Alex Boyd
@alexanderboyd.bsky.social
Photographer, writer, academic, PhD. Mountains. Art. Scottish art. www.alex-boyd.com (Location: Scotland / Australia) #MDANT
Genuinely crushed this morning to read about the death of John Douglas of the Trashcan Sinatras. His songs soundtracked my and countless others lives for decades, and he managed to do the impossible - make me proud to come from Irvine. Thoughts with his family and friends.
Scottish musician and Trashcan Sinatras guitarist John Douglas has died aged 62
John Douglas, a songwriter and guitarist in the Scottish indie rock band Trashcan Sinatras, has died at the age of 62.
glasgowtimes.co.uk
Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning. But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water. This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs: www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...
An Tir Briste (The Broken Land). Images shot on a beaten up medium format camera on the island of Hirta (part of the St Kilda Archipelago) and on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Score by the composer Giles Lamb.
UK writers - have any of you signed up for the ACLS - AI Training License? My publisher has, and I'm unsure what to do. I loathe AI in general and what it's doing to the arts, but wondered what others think about such licenses.
@outdoorscots.bsky.social I've just read your review of Upland - and agree about the final third of the book. I felt it ended pretty abruptly, and would have happily read a few more chapters. He did a great job of distilling quite complex topics from geology to land management though.
I enjoyed Upland by Ed Douglas. While it doesn't really offer anything new to mountain histories, it's a pleasant way to spend a few hours. He does however get bonus points for attacking colonialism and hubris in our high places where he finds it. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Upland by Ed Douglas review – a glorious survey of Britain’s high places
The writer and climber brings colour and carnival to his account of a country and people shaped by its mountains
theguardian.com
After a year of negotiation I've finally managed to find a couple of days a week to get back to a project close to my heart. Here are a few books on my shelf to give you a clue as to what I'm writing about 😆 #amwriting #naturewriting
Writing query - can you help? With an overarching theme of chronic illness/disability in nature/place writing I'm looking at national prizes e.g. Wainwright as examples of bias/representation in the pub industry for my PhD. What has been said/written on diversity? #NatureWriting
Leonora Carrington in her Greenwich Village apartment, New York.
Today was spent taking some final shots of old negatives for a new photography book due out later this year...
from the mills to the stars .....a walk up Ingleborough yesterday
"The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one." Ed Luce in fine form in the FT quoting Bill Gates on the evil & threat of Elon Musk to democracy. www.ft.com/content/77af...
Wood engraving, Cir Mhòr, Arran. Printed in three graded ink layers to enhance the aerial perspective I failed to capture in the engraving! Time-consuming but I learned a few things. 150x100 mm. #art #prints #printmaking #mountains #Scotland #landscape
@johnaltringham.bsky.social hi John! an email in the morning 👍
I just want to state that although I am writing about swimming in a Scottish Loch it's not a nature cure narrative (the horror) because I didn't go to Oxbridge. It was just 'pure chanking' as we say in Ayrshire.
Alex Boyd@alexanderboyd.bsky.social · 2mo agoWriting about the Cuillin Mountains in Skye today. 8 years ago I swam beneath them in Loch Coruisk. I've finally warmed up. #amwriting
Writing about the Cuillin Mountains in Skye today. 8 years ago I swam beneath them in Loch Coruisk. I've finally warmed up. #amwriting
Another great artist gone — David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88
nytimes.com
#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct! Submit free via Submittable 👇 nws.submittable.com/submit
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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?
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all." - G. K. Chesterton
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' “
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
justgiving.com
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.
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!
