Boyle later attended Queen’s University Belfast where he studied for an electrical engineering degree but failed his final exams.
[3] While studying in Belfast, Boyle edited a student science magazine called Spectrum and pursued interests in the paranormal, alternative philosophy, libertarian and anarchist politics, and pirate radio.
[4] [5] Moving from Belfast to London, Boyle worked as a journalist on Electronics Weekly before founding Undercurrents in 1972, having had the idea for an ‘underground’ science and technology magazine since the late 1960s, which would drawing on titles such as Oz and International Times, as well as more obscure publications.
[2] [5] Issue 2 of Undercurrents was dedicated to energy and produced in time for the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, in summer 1972, which Boyle attended with the editorial team, including Peter Harper (credited with coining the term ‘alternative technology’), who organised a ‘People’s Technology Exhibition’ as an alternative event during the conference.
[9] In 1973 Boyle married Sally Maloney, whom he met upon moving to London and who worked on the graphic design and layout for Undercurrents.