Peter Ross
@peteralanross.bsky.social
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New book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland, will be published by Headline on September 11, 2025. Available for pre-order here: https://linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHorse
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peteralanross.bsky.social
"Edwyn Collins is allergic to nostalgia, but gave the impression that he was saying goodbye to these songs, skimming them like stones on a loch."
It was a privilege to attend and write about the Glasgow date of this farewell tour. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Edwyn Collins review — a beautiful, five-star goodbye
The Scottish singer’s farewell tour, prompted by ill health at the age of 66, introduced new songs and brought together his old band mates in a stunning concert
www.thetimes.com
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danigaravelli.bsky.social
“Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped.” There is noone who does match reports like @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. Every line of this is genius.
peteralanross.bsky.social
I want to live in Clay Pipe, or at least have it live in me.
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johnevigar.bsky.social
This door at Eastwood church in Essex dates from about 1150, which is extremely rare. The hinge has an inscription which (more or less) says ‘blessings on those who come and go’.
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graemewsmith.bsky.social
Thursday, Edinburgh. Can’t wait.
peteralanross.bsky.social
"Edwyn Collins is allergic to nostalgia, but gave the impression that he was saying goodbye to these songs, skimming them like stones on a loch."
It was a privilege to attend and write about the Glasgow date of this farewell tour. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Edwyn Collins review — a beautiful, five-star goodbye
The Scottish singer’s farewell tour, prompted by ill health at the age of 66, introduced new songs and brought together his old band mates in a stunning concert
www.thetimes.com
peteralanross.bsky.social
Total pricks. The arrogance and ignorance of it.
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
I also hope that, never again, will I have to phone a priest and say "I am so sorry but I have lost the jawbone".
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tessmachling.bsky.social
Awful news! Following the theft of the Ely Bronze Age torc & a Bronze Age bracelet in 2024,now more Bronze Age gold has been stolen from St Fagans Museum in Cardiff. 😔

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Bronze age gold jewellery stolen in raid on St Fagans museum in Cardiff
South Wales police issue public appeal for information after burglary at one of Wales’s most beloved museums
www.theguardian.com
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katherinemcdon.bsky.social
I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.
Small votive dedication to Hades showing a man in a chariot and, sorry, a chicken. With greek inscription.
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barbdrummond.bsky.social
From @PeterRoss @SteepleChasing trying to make sense of #Glastonbury
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thebotmakes.bsky.social
The Gogar Stone in Edinburgh. Not the biggest stone but close enough to my work to make it a lunchtime megalith, and i was grinning like an idiot on the way back to work at the thought of that 😀 #StandingStoneSunday @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social
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urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
Always a pleasure to visit the incredible Ballochmyle rock art panel in Ayrshire. I visited today with the Dundonald Castle YAC and the kids enjoyed doing some rock art recording! This is truly a hidden gem of Scottish archaeology.
Me at Ballochmyle YAC members recording rock art at Ballochmyle YAC members recording rock art at Ballochmyle
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claireboardman.bsky.social
There's something about the subtle abstraction in Rose Ferraby's landscapes that always draws me in. I have a similar response to Paul Nash's work on the same subject almost a century earlier.

Downland: Art & the Archaeological Imagination: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Art meets archaeology in new exhibition about Wiltshire landscape
Artist and archaeologist Dr Rose Ferraby's exhibition aims to show Wiltshire's influence on art.
www.bbc.co.uk
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anitachaudhuri.bsky.social
Only just caught up with Peter Ross’s beautiful review. Going by last night’s London gig, 100% true: “His concerts have become acts of thanksgiving for his life and work. Now, as he plays these songs for the last few times, that feeling is ever deeper. People had come to let him know he is loved.”
peteralanross.bsky.social
"Edwyn Collins is allergic to nostalgia, but gave the impression that he was saying goodbye to these songs, skimming them like stones on a loch."
It was a privilege to attend and write about the Glasgow date of this farewell tour. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Edwyn Collins review — a beautiful, five-star goodbye
The Scottish singer’s farewell tour, prompted by ill health at the age of 66, introduced new songs and brought together his old band mates in a stunning concert
www.thetimes.com
Reposted by Peter Ross
birmingham81.bsky.social
Here's a poster from the first time I saw Edwyn Collins, when Orange Juice played in Oxford in 1981. He's been a hero ever since. Now on my way to see him for what may be the last time. It's going to be emotional