Retired welfare rights worker & bookseller. Now celebrating the things that make life worth living: love, peace, friendship, nature, art, music, sunshine, coffee, cake, dairy-free custard. &c. Nae flags. Nae anthems xx

A weary pilgrim on the grave of the Romantic Hero, a forlorn eulogist cast upon the desolate shore of the exquisite agony that is The Gothic. #books #gothic #romanticism 'Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' (P.B. Shelley)

Annoying smartarse

Engineer. Recovering Xitter user. Old enough to remember elections where there was hope for change. Posts may contain traces of withering scorn. Slava Ukraini!

#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Londoner. *Not* an American.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. Nature lover, photographer, reader, gardener, walker, carpenter. Interests: nature/environment, ancient history, art, spirituality, psychology, politics, psychedelics. Somerset, UK.

Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All 📸 mine, unless stated

I have Grandkids - so no longer use Airport Departure Lounges. Natural History has been the unbroken story of my life. Watching wildlife, mostly under Dorset skies. Wrens; Greenfinches; Little Owls; Raptors & Adders are a preoccupation.

Historian. Writer.

UK based part-time photographer and full-time outdoorsy dog loving person living a quiet life in Cumbria and Northumberland, Intolerant of racists, bigots and bellendery. Cameras:Sony A7r3, Samsung Galaxy S21/24 Ultra DM's, NFTs, Crypto/Traders, OF 🚫 FO

Art, Activism and Accountability linktr.ee/ledbydonkeys

Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.

Teacher, Philosopher, Local Patch Birder (private acc) Founded #LocalPatchClub: Students habitually visit nature on their doorstep. Stay where you are and marvel at the small wonders of nature and the soul.(Peter) #lowcarbonbirding #jazz #poetry #astronomy

Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics

Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.

• political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering the politics behind social media, tech & health IG: instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6 📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol

Editor of Bearly Politics. Author. Commentator. Former NHS strategist. bearlypolitics.co.uk

FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893

Wildlife gardening.. love insects, plants, birds, fungi, grass snakes, trees, moths, rivers, caterpillars & all things wild, especially solitary bees, bumblebees... and Dippers! Art. Poetry. Cornwall Author 'Dancing with Bees - a Journey Back to Nature'

Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian, script reader/editor. I like books.

Writer, academic, endotic traveller. Books: Blood Feather 2023; Real Oxford 2021. Ghost Stations, CB Editions , Sept 2025. FRSL. Prof of French and Comp Lit, Oxford. Rep'd Peter Straus RCW.