Peter Ross
@peteralanross.bsky.social
Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards.
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Pick of the Week - Chris Hawkins - BBC Sounds
Chris Hawkins presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
Many thanks to @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social for including Upon A White Horse in Radio 4's Pick Of The Week. It broadcasts at 6.15pm today, and is on BBC Sounds now. I'm grateful for Chris's kind words about both my writing and the actor Andy Clark's reading of it. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I like how this implies all foxes keep a pet mole in a little kennel.
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I like how this implies all foxes keep a pet mole in a little kennel.
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"The only 1st Amendment rights Trump is interested in are those of the powerful, & those of us who refuse to run our social media accounts according to his diktats will have to reconcile ourselves to not visiting a country he is, in any case, destroying." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column.
Dani Garavelli: How fear and false narratives are boiling away our freedoms
As fear-driven narratives tighten their grip, civil liberties are being chipped away in plain sight — from Trump’s visa diktats to UK…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The only 1st Amendment rights Trump is interested in are those of the powerful, & those of us who refuse to run our social media accounts according to his diktats will have to reconcile ourselves to not visiting a country he is, in any case, destroying." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column.
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Trump is trying to rig the geopolitical game at Ukraine and Europe’s cost - Today’s in-depth international read👇
www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...
www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...
David Pratt: Donald Trump is trying to rig the geopolitical game
This time last week, I was in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv that sits close to the Black Sea. It wasn’t my first trip there
www.thenational.scot
December 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Trump is trying to rig the geopolitical game at Ukraine and Europe’s cost - Today’s in-depth international read👇
www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...
www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...
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Writing With: Beasts, Work, Windows, Mirrors, Music, Jack Gilbert and Mis-placed things, our North Sea Poets 2026 spring course is now available. For all details, and to book, please click below.
www.northseapoets.com/courses
www.northseapoets.com/courses
Courses | North Sea Poets
Want to learn creative poetry techniques from the best? Explore our upcoming courses.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Writing With: Beasts, Work, Windows, Mirrors, Music, Jack Gilbert and Mis-placed things, our North Sea Poets 2026 spring course is now available. For all details, and to book, please click below.
www.northseapoets.com/courses
www.northseapoets.com/courses
Many thanks to @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social for including Upon A White Horse in Radio 4's Pick Of The Week. It broadcasts at 6.15pm today, and is on BBC Sounds now. I'm grateful for Chris's kind words about both my writing and the actor Andy Clark's reading of it. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Pick of the Week - Chris Hawkins - BBC Sounds
Chris Hawkins presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Many thanks to @chrishawkinsdj.bsky.social for including Upon A White Horse in Radio 4's Pick Of The Week. It broadcasts at 6.15pm today, and is on BBC Sounds now. I'm grateful for Chris's kind words about both my writing and the actor Andy Clark's reading of it. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In some places, winter is a blessing. Living near a deep pool or pond, you greet mornings of savage cold with a smile. It means things will be quiet. It means the Stay Belows are hibernating in the mud. Nobody is going in and nothing is coming out of it today. – William Weston #VOH
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In some places, winter is a blessing. Living near a deep pool or pond, you greet mornings of savage cold with a smile. It means things will be quiet. It means the Stay Belows are hibernating in the mud. Nobody is going in and nothing is coming out of it today. – William Weston #VOH
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Join us for a historic moment in the heart of Dorchester!
Visible Women UK proudly invites you to the unveiling of the new statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner on Sunday, 14th December at 1pm sharp. townsendwarner.com/join-us-in-d...
Visible Women UK proudly invites you to the unveiling of the new statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner on Sunday, 14th December at 1pm sharp. townsendwarner.com/join-us-in-d...
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us for a historic moment in the heart of Dorchester!
Visible Women UK proudly invites you to the unveiling of the new statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner on Sunday, 14th December at 1pm sharp. townsendwarner.com/join-us-in-d...
Visible Women UK proudly invites you to the unveiling of the new statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner on Sunday, 14th December at 1pm sharp. townsendwarner.com/join-us-in-d...
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The Krampus Tree hast gone live...
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Krampus Tree hast gone live...
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This was a great listen whilst riding across the South Downs in the late afternoon winter sun
"I want these books to feel like communities."
I spoke with @stoneclub.bsky.social podcast about Upon A White Horse & my working methods, the desire to fill my writing with the voices of other people. Thanks to @matthewmshaw.bsky.social for the invitation and conversation. stoneclub.rocks/podcast
I spoke with @stoneclub.bsky.social podcast about Upon A White Horse & my working methods, the desire to fill my writing with the voices of other people. Thanks to @matthewmshaw.bsky.social for the invitation and conversation. stoneclub.rocks/podcast
Stone Club Walks and Talks — Stone Club
Stone Club believes the journey is as important as the destination and encourages people to pause and think about place in new ways; connecting ancient sites through community and conversation.
Stone...
stoneclub.rocks
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This was a great listen whilst riding across the South Downs in the late afternoon winter sun
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The big Tescos in Skegness has a porch offer cat as well! Met them in November - a glorious beast.
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The big Tescos in Skegness has a porch offer cat as well! Met them in November - a glorious beast.
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Unexpected small joys are glorious - and a cat makes any place better 😍 (a friend lived in Dunfermline for a while and I always was happy to do a little grocery shopping in the huge Tesco there and say hi to the cat which spent its days in the front porch, perched on whatever the latest offer was)
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Unexpected small joys are glorious - and a cat makes any place better 😍 (a friend lived in Dunfermline for a while and I always was happy to do a little grocery shopping in the huge Tesco there and say hi to the cat which spent its days in the front porch, perched on whatever the latest offer was)
I wrote about meeting Budge, the @norwichcathedral.bsky.social cat, for this Guardian feature on travel discoveries of 2025. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Our 25 favourite European travel discoveries of 2025
The most exciting places our writers came across in Europe this year, from untouched islands in Finland to an affordable ski resort in Bulgaria and the perfect Parisian bistro
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I wrote about meeting Budge, the @norwichcathedral.bsky.social cat, for this Guardian feature on travel discoveries of 2025. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Skegness had one but it was replaced by the dinosaur park
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Skegness had one but it was replaced by the dinosaur park
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Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
The US made it clear this week that it plans to help the parties of the European far right gain power. Keir Starmer and his fellow leaders have to face this new reality, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Donald Trump is pursuing regime change – in Europe | Jonathan Freedland
Hello. I'm writing about model (as in miniature) villages and have a list of twelve so far, all in England. If anyone has one they especially like, I'd be glad to hear about it, please. Maybe in other parts of the UK? But further English examples also welcome. Thank you.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hello. I'm writing about model (as in miniature) villages and have a list of twelve so far, all in England. If anyone has one they especially like, I'd be glad to hear about it, please. Maybe in other parts of the UK? But further English examples also welcome. Thank you.
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We have recorded the Christmas Day episode, by Toutatis! 💥 @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We have recorded the Christmas Day episode, by Toutatis! 💥 @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social
"I want these books to feel like communities."
I spoke with @stoneclub.bsky.social podcast about Upon A White Horse & my working methods, the desire to fill my writing with the voices of other people. Thanks to @matthewmshaw.bsky.social for the invitation and conversation. stoneclub.rocks/podcast
I spoke with @stoneclub.bsky.social podcast about Upon A White Horse & my working methods, the desire to fill my writing with the voices of other people. Thanks to @matthewmshaw.bsky.social for the invitation and conversation. stoneclub.rocks/podcast
Stone Club Walks and Talks — Stone Club
Stone Club believes the journey is as important as the destination and encourages people to pause and think about place in new ways; connecting ancient sites through community and conversation.
Stone...
stoneclub.rocks
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"I want these books to feel like communities."
I spoke with @stoneclub.bsky.social podcast about Upon A White Horse & my working methods, the desire to fill my writing with the voices of other people. Thanks to @matthewmshaw.bsky.social for the invitation and conversation. stoneclub.rocks/podcast
I spoke with @stoneclub.bsky.social podcast about Upon A White Horse & my working methods, the desire to fill my writing with the voices of other people. Thanks to @matthewmshaw.bsky.social for the invitation and conversation. stoneclub.rocks/podcast
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Legendary Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Legendary Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Thank you to everyone who has been listening to Upon A White Horse as Radio 4's Book of the Week. The final part is about Sycamore Gap and goes out at 11.45am today. It's also all available on BBC Sounds. I hope you enjoy it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽
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Some of my favourite books I’ve read this year. Should include O Caledonia.
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Some of my favourite books I’ve read this year. Should include O Caledonia.
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
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Such a great column by Kenny Farquharson. "Scottish culture is unsmashed. Scottish culture is alive and kicking and all the better for the children of Maxwell Park." www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
A picture that smashes Nigel Farage’s fear-mongering
The Reform leader portrays Glasgow as swamped by foreigners but his monomania is in contrast to Scotland’s vibrant culture
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Such a great column by Kenny Farquharson. "Scottish culture is unsmashed. Scottish culture is alive and kicking and all the better for the children of Maxwell Park." www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...