Peter Ross
@peteralanross.bsky.social
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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I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
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This parrot is one of the more unusual items in the Abbey's collection. It belonged for 40 years to Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond, and is on display with her funeral effigy in our museum, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. It's thought to be the oldest stuffed bird in the UK.
#EYAPets
#EYAPets
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This parrot is one of the more unusual items in the Abbey's collection. It belonged for 40 years to Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond, and is on display with her funeral effigy in our museum, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. It's thought to be the oldest stuffed bird in the UK.
#EYAPets
#EYAPets
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A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the
@backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, receive moral instruction from the gingerilliant Countess of MAT, support the podcast.
This week: CMAT, Euro-Country.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the
@backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, receive moral instruction from the gingerilliant Countess of MAT, support the podcast.
This week: CMAT, Euro-Country.
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@backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, receive moral instruction from the gingerilliant Countess of MAT, support the podcast.
This week: CMAT, Euro-Country.
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"Peter Ross is a wonderful companion to walk alongside, taking the reader to places they didn’t know, and didn’t know they needed to go. "
I'm grateful to Jo Bourne for this review of Upon A White Horse, especially as her own book, Flint: A Lithic Love Letter, is terrific. Many thanks, Jo.
I'm grateful to Jo Bourne for this review of Upon A White Horse, especially as her own book, Flint: A Lithic Love Letter, is terrific. Many thanks, Jo.
A link to a new article on the Ness in the New Yorker magazine and a review of Peter Ross' "Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland"
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/new-yorker-2...
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/new-yorker-2...
Ness in ‘New Yorker’ and review of ‘Upon a White Horse’
A link to a new article on the Ness in the New Yorker magazine and a review of Peter Ross’ “Upon a White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland”
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"Peter Ross is a wonderful companion to walk alongside, taking the reader to places they didn’t know, and didn’t know they needed to go. "
I'm grateful to Jo Bourne for this review of Upon A White Horse, especially as her own book, Flint: A Lithic Love Letter, is terrific. Many thanks, Jo.
I'm grateful to Jo Bourne for this review of Upon A White Horse, especially as her own book, Flint: A Lithic Love Letter, is terrific. Many thanks, Jo.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
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I'm not really starting a substack, I don't think. But 1 of the best things that happened to me this year was being shortlisted for the Anne Brown essay prize. The essay was on my great aunt, her house & her remarkable siblings. You can read it here, if you like. danigaravelli.substack.com/p/lepanto
Lepanto
LEPANTO
danigaravelli.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I'm not really starting a substack, I don't think. But 1 of the best things that happened to me this year was being shortlisted for the Anne Brown essay prize. The essay was on my great aunt, her house & her remarkable siblings. You can read it here, if you like. danigaravelli.substack.com/p/lepanto
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Our Pastelism 1, 2, 3 tote is on Monorail's Christmas list. It's in red so could almost serve as a superior modern day stocking which you could fill up with other stuff from the list. Thanks! monorailmusic.com/shop/?_sft_l... @monorailmusic.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Our Pastelism 1, 2, 3 tote is on Monorail's Christmas list. It's in red so could almost serve as a superior modern day stocking which you could fill up with other stuff from the list. Thanks! monorailmusic.com/shop/?_sft_l... @monorailmusic.bsky.social
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
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Excellent article by Alex Ross on the enduring power of Neolithic Orkney, from this week’s @newyorker.com
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.
www.newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Excellent article by Alex Ross on the enduring power of Neolithic Orkney, from this week’s @newyorker.com
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Set your watches, folks, this will be *brilliant*!
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Set your watches, folks, this will be *brilliant*!
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
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Had too, too much fun doing this! But here you might find tough rural girls of slender means, Jinny at Finmory, Rosemary Sutcliff & Alan Garner, books set where you live, that deepen the landscape, Hardy, the Brontes, & a self-education in Art Philosophy! Put the kettle on…
New on the Writer’s Bookshelf this morning: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the wonderful @nicolawriting.bsky.social. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
The writer's bookshelf: Nicola Chester
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
mathewlyons.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Had too, too much fun doing this! But here you might find tough rural girls of slender means, Jinny at Finmory, Rosemary Sutcliff & Alan Garner, books set where you live, that deepen the landscape, Hardy, the Brontes, & a self-education in Art Philosophy! Put the kettle on…
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The Hampden Bowling Club in the Southside of Glasgow lit up for #StAndrewsDay
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Hampden Bowling Club in the Southside of Glasgow lit up for #StAndrewsDay
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Glasgow is having one of those mornings when the sky and stone create works of art wherever you look.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Glasgow is having one of those mornings when the sky and stone create works of art wherever you look.
"This is one of the most exhilarating shows I’ve ever seen."
Wonderful piece, by @lauracummingart.bsky.social, on the Tate's new Constable and Turner exhibition. Does anyone know if their Stonehenge pictures are in this show? observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
Wonderful piece, by @lauracummingart.bsky.social, on the Tate's new Constable and Turner exhibition. Does anyone know if their Stonehenge pictures are in this show? observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
Turner and Constable as they’ve never been seen before | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"This is one of the most exhilarating shows I’ve ever seen."
Wonderful piece, by @lauracummingart.bsky.social, on the Tate's new Constable and Turner exhibition. Does anyone know if their Stonehenge pictures are in this show? observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
Wonderful piece, by @lauracummingart.bsky.social, on the Tate's new Constable and Turner exhibition. Does anyone know if their Stonehenge pictures are in this show? observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
"That the consequences of a Reform government — for the UK, for Ukraine, for all Europe — would be catastrophic is now plain. We need to stop pussy-footing around: to call out racism where we see it, to unite, politically and socially, against Farage ..."
Excellent @danigaravelli.bsky.social column.
Excellent @danigaravelli.bsky.social column.
"It wouldn't be so bad if [they] integrated. They should learn to speak English. But only if it doesn’t require any effort on our part. If you encounter such efforts, get your placards out." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on racism, contradictions, a world gone mad & uniting against Reform.
Dani Garavelli: 'The consequences of a Reform government would be catastrophic'
We must unite against Farage and stop running like lemmings into the abyss
www.heraldscotland.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"That the consequences of a Reform government — for the UK, for Ukraine, for all Europe — would be catastrophic is now plain. We need to stop pussy-footing around: to call out racism where we see it, to unite, politically and socially, against Farage ..."
Excellent @danigaravelli.bsky.social column.
Excellent @danigaravelli.bsky.social column.
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No. No. No. No. No.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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I've just finished listening to the audiobook of Peter Ross's latest book, Upon a White Horse, excellently narrated by Peter himself. It is fascinating, both from the places included, the depth of perspectives they're looked at from, and the people Peter discusses them with. Really recommend it!
Thank you to everyone for their good wishes on the publication of Upon A White Horse. It was heartening to hear from so many of you. I hope that you will enjoy the book.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I've just finished listening to the audiobook of Peter Ross's latest book, Upon a White Horse, excellently narrated by Peter himself. It is fascinating, both from the places included, the depth of perspectives they're looked at from, and the people Peter discusses them with. Really recommend it!
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City of the Dead
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
City of the Dead
“Ross is not just writing about a specific place or feature, but the people associated with it. It’s a gallimaufry of encounters.”
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“Ross is not just writing about a specific place or feature, but the people associated with it. It’s a gallimaufry of encounters.”
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
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My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
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November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
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