@mcrlitfest.bsky.social
Save the dates for our 20th Festival! #MLF25 runs 10-26 October 2025. www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
@budgardencentre.bsky.social
‘Boutique’ garden centre in Burnage, south Manchester selling: *Mostly peat free, UK grown plants + houseplants *Peat free compost + refills *UK + EU made pots *Niwaki + Felco tools *Ethically made gifts
@swearclock.bsky.social
Throw away your watches - they are obsolete. A bot by Rob Manuel. Add your suggestions here: bit.ly/swearclockform
@cathaubergine.bsky.social
Generally here for the music stuff, though come springtime there will probably be photos of baby geese. MDANT, left/green, workplace union rep, mostly adherent to the Gospel According To Nigel Blackwell.
@effinbirds.com
Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
@supersonicfest.bsky.social
The UK's premier experimental music festival based in Birmingham. “Supersonic reasserts itself as the best European festival for new music” - The Quietus https://linktr.ee/SupersonicFestival
@janehill.bsky.social
I do comedy, lecturing, journalism, radio and writing. I like beaches, books and buildings.
@stephenmcgann.uk
Doctor Thingy in Whatsitsname. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
@heawood.bsky.social
Wrote a bestselling memoir for Penguin Random House about the time I moved to Hollywood and accidentally became someone’s mother. Read more on heawood.substack.com
@watsoncomedian.bsky.social
Comedian, author, producer. Your mum is a fan. But not like THAT.
@soverybritish.bsky.social
New VBP quiz book bit.ly/3DkBcgi: VBP books, tops, cards, calendars & contact: bit.ly/3mWIF9S. Buy me a tea: ko-fi.com/robtemple
@spillersrecords.bsky.social
World's Oldest Record Shop. Physical music retailer since 1894. Physical Music (Not tables) Since 1894. 27, The Morgan Arcade, Cardiff CF10 1AF info@spillersrecords 029 20224905 Tues - Sat 10 - 5:30pm
@mrsimonraymonde.bsky.social
Musician with a label. Cocteau Twins/Lost Horizons. Producer, mixer. Some non-Cocteaus gig highlights? Playing bass with Midlake, on “The Rat” live with The Walkmen, and playing guitar on tour with Mercury Rev ❤️ Memoir “In One Ear” on Nine Eight Books now.
@warrenellis.bsky.social
Musician with peculiar sense of pitch timing and rhythm writer of film music. Plays in Dirty Three and the Bad Seeds. Wrote Nina Simone’s Gum and founded Ellis Park in Sumatra. Two kids two cats and two salamanders
@nigelslater.bsky.social
A cook who writes. Observer columnist. Author. Gardener. Books: The Kitchen Diaries, The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book, A Thousand Feasts. Instagram.com/nigelslater
@marcrileydj.bsky.social
WILD DONKEY. BROADCASTER. The Fall 78-83. Not a real Doctor. Met Bowie, Woody and Ronno. Ner ner ner ner ner.
@tim-burgess.bsky.social
Charlatan, solo artist, DJ, coffee drinker, author & award winning radio presenter. Oh, and a podcaster too
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny history books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-9) 🎭🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
@chemunderground.bsky.social
Independent record label est. 1995 in Glasgow. We’ve released albums by Mogwai, Arab Strap, The Delgados, The Phantom Band, Adrian Crowley, RM Hubbert, Broken Chanter, Chrysanths to name a few. https://linktr.ee/chemikalunderground
@aidanjohnmoffat.bsky.social
"Flat, out of tune, and rambling like a drunk on a Saturday night."
@nowwave.bsky.social
MANCHESTER, UK BASED PROMOTERS. VENUES - YES & NEW CENTURY. FESTIVALS - MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST, EDINBURGH PSYCH FEST & BRIGHTON PSYCH FEST.
@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Author of Villager, 1983 and 13 other books. LP recommendations. Folklore. Psychedelic countryside pics. Sheep & cattle-based nonsense. Essentially a thinly disguised attempt to persuade you to subscribe to my Substack: tomcox.substack.com
@mcrhistory.bsky.social
Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
@gondwanarecords.com
Manchester-based multi-genre independent label drawing on eclectic inspirations
@britishbakeoff.bsky.social
Avoiding soggy bottoms since 2010. Tuesdays. 8pm. Channel 4. Posts by Love Productions. https://linktr.ee/britishbakeoff
@joccay.bsky.social
Work in HE. Takes photos. Goes walking. Listens to music. Manchester. Ex-Cumbrian
@pastpostcard.bsky.social
Fragments of life in messages from old postcards, curated by Tom Jackson. BOOK: http://amzn.to/34rIDhp POD: http://Apple.co/2xNqQ8D AGENT: http://morgangreencreatives.com
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@claudiahammond.bsky.social
Presenter, All in the Mind, BBC Radio 4 & Health Check, BBC World Service. Visiting Professor at University of Sussex. Author of The Keys to Kindness, The Art of Rest, Mind over Money, Time Warped & Emotional Rollercoaster.
@mckinleaf.bsky.social
Writer/Researcher 🔶 ABC's Hard Quiz 🔶 The Whippet, a newsletter of science, history, language & weirdness: https://thewhippet.org 🔶 she/her
@roryisconfused.bsky.social
Hey, it’s Rory. I like fiction and I like films and I like people. “Well, sir, I guess there’s just a meanness in this world”. U can buy me (an unemployed dude) a coffee while I hunt for jobs here https://ko-fi.com/roryisconfused
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social
Join Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo for your essential film and premium TV reviews, interviews and conversation 🍿
@ellenejones.bsky.social
Journalist and broadcaster (Guardian, Observer, Empire, Esquire, Elle etc) Author of 'SCREEN DEEP: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world'(Faber, 2024, linktr.ee/Screen_Deep); Co-host of SCREENSHOT on BBC Radio 4 and wherever you get your pods
@helenlohara.bsky.social
Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
@wendyide.bsky.social
Film critic for The Observer, Screen International. Usually can be found at a film festival. Parent. Brummie-born S E Londoner.
@christinalefou.bsky.social
~old hollywood, crime films, boxing, italian cinema, glamour & beauty ~ Sky Arts talking head. Empire Mag contrib editor. Writing: i Newspaper, the Atlantic, Criterion, BBC, Rolling Stone. Forthcoming book SOFIA COPPOLA from Greenfinch/Quercus Nov 2025.