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Alex Boyd

@alexanderboyd.bsky.social

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Photographer, writer, academic, PhD. Mountains, Scotland and other such things. Current academic work: Ukraine and the war on the environment. Environmental historian. www.alex-boyd.com (Location: Scotland / Australia) #MDANT

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · May 22

Hello all! Myself and two friends are cycling 250 miles along the Caledonian Way this Saturday. We are hoping to fund efforts to replace some of the 15,000 trees lost after a devastating wildfire on Arran in April. If you are able to donate or to share this post it would be hugely appreciated ❤️

Ride for Glen Rosa

Help Alex Boyd raise money to support National Trust for Scotland

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · 15d

Orange Goblin must be furious about Trump.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 20d

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Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks Marc - much appreciated!

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Aug 8

It's a nice blend of all three - a touch of the totalitarian from Orwell, the debilitating soma of tech from Huxley, the nightmare of losing ourselves in said tech from Philip K. Dick. I'd do something about it obviously but I'm too busy checking my phone for updates on all the horror.

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'm honestly terrible at social media. The self-promotion thing seems like an absolute grind these days. Instead I've been writing and spending time with the kid, slowly working on photography projects. The usual. Disgustingly wholesome stuff. You?

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'd love to know @nivenj1.bsky.social take on this.

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Aug 8

Do you know what the first largest one was? I recently saw the exhibition on Hohne (Bergen Belsen) at the Wiener Library and wanted to learn more about the DP camps following that.

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · Aug 8

Masha
Маша

From ‘The Land is Yellow, the Sky is Blue’.

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Kristie De Garis @kristiedegaris.bsky.social · Jul 1

A childhood dream come true! My drystone worked featured in the July/August issue of world-renowned Smithsonian Magazine.

I was so proud to show my daughters this article. Click through for link to the online post.

kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/my-dryston...

#Scotland #Writing #Culture #History

My Drystone Work Featured in The Smithsonian Magazine

I am beyond pleased to share that I am featured in the latest issue of world renowned publication, The Smithsonian Magazine (July/August 2025).

kristiedegaris.substack.com

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Jun 20

I did - I haven't read it yet, but it arrived a few days ago!

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Jun 20

Solidarity ✊

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Jun 17

Oh, I listened to it a while ago - and you are right - this is 100% my thing. I spent yesterday working through my Dad's images from NI.

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Mark Guiles @culturedmeat.bsky.social · Jun 4

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all." - G. K. Chesterton

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Brian David Stevens @briandavidstevens.bsky.social · Jun 2

New work: A picture of my friend and fellow photographer Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social taken in London May 2025

“The symbol is my clan gesture 'confido' i trust - and the tattoo is from the Hugh MacDiarmid book ' Scottish Eccentrics' “

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · May 22

Hello all! Myself and two friends are cycling 250 miles along the Caledonian Way this Saturday. We are hoping to fund efforts to replace some of the 15,000 trees lost after a devastating wildfire on Arran in April. If you are able to donate or to share this post it would be hugely appreciated ❤️

Ride for Glen Rosa

Help Alex Boyd raise money to support National Trust for Scotland

www.justgiving.com

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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · May 12

Today at 1pm @alexanderboyd.bsky.social ✨

Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · Apr 14

I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.

Drone shot of the affects of bomb practice at Cape Wrath in the North West of Scotland, photograph by Alex Boyd

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · May 12

It suits the mood! (oh and I'm all for lightweight cameras on hill excursions) 😆

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Apr 30

Haha, any time. Now, have you considered a post-doc yet?

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Apr 17

I remember this had an incredible soundtrack. I went back and listened: time has not been kind.

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Lesley McFadyen @lesleymcf.bsky.social · Apr 14

I am so excited that @alexanderboyd.bsky.social is coming to @bbkhistorical.bsky.social on the 12th May! He will give the talk 'A Hidden History of Violence', Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square - 1pm to 2:30pm.

Drone shot of the affects of bomb practice at Cape Wrath in the North West of Scotland, photograph by Alex Boyd

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Apr 7

Reading this in Australia. It isn't rocket science: we need total fire bans.

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Apr 7

I'm currently working through 20 years of photographic work, scanning images that feel like they are from several lifetimes ago. From Scottish mountain tops to burning forests in Australia, I'll slowly start sharing this archive over the coming year. Oh and some new work!

A polaroid of a small child playing in a woodland while light streams through smoke from a burning fire.

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today is another reminder of why Universities just aren't suited for people with ADHD. The unrelenting bureaucracy is absolutely crippling when you just want to put pen to paper. It would also help if online forms weren't designed by the most misanthropic members of society.

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Dr Andrew Demetrius @demetrius-art.bsky.social · Apr 4

Academics take note.

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Apr 3

“Er, my question is really in two parts…”

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Alex Boyd @alexanderboyd.bsky.social · Apr 1

Ah FANTASTIC! I'm over here and have been looking to get a copy ❤️