Dr Ailsa Boyd

Sunshine ☀️ means that I can look up ⬆️ I have never noticed this pillar detail on what remains of Ashton Road in the West End of Glasgow. It sticks out at the gable end where the rest of the road was demolished for the Boyd Orr building of 1972.

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Stop Government abusing planning rules to build on iconic public park London Gardens Trust is a small charity with a big mission to champion London’s historic parks, gardens, squares and green spaces for the benefit of everyone. Case advisor: Richard Buxton Solicitors

Below, an update on our campaign. The Holocaust Memorial Bill has now received Royal Assent.

Once the diggers move in there will be no going back, so we will now be campaigning for a fresh planning inquiry.

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Millais and The Sound of Many Waters An essay I wrote in 2005 about Millais's landscape painting and working with contemporary artists.

An essay I wrote in 2005 about Millais's landscape painting and working with contemporary artists.

There’s not much left pre-1980 for either building and they are on a steep hill. It’s all perilous and very sad.

School of Art concerns over O2 ABC redevelopment plans Developers are hoping to replace the Glasgow music venue with a public food hall and student flats.

I am involved in this hearing about the redevelopment around the Glasgow School of Art. With no progress on the GSA rebuilding, it makes it all the harder to decide on the fate of the rest of the site. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wikipedia was once an impossible dream. Today, it is 25 years of humanity at its best. Join us in celebrating what has become the backbone of knowledge on the internet.

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I knew it wasn't in USA!

You can use TinEye to reverse image search also.

Oh no that is terrible!

I drank a corpse reviver at a conference a few years ago, prepped by @digivictorian.bsky.social which was very spiffing!!

In Hookland, many a folkloric tale starts not with ‘A long time ago’ or ‘Far, far away’, but with the line: ‘Out across the dark moor where strange songs are still heard …’ For folklore tells strongly of place and our relationships to it. – Dr. M. Benn #Folklore #FolkloreThursday

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A banner draped on tailing at the steps of the People's Palace. There's a stone carved Glasgow CoA on the building behind

A wee wander round the Green today + spotted this banner someone has put at the front of the People's Palace - Elseth King RIP 🐦🌳🔔🐟

Love this!

When you feel depleted of enchantment, walk the wood. It is where magic lives loudly. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982

The department store architect: Gerald de Courcy Fraser Gerald de Courcy Fraser (1873 – 1952) was an architect who worked mostly in Liverpool and Birmingham and was the company architect for Lewis’s department stores.

My latest blog is some original research into art deco architect Gerald de Courcy Fraser (1873 – 1952) who was the company architect for Lewis’s department stores.

I love all the different fonts.

Joyous crowd gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall celebrating the Internet Archive.

It's official! 🏛️ 🎉 The SF Board of Supervisors has unanimously declared October 22, 2025 as Internet Archive Day — celebrating our 1️⃣ trillion webpages preserved & our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge.

Learn more & celebrate with us tonight! ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

There’s a new piece on my website about my recent trip to the South West to a church designed by #OwenJonesArchitect in 1847, St Bartholomew, Sutton Waldron. I was asked to speak at the celebration of the completion of major restorations to the church wall decorations by Owen Jones.

Osler’s fountain! But, the inside isn’t the colours chosen by #OwenJonesArchitect ☹️

Sorry about the formatting from Wordpress 🙁 Click through to my website for all the info in clear English!

I normally tag him #OwenJonesArchitect to prevent the confusion!

Owen Jones in Dorset I am delighted to be speaking on Owen Jones in Sutton Waldron, Dorset, on Sat 26th September, to celebrate the completion of the restoration of St Bartholomew’s Church. St Bartholomew's, Sutton Waldron (c) Dominick Swift Jones decorated the interior of this 1847 Gothic church in his characteristic colourful style. There is a whole weekend of events planned, from a concert, exhibition, activities, thanksgiving service and talks by myself, Philip Emery and Caroline Dakers.

Owen Jones in Dorset

I am delighted to be speaking on Owen Jones in Sutton Waldron, Dorset, on Sat 26th September, to celebrate the completion of the restoration of St Bartholomew’s Church. St Bartholomew's, Sutton Waldron (c) Dominick Swift Jones decorated the interior of this 1847 Gothic church…

Screenshot of document: “ according to Arendt, totalitarian regimes employ the following strategies to achieve and maintain power that ‘works from within,’ meaning on an individual, psychological level: 1. denial of economic realities / promotion of ‘classless’ society and conversion of social / economic classes into masses, or mobs 2. propaganda and suppression of the media 3. terror, which becomes an “essential function of government” 4. imposed statelessness, by which regimes decree who does and does not count as “citizens” 4. supplanting intellectuals and creatives: “The consistent persecution of every higher form of intellectual activity by the new mass leaders springs from more than their natural resentment against everything they cannot understand … Totalitarianism [] invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty” (377). 5. the imperial boomerang, or the idea that governments that develop repressive techniques to control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens. 6. fake government functions, organizations, or agencies 7. loneliness”

Checking off lots of items on Arendt’s list today

Someone on Twitter writes: "You think he gives a shit? His company (and net worth) went up in magnitudes of billions during his presentation yesterday. That's the last thing he cares about. :laughing emoji:

Any time I talk about a wealthy person's outfit, someone in the comments is quick to reply: "They're rich, you think they care?" No one has to care about my opinions or clothes, regardless of net worth.

But let's talk about the connection between wealth and aesthetics 🧵

Sign the Petition Save our School Librarians! Reverse proposed cuts to Glasgow schools

Please sign this petition about the removal of librarians from Glasgow schools.

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Every single high school in Glasgow will lose its librarian under the current plans.

It is happening after SNP and Green councillors voted for major education cuts in the Glasgow City Council budget.

How fascinating- I did not know about this!