Di(on) Alexander
Locally affordable rural housing = sustainable community development - inextricable. Extreme fuel poverty and off-gas areas - woeful. Old boy now but still agitating away at both for the Highlands & Islands, my home since 1971. Wide awake - mostly.
@jreland.bsky.social
Research Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe. Looking at UK-EU relations, regulatory divergence and European politics.
@climateanalytics.org
Global climate science and policy institute working to accelerate climate action and keep warming below 1.5°C.
@neilgrant.bsky.social
Climate and Energy Analyst @Climate Analytics. Energy transitions | Climate justice
@highlandsrewilding.bsky.social
Nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding, taken to scale. Sharing news of rewilding hope, action, progress and investment in scaling nature-based solutions. www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk #rewilding #naturerecovery #community
@hiescotland.bsky.social
We are Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), an ambitious organisation supporting economic and community development across half of Scotland from Shetland to Argyll, and the Outer Hebrides to Moray.
@thehistoryguy.bsky.social
Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc Nature, climate, people. Prof at Cambridge. https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
@malcolmcombe.bsky.social
Scots academic lawyer based at the University of Strathclyde. Interested in access to: a) land; and b) justice. Don (in the fitba sense). Blogs a bit. Demi-Gael.
@joshuarozenberg.bsky.social
KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
@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
@kgjura.bsky.social
Island dweller / accidental academic studying island connections & return migration at the University of Aberdeen / James Hutton Inst. Funding: Macaulay Devt Trust. Co-convenor of SICRI New Voices in Island Studies network. #IslandStudies #IslandsResearch
@asls.org.uk
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://asls.org.uk
@treesforlife.bsky.social
Rewilding the Scottish Highlands. Hopeful and bold, we are committed to creating nature-rich landscapes that include and support people.
@jillongovt.bsky.social
UK in a Changing Europe and Institute for Government. Government, civil service, policy and Brexit. Cricket fan and tennis player.
@mauricejcasey.com
Historian of intimacy and revolution in interwar Europe (think Marks & Engels meets Mills & Boon). Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats: archiverats.substack.com
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Writer, strategist, co-presenter the U.K. No1 podcast The Rest Is Politics … love Britain hate Brexit, loved Twitter loathe Musk n Trump
@timbale.bsky.social
Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London & author of The Conservative Party after Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation (out in pbk soon!). The bits and pieces I do for websites and newspapers turn up eventually at https://proftimbale.com
@alisonstrange.bsky.social
Crofter, ecologist, activist (without the super glue), ex-researcher, passionate about community, self sufficiency, textiles, re-peopling, nature restoration, my dogs and sheep, fairness and equality, not much of an entrepreneur
@privateeyenews.bsky.social
Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism. Website: https://private-eye.co.uk Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
@helenbarnard.bsky.social
Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
@mikemelton.bsky.social
All photos are my own and not AI. I am a filmmaker and photographer based in Olympia, WA, and Bijagua, Costa Rica @casabentbill.bsky.social but I spend as much time as I can in hot, humid, tropical forests. Because that's where the birds are! he/him
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social
Journalist, Blossom & Thrive, Director http://nordichorizons.org, Columnist http://thenational.scot. Podcast http://lesleyriddoch.com Denmark & Estonia films https://www.youtube.com/@Lesley_Riddoch
@gardenmothscheme.bsky.social
A UK, Ireland and Channel Islands recording scheme aiming to record moth trends using data created by weekly moth-trapping volunteers. Open to all, find out more here: https://gardenmothscheme.org.uk/ Proud member of #TeamMoth #MothsMatter
@dendrochronicle.bsky.social
I’m a heritage dendrochronologist in Scotland. My consultancy Dendrochronicle undertakes projects in tree-ring dating, archaeology, buildings, cultural wooded landscapes for archaeological, environmental & community bodies. https://dendrochronicle.co.uk/
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
The Scotland arm of the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. We create, protect & restore native woods & trees for people & wildlife, to combat climate change & build a greener future.
@hebridesnews.bsky.social
@islaybookfest.bsky.social
Fèis Leabhraichean Ìle: where whisky, birds and literature meet. Next festival taking place 28th August - 31st August 2025. 📚
@bookbrunch.bsky.social
Your daily serving of news and views, promising unrivalled publishing perspective and knowledge. BookBrunch is the essential tool for the book industry. https://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/
@isleofeigg.bsky.social
115 or so people on our community-owned, beautiful and welcoming island which generates its own electricity from wind, sun & water. #nature #culture #community www.isleofeigg.org
@metoffice.bsky.social
Official UK Met Office account. Get the weather in your hand with our app: http://linktr.ee/MOContent
@elherrerillo.bsky.social
Un buen lugar para encontrar información sobre ornitología y fauna autóctona
@annettedittert.bsky.social
Senior Correspondent ARD German TV London • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
@ianbirrell.bsky.social
Foreign correspondent, columnist, campaigner, co-founder Aftica Express, citizen of the world and a bit more besides…
@carsonmaryc.bsky.social
Curious, opinionated watching. London by Derry | Have previous @guardian @BBC @Channel4 @Discovery @L_Sentinel | Producer MyFriendLanre | Handy with a camera |
@rarebirdspain.bsky.social
Ultimate 24 years in a row source of rare bird reports in Spain. Formerly in twitter, now here. Check the blog http://rarebirdspain.blogspot.com
@rosatkins.bsky.social
BBC News Analysis Editor, The Media Show, 'The Art of Explanation', 'Communicating...' podcast, squash enthusiast, occasional DJ. Agent: annie@miradormanagement.co.uk
@andywightman.scot
Land campaigner, former MSP, forester, author The Poor Had No Lawyers. http://andywightman.scot & http://whoownsscotland.org.uk
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
Founded MoneySavingExpert, Money & Mental Health Policy Institute, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
@deborahmeaden.bsky.social
Investor, TV Dragon, Planet Hugger and admirer of many things.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@evanhd.bsky.social
The bloke who presents the BBC Radio 4 PM programme as well as the Bottom Line. And Dragons Den on BBC1. I try to be reasonable, but it is sometimes a struggle.
@lowcarbonhomes.bsky.social
Domestic property energy consumption contributes significantly to UK carbon emissions (14%). Low Carbon Homes tackles this by fostering collaboration among housing professionals and suppliers to accelerate retrofitting existing homes | Retrofit Action Week