Hugh Pearman's Starter Pack
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@hughpearman.bsky.social
@samfr.bsky.social
Writes the most popular UK politics Substack (samf.substack.com) Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Senior fellow: Institute for Government
@katewagner.bsky.social
architecture critic @thenation.com, creator of https://late-review.com, derailleur.net, mcmansionhell.com. Nicht bringst du Unheil dahin, wo Unheil im Hause wohnt. she/her
@jonnelledge.bsky.social
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
@columnist.bsky.social
‘The view from the column is ever distant’ (Anon, early 21st century) Befuddling mix of politics, art, literary theory, philosophy, financial markets, international relations, cooking, and…dog photos… ‘Wow just wow what a skeeter’ ‘Such a cute dog’
@sathnam.bsky.social
Writer @thetimes. FRSL. FRHistS. WTF. Join me on my Empireworld tour in 2025. Pre-order my book on George Michael, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, published by Picador in 2026. www.sathnam.com
@edmorrish.bsky.social
Leeds man & audio/comedy producer. Work stuff @leadmojo.bsky.social My posts, since you asked: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zhglb2ub3qwkn2kpxlwekst3/feed/aaaaqszrsfcwo
@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
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
- Executive Director, Project Drawdown drawdown.org - Climate scientist, working on solutions - Passionate about science, communication, and hope - Minnesota based, Maine born - Personal account / My views
@helenbarrett.bsky.social
Features journalist - Financial Times, NYTimes, Telegraph Arts, Guardian, The Critic and others. Arts and culture, mainly. https://www.helenbarrettjournalist.com/ https://open.substack.com/pub/helenbarrett
@eddierobson.bsky.social
Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres. https://eddierobson.wordpress.com
@stephmerritt.bsky.social
Author & journalist. Sunday Times #1 best-selling Giordano Bruno series. Formerly of The Observer. Sometimes on the radio. Rep’d by Jonny Geller/Curtis Brown 📚🗞️🎙️✍🏼
@sirjjkc.bsky.social
Senior Consultant, Linklaters. Senior Fellow, Institute for Government. Hon Senior Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. Visiting Prof, Durham Law School. Hon KC. Lay canon, Ely Cathedral Law, constitution, government, policy. Cocktails. Music
@nelbetancur.bsky.social
art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture • 17th and 18th century studies • assistant professor • mountain lover #nelbetancur
@dreadships.bsky.social
Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
@benfenton.bsky.social
Media/politics(Covered 2 US presidential elections); Fairness - Author of TO BE FAIR https://menschpublishing.com/books/to-be-fair/ Formerly: Chair, Orwell Journalism Prize; FT chief media corr; Telegraph Senior Reporter & Washington Correspondent
@municipaldreams.bsky.social
Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
@nyreviewofarch.bsky.social
Reviews architecture, in New York. nyra.nyc
@annaclarke.bsky.social
Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. Interested in UK housing policy, planning, economics, housebuilding, energy, social policy. Views are my own. Cambridge based. https://housingforum.org.uk/
@danwaterfield.bsky.social
Wrote a History PhD on The Burney Family / Social Democrat / gam zu l'tovah. Interested in lit, theology, history, software, systems, &c. Soon to be Pākehā.
@grindrod.bsky.social
Social historian of modern places. Wrote Concretopia and Iconicon. Next book on suburban LGBTQ history. Also, maps. Disappointingly unserious. New podcast: Monstrosities Mon Amour https://linktr.ee/johngrindrod
@vchlondon.bsky.social
Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people. https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
@willjennings.bsky.social
Writer, artist, editor, curator Editor: recessed.space Director: Hypha Studios Teaching: UCL Bartlett & University of Greenwich Obviously, everything here is my opinion & not that of my employers, except when as a freelancer I am my employer
@rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
A highway engineer's adventures in time & space. The street is not too narrow your imagination is too narrow | Independent sustainable mobility design specialist | Better streets & places | Runs @cityinfinity.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/rantyhighwayman
@tobylloyd.bsky.social
Policy wonk, ex-spad, consultant, writer, Londoner. Housing, urbanism and transport mainly.
@katrinanavickas.bsky.social
Historian of protest, political movements and public space. Preorder my new book, Contested Commons: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons Croydon/Rochdale UCU rep Rural modernism on Insta. 🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally. She/her
@leemadgwick.bsky.social
UK based fine artist. Painter (mostly). Dog person (obviously). Abandoned/derelict building enthusiast. Wayfarer. Visionary. Procrastinator. No NFTs. No AI. http://www.leemadgwick.co.uk leemadgwickart on instagram
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@purseigle.bsky.social
Historian at the University of Warwick Writing a global history of urban disasters for @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
@edwinheathcote.bsky.social
FT Architecture and Design critic. Author of ‘On the Street: In-Between Architecture’. Jeez. Another platform. @financialtimes.com
@yalebooks.bsky.social
Adventures in BOOKS from Yale University Press in LONDON https://yalebooks.co.uk/ Championing the arts / humanities & publishing art, history, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, music
@paulinebock.bsky.social
Journaliste, féministe, épéiste · Arrêt sur images · a weather eye on Macron's France · Words in NYT, NYer, Politico, Wired, Télérama, etc · pauline @ bock .fr
@lauragmitchell.com
Board President @ourstreetsmn.org Parent & safe streets advocate 🚲🚶🏻🚌 Founder of mplscargobikelibrary.com Minneapolis, MN lauragmitchell.com
@pdsmith.bsky.social
📚City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, Doomsday Men, Einstein, Metaphor & Materiality. Now writing about cities, detectives and crime. https://linktr.ee/pd_smith
@matthutchins.bsky.social
Seattle architect, urbanist and Planning Commissioner advocating for housing options, 15-minute cities and sustainable construction. AIA Seattle President, Seattle Design Festival President, AIA Strategic Council. Passivhaus designer.
@slowbikeiain.bsky.social
I run public consultations for big energy & infrastructure projects. Lib Dem, ex Stockport councillor, everyday cyclist, urbanist, energy & climate, The Archers, British basketball, photography. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
@adamchapman.bsky.social
Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
@annadent.bsky.social
Research and policy adviser - www.abdconsultancy.co.uk Futures of work & employment support, digital welfare state, ethical tech and AI etc. Fellow https://connectedbydata.org/, associate https://rocketsciencelab.co.uk/
@lccmunicipal.bsky.social
London County Council, Greater London Council, pre- and post-1965 boroughs in London (+ occasional forays outside of the capital). Municipal stuff from the past that lives on today. Oh, and new towns, shopping centres, infrastructure etc. lccmunicipal.com
@birmingham81.bsky.social
Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
@jurajmikurcik.bsky.social
Passivhaus architect @ Architype. Bio-based materials. UK support for ecococon.eu straw panels. Often taking close-up photos of sheds on bike rides Living in a 100% electric passivhaus with zero energy bills, see the blog: oldholloway.wordpress.com
@tim-waterman.co.uk
Landscapes, food, utopias, queer theory, imagination. Prof of Landscape Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Antifascist. Recent book: The Landscape of Utopia. At work on 'Reworlding: Planetarity & Future Imaginaries' 🏳️🌈
@mitchzuckerman.bsky.social
Urban Ecologist | University of Maryland | cities, climate resilience, green infrastructure, soils, novel ecosystem services | fun: sci-fi photos music | he/him
@modinmetro.bsky.social
Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
@samanthabrennan.bsky.social
Philosopher, feminist, ethicist, cyclist. Dean of Arts, University of Guelph. My Erdős number is 3. My pronouns are she/her.🌈 http://linktr.ee/sjbrennan
@nobleideas.bsky.social
Advisor to industry, government and philanthropy on deploying climate solutions at speed and scale of the climate crisis. NobleIdeas LLC, Saint Paul, MN. Yes, that is Tim Walz signing MN’s 100% clean electricity bill. Email: Firstname @ NobleIdeas dot US
@palmblad.bsky.social
Project Coordinator & Lecturer, Rachel Carson Center Ecological humanist interested in human–environment interaction and the role that cognition, ideas, and technology play therein. Philosophy, history, and whatever gets the job done. A.k.a. "Jonte"
@lloydalter.bsky.social
Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.com
@hughpearman.bsky.social
Writer and editor on architecture. Chair of Twentieth Century Society. Book "About Architecture: An Essential Guide in 55 Buildings" published by Yale.