Simon Ricketts
Ubiquitous planning lawyer.
Arts; culture; politics; simonicity blog.
Personal views.
Not much football because Saints FC.
@guitarmoog.bsky.social
Large, slow-moving, land mammal. Bed-dweller. Horizontal guitarist. Loser of remote controls, vapes and plectrums in blankets. Deactivater of account for no reason sometimes. Late adopter of fuzz. Haver of Long Covid. He/him/Moog
@mauricelange.bsky.social
keen on there being more houses for everyone. crunching numbers and thinking about urban problems @centreforcities.bsky.social; community unionising @acornunion.bsky.social; other bits
@mccookerybook.bsky.social
Songwriter, illustrator, writer: three people, one heart! Solo album 'Showtunes from the Shadows' out now on Tiny Global. Bandcamp https://helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com Website https://www.mccookerybook.com Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@mccookerybook
@andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Labour MP for Welwyn Hatfield🌹 Chair UK Business & Trade Commission / Member of MHCLG Select Ctte Chair APPGs for New Towns & Cricket www.andrewlewin.co.uk
@londonforum.org.uk
Working to protect and improve the quality of life in London. Representing the views and interests of over 100 amenity and civic societies across London https://www.londonforum.org.uk/
@kathhaddrell.bsky.social
Town Planner. Own views. Still misses Ynys Môn. Loves a good book, a city break and the great outdoors.
@benderbyshire.bsky.social
Architect, urbanist, writer. Chair of HTA Design LLP, Commissioner at Historic England, President of London Forum, Trustee at SAVE Britain’s Heritage. Author of Home Truths, an urbanists primer.
@atamverdi.bsky.social
Yorkshireman, business owner. Economics, housing, regeneration, communities, equality + equity.
@ianblacker.bsky.social
Bathonian (from Bath, rather than geologic time period, although…) / Life, the Universe and everything / Family and dog / Bath Rugby Planning consultant and stuff Personal views
@propjourn.bsky.social
Journalist (solicitor (np)). Brand storyteller (www.komconsult.com) Writes on the law, built environment and tech. Law Society Gazette, Tech Monitor, The iPaper, Inside Housing, Euromoney, former CRE editor Legal Business, Property Law Journal.
@historyscientist.bsky.social
Professional scientist. I like reading books about history. Editor of the Bluesky edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. http://historybooksreview.co.uk/ https://bsky.app/profile/historyscientist.bsky.social/post/3kzgtvact622m
@1recordeveryday.bsky.social
I have an unhealthy vinyl habit. I love to chat about, and share music old and new. + all the usual stuff - photography, film, gigs. Grew up in 80/90s North West England. Shoegaze, indie, post-punk, Jangle-pop, Americana. Top 3: Beatles, REM, Beck
@avantiarch.bsky.social
Avanti Architects is an award-winning practice with an open and progressive design approach committed to creating socially sustainable and joyful buildings, places and spaces. Find out more on our website https://avantiarchitects.co.uk/
@adrianmilesarch.bsky.social
Architect | he/him | own thoughts | housing, mixed use, education | #SE23 #housingforall #urbangreening 🌱
@profjtwhite.bsky.social
Prof of Planning + Urban Design @uofglasgow.bsky.social | Deputy Director @housingevidence.bsky.social | Principal Investigator, @urbanretrofit.bsky.social | Interested in how planning and development systems help/hinder climate adaptation in cities.
@brtnz.bsky.social
My dog's name is Jess. I'm not a kiwi. Occasionally funny, enjoying watching the collapse of modern civilisation from the sofa. You might know me from that other place
@montysettee.bsky.social
I'm a mild leftie but passionately hate the disinformation and propaganda being spread by the likes of Trump, Farage, Musk, and The Daily Mail. I'm also a long term Southampton fan #saintsfc and dog lover #doglover
@hollinsmargaret.bsky.social
Law, planning, environment | Arts | Travel | Stuff | Born at 312 ppm CO2
@markcl10.bsky.social
Lib Dem Parish and District Councillor in England’s New Forest. History nut. Owner of two Shiba Inu. Dad. Saints FC fan. Been working in shipping for decades and office in Chelsea. Did I mention my dogs? 🐕🐕
@theoelliott.bsky.social
Weather forecaster, #saintsfc fan and lover of sci-fi & gloomy crime dramas. All my own personal opinions. Wallingford, UK.
@vinylshrine.bsky.social
Musician/producer/writer/AI fanboy (Sonic Paradox/Pale Sun Disorder/The International Funk Syndicate/Fast Cakes/Basczax/Blitzkrieg Bop/Makaton Chat/The Gynaecologists/Viva La Diva/Skydaddies), business owner (Vinylshrine), Father.
@heatherglass.bsky.social
Londoner busy trying to create streets for people, build a big sewer, get more Lib Dems elected, and rekindle things with Europe. Would like to be on a bike. She/her Profile pic: me in a bike helmet and sunglasses in front of a field of yellow wildflowers
@kierachapman.bsky.social
Nature writer, research fellow University of Oxford, Co-I Planning for Nature kierachapman.com / www.planningfornature.org
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@montytrent.com
I am an old man in a hurry, retired District Judge, a noisy member of the Silent Generation. I Like to wander around making photographs, worming through books, listening to music, fossilising in my shed, Frankie Poodle and afternoon kips.
@floetry.bsky.social
Global financial services and tech policy + various boards and advisory. Formerly a Westminster insider and @floetry in the bad place. Interested in global politics, tech, payments, banking, feminism, female health, DEI, AI, and dogs. On parental leave.
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher. Words: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index on Censorship, People vs Big Tech, Citizens, Dawn. Work cited: BBC, LBC, Times, Searchlight, others. Views mine. max@bylinetimes.com
@biiilyedwards.bsky.social
Radio for the BBC, VPR Audio Club. Writer for Buzz Magazine, Record Collector. Big music enthusiast & Doctor Who fan! he/him
@jm60.bsky.social
Memorial Device Alternative National Treasure #MDANT🎖️ Old arthritic person. Retired. Tied up in Nottz. A veteran of The Great Punk Rock War 76/77. Meat-free since 1983. Still missing David Bowie. I would have been an archeologist. Be nice.
@e1potter.bsky.social
Stoke supporting, Brompton riding, music loving town planner living in Poynton
@lucindasoon.com
Lawyer, org psychologist, researcher, lecturer. I teach, research, and advise on lawyers’ ethics, professional practice, and well-being, applying methods and insights from psychology.
@kevinmckenna.co.uk
Labour MP for Sittingbourne & Sheppey and former nurse. For help & support please email kevin.mckenna.mp@parliament.uk with your name and address.
@esmespinks.bsky.social
Heads a Planning Development Management service in the public sector. Enjoys running marathons, travelling, piano & singing. Most importantly, loves her family.
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich | Minister of State for Housing and Planning | Email: matthew.pennycook.mp@parliament.uk
@gailp.bsky.social
💙💛 Climate, law, politics, health, dogs, cats, science, reading. Not in any order and not necessarily all at once. A bit of whimsy is good too. And food. Wivenhoe, Essex