Peter Ross

Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland. Also - Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, and A Tomb With A View.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

To mark the rechalking of the Cerne Abbas Giant, here is an extract from my book Upon A White Horse – in which I write about meeting the Giant on May Day. If you enjoy my writing, please do share.
https://t.co/xhrJeHnpcz

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

"Why three horses on this wall?"
A wonderful piece on prehistoric cave art. By Stephen Phelan, who was taken into the depths of a cave in the Basque Country. He's such a good writer.
https://t.co/YqjjCIyFPj

[Dani Garavelli @DaniGaravelli1]

"To suggest she has no responsibility for that, and to link that lack of responsibility to her sex, is a form of infantilisation that will do women no good in the long-run." My @heraldscotland column on Murrell and Sturgeon. https://t.co/7gkwPJQrWp

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

@sear_georgina Thank you.

[Nige Tassell @nigetassell]

The new book is a collection of 54 mini-chapters/essays about various aspects of the Sprouts and their music (and sometimes beyond; there's one about ex-England captain Bryan Robson).

Plus a few typically Tassell quests, including tracking down the most famous motorbike in pop.

[James Grant @jamthrawn]

Playing Portobello Town Hall tomorrow. Event and Ticket info here;

https://t.co/1spEh90NNM

[Dani Garavelli @DaniGaravelli1]

V niche request, but given I follow quite a lot of Italians I thought it was worth a try. I'm looking for anyone who really loved Pinocchio as a child - someone for whom it has a special significance for any reason, or who has a story connected with it. Grateful for RTs. TY.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

@sear_georgina @BBCRadio4 Thank you. I appreciate you saying so.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

@KennyFarq The way I see it is: fuck it. You’ve read loads of great stuff and had a grand time doing so.

[Kenny Farquharson @KennyFarq]

Streeting thinks he can be an accidental PM, in power because he chose the most inconvenient time for everyone else to make his move. Unloved by his party. Unloved by the electorate. Unlikely to be able to beat Farage. But fulfilling Wes’s dreams, which is all that matters.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

@KennyFarq I just can’t see Britain electing that guy.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

@JimSanderson19 I hear you. Lovely place to walk a dog, though.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

I was pleased to be on Radio 4's Beyond Belief, as part of a conversation about the pleasure and meaning of graveyards. https://t.co/BLszQ8s4SY

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

"A madcap reputation has tended to obscure what they really are: a formidable songwriting force."
I went to see Super Furry Animals in Glasgow and wrote about it for The Guardian.
https://t.co/3K1DcfT15D

[Dani Garavelli @DaniGaravelli1]

"In A Working Mother, Owens transforms difficulties from her own life into a glorious work of art in which nothing is quite what it seems." My @heraldscotland review of all the Agnes Owens' books reissued by Polygon so far to mark her centenary. https://t.co/PXbKfJQZuu

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

"A beautiful, captivating book ..."
I'm grateful to Joanne for this review of Upon A White Horse and for her support of my work over the years. Thank you, Joanne. I'm glad you thought the book as good as Steeple Chasing and A Tomb With A View.

[Joanne: Portobello Book Blog 📚 💕 @portybelle]

Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross | #nonfiction #history #bookreview | @PeterAlanRoss https://t.co/rEy180u8iW

[Teddy Jamieson @TeddyJamieson]

I caught The Twilight Sad @TheBarrowlands last night. It was intense & hopefully cathartic
https://t.co/qFicZZGT0d

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

“This fascinating and formidably well-researched book has completely changed my view of fairies.” Thank you to Ian Bradley for this terrific review of ‘Fairies: A History’ in @ChurchTimes: https://t.co/3wXh6wS4zH 🧚‍♀️📚

[Teddy Jamieson @TeddyJamieson]

The sort of enthusiastic, engaged broadcaster you could build a station around, I'd have thought. But what do I know?

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

@VickyLouRogers Ah, thank you. I hope you'll enjoy it.

[Peter Ross @PeterAlanRoss]

Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland is out in paperback now.