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global health, social affairs and human interest specialist journalist for broadsheets and journals. Half of India Story Agent with Geetanjali Krishna. Author Kama Sutra Diaries, The Home Stretch, Vagina Inc. Repped Marjacq
Travel copywriter. Posting mostly about travel, nature, music, film and TV, mental health advocacy, photography. Fond of teddy bears, rum, witty repartee and doughnuts. Bipolar 2 FWIW
Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin, (Little Toller)
Dadda, runner, sketcher, survivor.
Welcome to my head. Please excuse the mess.
https://ko-fi.com/pandamoanimum
The 76th most followed account on bluesky. I will NOT be updating this ranking when it’s no longer true
Top rollmo’ star. Writer. Media node. Author of the 33 1/3 on George Michael’s Faith. Arsenal. Running. Dartford.
https://matthewhorton.com
Writer. Illustrator. Joto.
drummer, improviser, anthropologist - dreamer
https://pointless-geometry.bandcamp.com/album/gary-gwadera-far-far-in-chicago-footberk-suite
https://garygwadera.bandcamp.com/album/trzeciaks-head
TV critic, Greenlit podcast creator/host, still trying to write a book
Author | Journalist | Copywriter
https://www.jeremyhead.com
@Psythor on Twitter. Freelance writer covering politics/tech/nerd stuff.
Read my content: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
Yes, I inevitably have a podcast too: abundancepod.com
Free the Postcode Address File!
culture writer for: guardian, telegraph, dazed, bbc, pow, stereogum, financial times, discogs, mixmag, billboard, bandcamp, lwl, wallpaper, spin, hyphen, new statesman, p4k, wired, time out, crack etc.
my work: https://www.clippings.me/users/thobbsjourno
🌍 Travel writer
🐾 Author of dog-friendly travel books
✉️ Co-founder Talking Travel Writing on Substack
🐶 Servant to a Manchester Terrier
Independent comic shop in The Old High Street, Folkestone. Open now!
www.lighthousecomics.co.uk
🙌Travel writer & blogger
🌎Latin America & sustainable adventure travel
✒️Nat Geo, Lonely Planet, The Telegraph
🗞️Co-founder Talking Travel Writing
Angry People in Local Newspapers - Weird news - Bizarre headlines - Wild animals and ghosts which are actually cats - Bonkers billboards by @alistaircoleman.bsky.social. It’s a comedy account, so stop arguing. Avatar image by @tpneenan.bsky.social.
James Beard Award-nominated writer and editor // Series Editor at Best American Food and Travel Writing // Queens, NY // she/her // jayasaxena.com
Journalist and broadcaster. Brixton via Birr.
Running London Landmarks half-marathon in April for charidee, not that I like to wang on about it. Please donate at my Just Giving page
love is the plan the plan is death
Record Label, South London
www.hyperdub.net
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hyperdubrecords
✈️ Freelance travel and lifestyle writer ✈️
📝 Words in CN Traveller, The Independent, Cosmo, British Vogue, The i, Tatler, Metro etc
Prague-based travel writer and author. Lonely Planet, Nat Geo Expeditions, Kinfolk Mag. www.markbakerprague.com
Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
⚽️ Freelance journo: All opinions are my own | Full Time podcast for The Athletic | bylines The Athletic, Sports Illustrated, The Cutback | asker Squad Depth | theodoreshughes at gmail com
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
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
Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
Investigative journalist, author, and Yorkshireman. DeSmog’s UK deputy editor.
writesbright.substack.com
jon
https://www.patreon.com/c/SecretBase
https://www.youtube.com/SecretBaseSBN
4-time Travel Writer of the Year | ON THIS HOLY ISLAND out now from bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in UK Pegasus Books in US 2025 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/olismithtravel
Travel journalist: BBC, Nat Geo, Times, Telegraph, Guardian, FT, CN Traveller, Lonely Planet, Indy, WaPo, T&L, Wanderlust, Afar, WSJ, Bloomberg, GEO, Which?
mike.maceacheran@gmail.com / mikemaceacheran.com
classically trained artist.
theartofpants.com
www.discontinuednotes.com
Writer/author/editor/dad/doofus. Fan of cricket, ITFC, telly, tunes, old tut. Literary agent @julietpickering.bsky.social. My debut novel is out now. Order links: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/469431/the-dogwalkers-detective-agency-by-hogan-michael/9781
A Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure.
Got it on vinyl, mate.
🌍 Travel writer and editor. Lonely Planet guidebook author. Romanian-born, former New Yorker ✍🏻
linktr.ee/monicasuma
Plans trips one hop at a time.
https://triphop.info
Author, journalist, marathon runner, mudlark | Curator Folkestone Book Festival | debut The Flames @DoubledayUK #EgonSchiele | agent Juliet Mushens | Madame Matisse coming in March 2025
forbes' 7.4 billion under 7.4 billion.
Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Was: Facilitation & organisational culture nerd for do-gooders; climate & sustainability. Healthy, athletic; MTB, ski, mountaineering, outdoors. Everything on pause: Long Covid is brutal.
A lot funnier IRL
Lancaster, North West England (Plague Island) ⓥ🇨🇭
Writer/journalist etc
Keep Going: An Unexpected Travel Podcast is out now
www.jamiefullerton.co.uk
Founder of Tax Policy Associates Ltd. Tax realist. @danneidle on Twitter
Travel writer based in Lyon, France. Author of Paddling France for Bradt Guides, Travel Media Awards' Guide of the Year 2024. By-lines for the BBC, National Geographic, The Telegraph & many more.
annahrichards(at)gmail(dot)com
Travel expert, writer, consultant
Tea, scones, independent institutions and why they need looking after. Director of Communications @NationalTrust.bsky.social Trustee, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The posts are just mine.
A community for freelance journalists across the world. We create resources to help you make a success of your freelance journalism career. https://freelancingforjournalists.substack.com/
Where the skies are blue, this is what we’re gonna do. Also at @peterrobinson.bsky.social, not sure which account will be most useful, probably neither.
Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage
🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://rollingstone.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/rollingstone.com
The music and culture webzine established in Cardiff in 2003. www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk
a music blog since 2010 / writing by tom:
https://goldflakepaint.ghost.io/
Canada's authority on music, film and comedy. Find us at exclaim.ca
instagram.com/gorillavsbear 🪩
record label: luminellerecs.com 💎
METAL HAMMER, Deutschlands größtes Metal-Magazin - Offizieller Account
Alle News: https://www.metal-hammer.de/news/
Jetzt sparen im Spezialabo: https://www.metal-hammer.de/spezialabo
Impressum: http://metal-hammer.de/impressum/
Intersectional feminist music CIC, turning up the volume since 2015. UK, Ireland, Spain, USA, Canada and Aus.
https://linktr.ee/LOUDWOMENClub
Dance music + club culture.
Covering the best in music, movies, TV, comedy, games, books, food, drink, travel and tech since 2002.
The last great American indie rock print magazine left standing. Since 2001. Issue 74, The Protest Issue with Kathleen Hanna and Bartees Strange on the covers, is out now. www.undertheradarmag.com
Music, Movies, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground.
Essaying the pop culture that matters since 1999. Independent, women/LGBTQ-owned. Made by humans. PM is 26! linktr.ee/popmatters
Reviews & Scores from The Best Critics in Film, Music, TV and Games at http://Metacritic.com
Only the best music. Discover the best albums of the year.
aoty.org
www.rocksbackpages.com
The world's largest archive of music journalism: 55,000+ classic articles and audio interviews by pop's finest writers, spanning 60 years across all genres.
New edition and newsletter every Friday.
The latest news, interviews, features and videos with all your favourite bands. Get your magazines, vinyl, t-shirts and more at SHOP.ROCKSOUND.TV
I run Motive Unknown. Music maker. Gardener. Failed meditator. I also write the Network Notes newsletter: https://networknotes.motiveunknown.com
The world's leading music discovery and record collecting platform empowered by a community of obsessed music fans: https://disc.gs/Bluesky
In tune. Informed. Indispensable.
Essential music industry news and a future hit every day.
Take a free trial to discover more.
https://www.recordoftheday.com/
The electronic music magazine
Sport • Music • Rebellion
THE CRACK is a music, art and culture listings magazine/website that resides in the North-East of England
A resource of emotional and practical guidance for creative people, published by @kickstarter.com
DiS is one of the original music blogs and online communities, founded back in 2000. Its back as a weekly newsletter about the future of music and as a podcast hosted by founder Sean Adams. ⚓︎ http://drownedinsound.org
Music blogger, unicorn hunter.
https://thebluewalrus.com
Music discovery for @descrier.bsky.social
#newmusic #music #musicblog #musicblogger #bands #artists #playlist #spotify #soundcloud #applemusic #tidal
a music blog & record store
Music of substance.
mojo4music.com
New music & culture: Doing it for the love since 2003
All articles can be located on our website: http://joyzine.org
New Music Champion|Podcasts|Music Reviews|Gig Goer|Music Memorabilia| Ahead Of The Curve|
We believe in the power of Rock 'n' Roll. Louder Than War is a website dedicated to the pop culture wars. All views are our own.
ORGAN, Art, Music, Underculture - words, links, art galleries, bands, radio, albums, ResonanceFM, in print, on walls, on line, since the photocopied zine days of 1986 - www.organthing.com - this feed brought to you by Sean - @seanworrall-01.bsky.social
Newcastle upon Tyne based Music Curator.
Protecting your ears from the bland, boring & the uninteresting. Music with a dash of film, art & culture.
https://linktr.ee/earprotectreq
Reviews. Creative writing. Mayhem. Alles klar, Herr kommisar?
Internationally published Photographer, freelance Journalist, Under The Radar Pleased to Meet You Editor
https://muckrack.com/andy-von-pip-journalism
http://linktr.ee/vonpip
http://bit.ly/NUJFREELANCE Photographer For Zuma Press / 02 Academy inhouse
Hating America doesn't mean loving Xi or Putin. But my country (England) is not a vassal state of either Russia or China, so I direct my hatred toward the appropriate power structure: that of US Imperialism, which is FULLY responsible for the Gaza Genocide
Author of Around the World in 80 Trains, Around India in 80 Trains and Epic Journeys
Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train published in August
Author of Amazon bestseller 📖“Shattered Compass: A Memoir of Loss, Escape, and Renewal” 📕 Award-Winning 🌎Travel Writer📝Writing 🎨Creating #writing #travel #Italymemoir #travelwriting #photography #Memoir #painting #creativity #writingcommunity 🇮🇹#Italy
travel writer. nat geo, newspapers, más. 🇮🇪🇵🇸
Freelance travel & food writer 🍜
Words in Nat Geo, The Guardian, The Times, CNN, Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveller, Time Out, Wanderlust, etc.
Indonesian/British/German.
Based between Lombok, Indonesia and Liverpool, UK.
www.leylarosewrites.com
