Who should I follow on Instagram

[meepmoop]

Hello,

I've recently got Instagram but not sure who to follow,

Who are your favourite people to follow?
Mostly parenting, cooking people not so much celebrities

Thank you

Candice Brathwaite is also vile.

The problem with a lot of the big 'influencers' is that they have just turned into massive online shopping channels, grifting for free shit and shutting down any comments or debate that aren't sycophantic it in keeping with their self monitored echo chambers.

Apartmenttherapy is great for interior design. It's American, but since it's for apartments/flats the ideas suit British homes.

Second National Geographic too. I also like #abandonedporn

Ina Garten, she is life goals.

Love Ina.... would love to have lunch with her!
Donal Skehan for food too.

I like:

Levison Wood
Lewis Capaldi (not a fan of his music, but he's a hoot)
Tastemade
BBC Strictly
hgbespoke (to drool over the amazing jewellery!)
hotpatooties (Dawn O'Porter - she's funny)
Rylan
Mumsnet (of course)
honesttoddler
manversusbaby
bbc news
drpimplepopper
Run Mummy Run
inmysizeandinthesale (she's so lovely)
tallyrye
buzzfeedtasty
popsugarfitness
lucymountain
cbeebieshq (really funny content!)
janespatisserie
frankencreations (he mashes up chocolate bars and waffles pain au chocolats and all kinds of crazy stuff)
chrismoylesofficial
Jessica Biel (she's so funny)
Stacey Solomon
Isla Fisher (also very funny)
Chrissy Teigan (funny)
laurathomasphd (intuitive eating - anti dieting)
fiveminutemum
Ruby Bhogal from Bake Off - she's so lovely, replies to messages and everything
royal.addicted
brianmayforreal (Brian May from Queen. He's so lovely and signs off every caption "Bri")
mattzhaig
banhass
bakeoffreactions - funny memes

Wow that was a long list. I also follow my friends, various running accounts, local news accounts, industry accounts, supermarkets and brands I like.

Mum bloggers I like

Claire Witt - she lives on a farm has three lovely dc -one who is only a week old. She isn't like the other mum accounts I just find her content really calming.

3 princesses1dude- another normal mum her content is normal family life no airs and graces and no pretending she lives in a perfect photogenic world 😂. I ❤️ her.

Funny Instagram

Gary Janetti - mocks up pictures of Prince George bitching about other members of the RF.

WhatsTheTeaKeeKee and don't mess with Denise are a double act I don't even know how to describe them but they have me in stitches most days.

Interesting ones

National geographic
Humans of NY

Reece Witherspoon

Bowelbabe utterly inspirational 30 something living with stage 4 bowel cancer

Doesmybumlook40 I just love her style

Eva Chen. I'd never heard of her before Instagram but she works for their fashion department and knows exactly how to make it interesting and entertaining. She also seems like a really nice person which can be quite rare on Instagram.

Beth Sandland- love her account since she's been travelling the world.

My advice is as soon as an account starts to make you feel inferior in anyway, unfollow, not worth it. I've had to do this for a number of accounts, often for something as simple as someone saying how great their baby sleeps with a routine after a night of being up with mine!

I like Lena Heady and Pilou Aesbeck from GOT

Dr JoshuaWolrich 👏🏼

Thecraftyfox - motherhood and interiors. I came to her via her interiors but stayed for the hilarity of her stories on life with a baby and toddler. I’m completely past that stage with 2 teens now but, boy, would I have loved to have had her around when I was at the stage she’s at now. She swears like a trooper but it’s not affected and I find her very, very funny.