FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host BBC Radio 4 Rethink. Columnist for Prospect. Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM).
Creative director, The New World. Centrist - possibly. Dad - definitely.
Comedian. Musician. Writer. Dad. Stepdad. Husband. Friend.
Retd Firefighter, Author of Angel of Vengeance, Drew Parker, Saffron Price Crime/Spy Thrillers. Noose Award winner 2025. Website: colinmardellauthor.com
Books: https://linktr.ee/colinmardell. Website: colinmardellauthor.com
Liberal sort. Rambler. Singer. Gamer. Occasional writer. Recovering politico. Former lots of things (inc. Lib Dem Leader's Chief of Staff, Cabinet Office SpAd, Head of Whips' Office). Yorkshire via Essex. Posting in a strictly personal capacity.
Professor of Political Sociology, University of Bristol
British politics, elections, public opinion and (a lot of) political values.
SubStack: https://pollingsnippets.substack.com/?r=4a6d0z&utm_campaign=pub-shar
Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things.
Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario.
Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com
DMs open to followers
Interested in law, politics, the constitution, and policy. Former special adviser in MOJ, AGO, and No 10.
@RajivShah90 at the other place
Current affairs, politics, education and miscellany. All views my own.
Substack at edrith.co.uk
Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
lawyer (retired solicitor; academic). Live in Wales now, although still Australian. Child law; media law. Legal blogger in family courts for The Transparency Project www.transparencyproject.org.uk (contact me there as I don't receive DMs on Bluesky)
I enjoy all the meats of our cultural stew.
London-based. Film, television, games, politics, Charlton Athletic Football Club.
He/him.
Author, journalist, Times Radio Ex-BBC, got PD. LFC. C4 Drama “Brian & Maggie" based on Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying To Me? Agent: Jack Fogg at http://www.dunnfogg.co.uk available on x @robburl - I will endeavour to follow back
Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
YouGov data journalist • Elections, polls, voting systems • "I like people, places and things" • dylan.difford@yougov.com
Investigative TV journalist whose first crime thriller, Deadly Protocol, was published in September 2024. Now working on the sequel, Deadly Messages. www.rogercorkeauthor.com
Barrister and writer; author of SANCTUARY https://www.cintopress.co.uk/sanctuary.html
Writer of stuff.
Irish in London.
https://aidanjmcquade.com/
Historian, Univ. Southern Denmark, working on the history of the British Welfare State. Erstwhile Birmingham, Warwick, LSHTM.
TheHostProductions on YouTube 🎬
Master of Space Law, Listener of audio dramas & collector of things. Love a good book. 📚
Retired sports hack. 40+ years of writing, broadcasting, editing. Current job title: Silly Grandad.
Previously police stn rep/FILEX With criminal law caseload.
Now Youth Justice/ RJ charity
Youth interventions/Mentoring/Restorative Services
A sassy Springer, a goofy rescue Beagle and very old toothless horse keeps me busy
Private Eye hack and Page 94 podcaster. Author of the 🏳️🌈Tommy Wildeblood thriller series , and ghost stories: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034N6PK4
Journalist and author in London. LRB, Guardian Long Read and others. Books about refugees in Europe and Britain's far right. danieltrilling.co.uk for contact details etc
The best site for diehard crime & thriller fans - reviews, interviews, features on books, shows & more. We are Amazon and Bookshop associates/affiliates.
https://crimefictionlover.com
Part-time bookseller, full-time reader.
Bristol, UK.
When I read a book, I post a little review here.
Brit blogging about the business of football. You can find my detailed analysis at https://swissramble.substack.com/
Award-winning foreign correspondent. Former @washingtonpost.com staff writer. Now: London. Previously: Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo. Email me: louisaloveluck@gmail.com.
Lawyer (Crim. | Civ. Rights)
Adjunct Professor (Evidence | Civ. Pro.)
North Carolina – Cymro 🏴 – Musician
“JD makes a decent point if you ignore all the points he’s ignored.” He/him
Managing editor at Transformer. Ex-tech editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, also previously Guardian and New Statesman. Sometime media columnist. Signal: jasperjackson.01
Crime, but as you've never heard it before
- with Neil Basu and Andy Hughes
Listen on @globalplayer.com every Wednesday 🎧
European political economy and geoeconomics commentator. Publisher of the Wealth of Nations newsletter. Previously chief Europe commentator @WSJ, chief leader writer @TheTimes. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
https://nixons.substack.com/
Pupil barrister at 42BR with a love for housing law. Editor at @justicegap.bsky.social, contributor for @legalactiongroup.bsky.social Magazine. Often found explaining chess to my dog.
Book tempter at espresso coco. Stationery geek. UX guy. Easily distractible with a hot beverage and cake. He/him.
https://linktr.ee/dakegra
The Midnight Train is coming.
Professional quiz people, overall responsible for the questions on Only Connect + some on shows incl. The 1% Club and Riddiculous. We host awesome quiz nights, write quiz books and set our famous Friday Quiz: qqq.vc/friday. More at quizquizquiz.com
Senior researcher in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime. Formerly @CrestAdvisory. Also trustee @EndometriosisUK
Author of Hired and Lost Boys (June 2025). Writing on Substack: https://www.forthedeskdrawer.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1786499797/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
KC, criminal law specialist. 5% of Legal Feminist.
Freelance Bernard Woolley Impersonator
Journalist. Presenter of R4's #MoneyBox Live (Weds, 3pm). Also found on #WakeUpToMoney, #R4Today, BBC 5 Live, #GreenMoneyShow. Enthusiast. Humanist.
The Little Book of Second Mentions, out now https://amzn.to/43oYehw | secondmentions.com | secondmentions@gmail.com
Words, birds, music. Usual nonsense. South London. linktr.ee/levparikian
Reader, mum. Writer? Spoonie w/ Sjogren’s. Organiser of Bay Tales.
Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
These are not the skeets you are looking for
Londoner
Disappointed but not surprised
Neighbourhoods, community, social housing, poverty, art, film, humour, puns, photography, cycling, climate
Deputy Chief Economist @instituteforgov.bsky.social
On Twitter @tompope0
Knitter, Crocheter, Reader, sort-of-Blogger.
Cosy crime afficianado.
Cat owner. Dog sitter.
Hockey watcher.
AuDHD.
North West UK.
I'm all over the place - https://linktr.ee/thecosymoose
Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Housing and Property Litigation Solicitor somewhere in England
Barrister (Serious Injury & Clinical Negligence) - Exchange Chambers. Part time exercise enthusiast. Developing Padel player. Occasional runner.
Author of THE NOTWITCHES and THE NOTWITCHES: PRISON BREAK. All the links for ordering can be found at garypanton.co.uk/books/
Represented by Rachel Mann at CAA.
📍Perth, Scotland
🌐 garypanton.co.uk
The life and times of Steve the otter...
Author & journalist. Writing more books.
🎄MURDER AT MISTLETOE MANOR
🗡️THE EDIE YORK MYSTERIES
🏰 DREAMS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
Feta Tester. Succession, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Fresh Meat, Four Lions. Novel: Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals
Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge. Programmer, Wigtown Book Festival 2026. www.wigtownbookfestival.com
The full story, first. Free, wherever you get your news.
I’m Philippa, I love books & biscuits. I host the CHART-TOPPING Quick Book Reviews Podcast, with author interviews & honest book reviews - no spoilers.
Email: quickbookreviews@outlook.com
Author: Erika Piper, Stonebridge, Little Ghost. THE KILLER’S CHRISTMAS LIST. Represented by David Headley. Co-founder of Stockport Noir.
Author, mum, feminist, reader of proofs. Agent: Jo Williamson Publisher: Boldwood Books
Retired Copper. Husband. Dad. Believer in Hope. Writes a bit too. 'The Castle' from Orion Fiction is out in April 2025.
Contact: lwilliams@greeneheaton.co.uk
Website: www.johnsutherlandauthor.co.uk
Crime writer/screenwriter repped by @Oliagent @AMHeathLtd & Conrad Williams @BlakeFriedmann
web: marihannah.com
An online magazine about the law and justice - and the difference between the two. Buy PROOF magazine, support the Justice Gap: www.thejusticegap.com/shop. Editors: Jon Robins and Sam Dulieu
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
He/Him. Author. Historian (inc of obscure Military Holy Orders). Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Domestic Abuse Campaigner | Survivor | Advisor | Speaker | Writer | Freed my mum #SallyChallen in a landmark #CoerciveControl case, #SallysLaw ⚖️
https://linktr.ee/DavidChallen
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
South Asia bureau chief at The Economist
Not even the most famous person in my bedroom. Full biog: https://tinyurl.com/29skn3p6
Independent Bookshop in Romiley, Greater Manchester. Second bookshop in Stockport Centre now open! Co-founder Stockport Noir. Admin: @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social
Novelist -- Picador UK, Houghton Mifflin US.
Screenwriter -- lately on Slow Horses.
Journalist -- mainly for NS and The Guardian.
New here. Getting it together. Probably need some interactions. Thanks for following.
The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. Fighting for a fairer industry since 1884. #societyofauthors
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training https://linktr.ee/societyofauthors
Leading Barristers' Chambers - KCs & Juniors specialising in Commercial Crime, Serious & Organised Crime, Terrorism & Regulatory Offences, Family & Civil Law
FT features writer, focus on work/workplace/whatevs
Corkonian-in-exile in the Pale. Lawyer. Liúdramán. He/him.
Senior Lecturer in Public Law at Oxford Brookes. Research: judges, judging, public law and constitutional theory.
Crime writer - currently writing dark thrillers set in Iowa. THE FIELDS (shortlisted for ITW novel of the year, in development for TV), ORIGINAL SINS (NYT book of the week, Times thriller of the month). Also writes historical fiction as Robyn Young.
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including NYT best selling biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
Inequality Economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game. Other Economists make predictions, but my ones are actually right.
https://linktr.ee/garysecon
Political Analyst
European Community Historian
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSyDJbSQcF6fc9MOSfXcjSQ
Marketing strategist (weekdays), award-winning author (weekends), official Eurovision liveblogger (seasonal). She/her.
History Correspondent and Deputy Diary Editor for The Times
Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024). Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, traveller, flâneur. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Barrister at Doughty St (views mine not theirs); Author of "Enough: the violence against women and how to end it"; always #QPR
Professor of Criminal Law; dog lover; road harm reduction enthusiast; steel pan player.
Medically retired Criminal Barrister, formerly practising on the North-Eastern and Northern Circuits. Determined not to give in to Multiple Sclerosis. Northern Ireland born, but living in England
The Criminal Law Solicitors' Association proudly represents law firms and solicitors working in the field of criminal law throughout England and Wales.
Criminal barrister practising on the North Eastern Circuit.
Head of Quant Research at Public First. Professional collector of other people's opinions
Writer & Political Commentator | Tracking how far-right authoritarianism and tech oligarchy are eroding democracy.
Featured on BBC, Sky News, LBC, EuroNews & more.
Appearances: https://www.youtube.com/@AdamJSchwarz
https://linktr.ee/adamjschwarz
Bristol-ish based actor (Maid Marian & Her Merry Men etc), TV scriptwriter (Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty), novelist ( A Most Unwelcome Connection https://amzn.eu/d/1p1MHhl) podcast host, left-leaning centrist. Loves a bit of cheese.
