Alex Ekins
@alexekins.bsky.social
Writer, Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor, Artist and Photojournalist
Http://alexekins.co.uk
Http://alexekins.co.uk
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‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
Charity plans to make stately homes more welcoming by inviting visitors to use furniture and reading rooms
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 AM
‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use
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Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."
January 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."
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BBC News - Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home
Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team had helped the man off the peak after he got stuck in wintry conditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
BBC News - Climber with hypothermia airlifted off Glencoe mountain gets bus home
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you've ever wondered why our peregrines are disappearing, here's the answer. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds
Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
If you've ever wondered why our peregrines are disappearing, here's the answer. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Just in case you're wondering, today is Sunday.
December 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just in case you're wondering, today is Sunday.
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Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
Shooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law.
At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets – their young – often orphaned as a result. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
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Glaciers set to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
- #climatecrisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
Research by @landervt.bsky.social et el
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- #climatecrisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
Research by @landervt.bsky.social et el
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Glaciers set to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
- #climatecrisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
Research by @landervt.bsky.social et el
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- #climatecrisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
Research by @landervt.bsky.social et el
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?
The answer is simple.
#Reading #Writing #NatureWriting #Nature #Scotland #Books
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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?
The answer is simple.
#Reading #Writing #NatureWriting #Nature #Scotland #Books
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there
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Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Last chance to register for our webinar on the Earth Rover Program, starting at 14.00 GMT. Intro by the brilliant Kate Raworth, then explanations of the concept and the science by some of our scientists and technicians. Register to obtain link. Hope to see you there
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growing
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Time-lapse of various species of mushrooms growing
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China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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So, this happened… thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So, this happened… thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social
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One of my favorite stories I’ve written for ExWeb. Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
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How Far Can You Hike With Only What’s on Your Back? » Explorersweb
Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
explorersweb.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One of my favorite stories I’ve written for ExWeb. Roman Dial is both an Alaskan backcountry legend and a mathematician. He combined the two to come up with a formula on how far you can hike unsupported.
explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
explorersweb.com/how-far-can-...
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Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Right to swim and wild camp in England should be enshrined in law, Labour MPs say
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Labour MPs today call for new legislation to extend a right of responsible access to more English landscapes, and for the right to swim and wild camp to be enshrined in law
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@righttoroam.bsky.social inputted to this new report from the APPG for access to nature:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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Collapse of Grande Motte north face Glacier (~3300 m, Tignes) likely during thursday night! 🧊🌊
📷 Eric Charamel
📷 Eric Charamel
August 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Collapse of Grande Motte north face Glacier (~3300 m, Tignes) likely during thursday night! 🧊🌊
📷 Eric Charamel
📷 Eric Charamel
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Ice thickness loss at this place on Mer de Glace exceeds 10 cm per day since the August heatwave began! 🔥 📈
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
Mer de Glace, Chamonix, earlier this week. The sad tarpaulin over the visitor glacier grotto shows how desperate it is to save this glacier. It also shows how hopeless it is. The only way to save the glaciers is to urgently cut carbon emissions.
August 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ice thickness loss at this place on Mer de Glace exceeds 10 cm per day since the August heatwave began! 🔥 📈
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
Since May, the cumulative loss is around 8 meters!
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Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for community
Moscar Moor is not for sale, but the group hopes to secure it under new Community Right to Buy law.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Sheffield campaigners launch bid to buy Moscar Moor for the community
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Local Labour councillor Minesh Parekh said: “I look forward to people making use of the upcoming 'Community Right to Buy' legislation to bring mismanaged land into community hands”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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'Glacier des Bossons'
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
July 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
'Glacier des Bossons'
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.
Francis Frith
c. 1870
Seeing this carefree scene, it's hard to believe this natural monument is about to cut in the icefall at the top of the image! 😰
Man's hold over living and non-living things has destroyed Beauty.