsdale. Former leader of the Lib Dems.
Promoted by M Barwise on behalf of T Farron both at Acland House Yard 2 Stricklandgate Kendal LA9 4ND
David Cooper @drdavidcooper.bsky.social Literary geographer writing about writing about place. Co-Director of the Centre for Place Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. 
Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues
Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Prof Rachel Lichtenstein
https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
Kyle T Webster | Artist & Author @kyletwebster.bsky.social Artist, educator, author, digital brush wizard (proudly working at Procreate). Founder (and seller) of KyleBrush. Creator of Lines of Zen, the first meditative drawing app. http://kyleTwebster.com
Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social I'm a printmaker and painter, born in the UK, lived 25 years in the US, now in Spain. Former art journalist (Hyperallergic, Time Out), art teacher (Columbia College Chicago), and lifelong cat lover.
Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social Author of the Rivers of London Series
Nicola Chester @nicolawriting.bsky.social Nature. Writer. Reader. Radical Rural.
Guardian Country Diary, BBC Countryfile, RSPB.
Award winning author, On Gallows Down & Ghosts of the Farm
Climate Fic Prize Judge 2025
North Wessex.
https://nicolachester.com/
https://linktr.ee/nicolachesterwriting
Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social Stone Club believes the journey is as important as the destination and encourages people to pause and think about place in new ways; connecting ancient sites through community and conversation.
stoneclub.rocks
#MDANT
Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccrack.bsky.social Complete fiction
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social Mostly historic buildings but also occasional landscapes of North Cumbria.
Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social What if we created the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling and horse-riding network for Britain and Ireland? Up for helping?
linktr.ee/slowwaysuk
www.slowways.org
Sarah Simpson_Art @sarahsimpsonart.bsky.social 🎨 Artist in Barcelona
☀️ Cyanotypes | Alt Process
⬆️ Follow for Studio Updates
https://sarahsimpson.my.canva.site/portfolio
Saskia W. @saskiawezenaar.eurosky.social Muziek🧡| Kunst (re)posts| Wanderer and wonderer| Jeugdzorg| Amsterdam binnenstad| Fransche Kamp, Bussum🏕️.
"Streef onbekommerd naar het ideale" ☀️🌱
Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social Pen artist, Guidebook writer & Presenter of the Countrystride.co.uk podcast
Jamie @movingslowly.bsky.social Moving slowly and fixing things…
The artist formerly known as @tlwforcumbria
(Let’s see how long this lasts)…
Inspired by Lakeland @inspiredbylakeland.bsky.social Publisher, long-distance walker, podcaster. We make award-winning books and gifts. Proud to publish Lakeland Book of the Year 2020 & 2023.
Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
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/
Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social 1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Lu Hersey @luwrites.bsky.social I write books. Sometimes win awards. Crop circle chaser. Myth lover. Collector of folklore. Here for the magic. https://www.lu-hersey.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Writingthemagic
Arctic Velocipedist @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social Personal Assistant to Revna the Diva Dog. Alaskan, woodsman, wanderer, artist, photographer, and Sasquatch seeker. Used to jump out of planes & do stuff. Leader of Velocipedist Laboratories. War vet. Now with all the not fun parts of Deadpool.
Anna Camilla Larsson @annalarssonstudio.bsky.social Artist, writer | Art, creative process, meditation | Creator of the #ArtYear challenge 🎨 | Former architect | Fave pigment: PB28 | Fun fact: Loves pygmy owls!
Sarah @sarahsramblings.bsky.social Enjoys ambles around my neighbourhood, nature and taking bad photos of what I see on route. Dabbles in baking and as a woman of a certain rage, really wishes I could remember what I had walked into the next room for!
Matthew Scott @mscottcumbria.bsky.social Retired. Living a blissful 2nd life of happiness in Cumbria with my wife Fiona. Interests: photography, history, books, film, space, music.
Adorne Sibley @adornesibley.bsky.social Two villains in a trenchcoat. Ursula & the Jötunn.
https://linktr.ee/adornesibley
Lutruwita/ Tas. SpecFic. Queer. Horror Lit. Scifi Lit. Folk Horror. Urban Fantasy. Poet. Novelist. Pixel Artist. Old Web Enjoyer. Game dev. Zinester
She/her/they/them🏳️🌈🇦🇺
Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. 💙 NHS
Patrick Kincaid @patrickkincaid.bsky.social Doctor of Shakespeare, Master of Writing. Author of THE CONTINUITY GIRL (“A wistfully entertaining romantic comedy” Jonathan Coe). Workshops for Prisoners for Stratford Literary Festival.
Brew with a view @brew-with-view.bsky.social Travelling with a spotty flask, searching for the perfect cuppa with the best views...and quite a bit of swimming
Cumbria Huntsabs @cumbriahuntsabs.bsky.social A passionate wildlife loving group who continue to campaign against foxhunting. We sab because they still hunt foxes
Phone number 07708 773602 if you have any information or message us cumbriahuntsabs@gmail.com
@lorencafferty.bsky.social @lorencafferty.bsky.social 
Catherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social Author & anthropologist. Human-animal relationships, landscape & identity.
Book - The Ponies at the Edge of the World
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ShetlandKeepsakes
https://ko-fi.com/catherinemunro
John Manning @johnmanningpct.bsky.social Outdoor writer and editor, long distance walker (kinda), father, Beach Boys nut and Whovian (kinda).
Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social 'That bloke that does stiles'; also clouds and general nonsense.
'gradually the sense of disappointment wears away'
Shap, this account, etc
'Diplomatically tight-lipped about fluvial processes'
Glasgow Print Studio @glasgowprintstudio.bsky.social Promoting contemporary and innovative printmaking.
littleramstudio @littleramstudio.bsky.social Heather & Gary, artists specialising in printmaking. Often covered in ink, compost or bread dough. One of us has cancer, so if we're not here you'll find us at the hospital.
Find work> littleramstudio.etsy.com also Country Living Marketplace
Helen Warlow @hippychick.bsky.social Reader poster of art on Twitter. Well Fed ( husband DrS cooks )
Artist son@houseofhawks on Instagram.