Ian Ross
@ianrossauthor.bsky.social
Historical Novelist. Author of 'Twilight of Empire' series and 'Battle Song' trilogy. Late Roman, Medieval England, and maybe more...
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"I am sick to my stomach as I write this because I've spent 20 years developing a pedagogy that's about wrestling with big ideas through writing and discussion, and that whole project has been evaporated by for-profit corporations who built their systems on stolen work. It's demoralizing."
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
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June 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"I am sick to my stomach as I write this because I've spent 20 years developing a pedagogy that's about wrestling with big ideas through writing and discussion, and that whole project has been evaporated by for-profit corporations who built their systems on stolen work. It's demoralizing."
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Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.
May 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.
Out today in paperback - KING'S ENEMY, the finale of my medieval trilogy!
March 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Out today in paperback - KING'S ENEMY, the finale of my medieval trilogy!
Here's my guest post on David Pillling's substack, discussing a little of the background to 'King's Enemy' (pb out on March 26th btw!) historystuff.substack.com/p/special-gu...
Special guest post by Ian Ross
This is a guest spot by Ian Ross, an acclaimed writer of historical fiction who is currently writing a series of novels set during the Montfortian wars in England.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here's my guest post on David Pillling's substack, discussing a little of the background to 'King's Enemy' (pb out on March 26th btw!) historystuff.substack.com/p/special-gu...
New finds from Pompeii! "Twenty to thirty people could bathe in the cold room's plunge pool." Some house party... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New finds from Pompeii! "Twenty to thirty people could bathe in the cold room's plunge pool." Some house party... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Eight books about Medieval England! booklisti.com/booklist/med...
Medieval England
This list features a selection of books that provide both a good introduction and a much deeper understanding of life in Medieval England, particularly in the Thirteenth Century. All of these proved v...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Eight books about Medieval England! booklisti.com/booklist/med...
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Loved “Mughals” at the V&A.
January 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Loved “Mughals” at the V&A.
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I just listed my top sequels of 2024 with reads by @denny-flowers.bsky.social @mwcraven.bsky.social @ianrossauthor.bsky.social @sharpegirl.bsky.social @phokion.bsky.social @decastell.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social and more.
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Top Ten Tuesday – My Favourite Sequels of 2024
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that currently resides at The Artsy Reader Girl and features bloggers sharing lists on various book topics. The official topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday requ…
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December 18, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I just listed my top sequels of 2024 with reads by @denny-flowers.bsky.social @mwcraven.bsky.social @ianrossauthor.bsky.social @sharpegirl.bsky.social @phokion.bsky.social @decastell.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social and more.
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Numancia. Site of heroic but doomed resistance of Iberians to Roman conquest and a foundation myth of Spanish nationalism in C19th. Both sides used its imagery during Spanish Civil War. Strongly recommend a visit just outside town of Soria, whose football team BTW is named after
November 28, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Numancia. Site of heroic but doomed resistance of Iberians to Roman conquest and a foundation myth of Spanish nationalism in C19th. Both sides used its imagery during Spanish Civil War. Strongly recommend a visit just outside town of Soria, whose football team BTW is named after
Kenilworth Castle in 1266. Map from my novel 'King's Enemy'.
November 27, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Kenilworth Castle in 1266. Map from my novel 'King's Enemy'.
The 2025 Netflix 'The Leopard' cannot hope to compare to Visconti's 1963 'Il Gattopardo', one of the finest films ever made. But it looks lushly Sicilian and epic, so no doubt I shall give it a look...
November 26, 2024 at 10:36 AM
The 2025 Netflix 'The Leopard' cannot hope to compare to Visconti's 1963 'Il Gattopardo', one of the finest films ever made. But it looks lushly Sicilian and epic, so no doubt I shall give it a look...
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A major Roman villa has been discovered in south Wiltshire.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2474382...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2474382...
'First known Roman villa' in the Chalke Valley discovered by volunteers
More than 60 volunteers helped to excavate and record mosaics, painted wall plaster, and large stone buildings at the site over two weeks.
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:12 PM
A major Roman villa has been discovered in south Wiltshire.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2474382...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2474382...
The Brescia Medallion, once believed to represent Galla Placidia and her two children, but most likely made in Roman Egypt, c.3rd-4th century. The lettering is in Alexandrian Greek, and reads ΒΟΥΝΝΕΡΙ ΚΕΡΑΜΙ, which perhaps means Bounnerus the Potter.
November 25, 2024 at 4:11 PM
The Brescia Medallion, once believed to represent Galla Placidia and her two children, but most likely made in Roman Egypt, c.3rd-4th century. The lettering is in Alexandrian Greek, and reads ΒΟΥΝΝΕΡΙ ΚΕΡΑΜΙ, which perhaps means Bounnerus the Potter.
Signed copies of my last book, 'King's Enemy', at the wonderful Topping & Company Booksellers in Bath. If anyone's passing through, you know where to go...
November 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Signed copies of my last book, 'King's Enemy', at the wonderful Topping & Company Booksellers in Bath. If anyone's passing through, you know where to go...
"Þo wende Sir Edward, toward þe holi londe..."
Arms of some of the leading English and Scottish knights who went on what would later be called the Ninth Crusade, in 1270-71. (Images from Aspilogia.com)
Arms of some of the leading English and Scottish knights who went on what would later be called the Ninth Crusade, in 1270-71. (Images from Aspilogia.com)
November 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
"Þo wende Sir Edward, toward þe holi londe..."
Arms of some of the leading English and Scottish knights who went on what would later be called the Ninth Crusade, in 1270-71. (Images from Aspilogia.com)
Arms of some of the leading English and Scottish knights who went on what would later be called the Ninth Crusade, in 1270-71. (Images from Aspilogia.com)
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#ReliefWednesday - Marble votive relief showing Demeter enthroned and her daughter Persephone standing with two torches. Dated to the first quarter of the 5th century BC.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
November 20, 2024 at 2:48 PM
#ReliefWednesday - Marble votive relief showing Demeter enthroned and her daughter Persephone standing with two torches. Dated to the first quarter of the 5th century BC.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Greece.
November 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Published tomorrow in the USA! 'Battle Song' in paperback. This is the first book in my Medieval England trilogy, set amid the turmoil of the Second Barons' War. The subsequent two books should get a US paperback release over the coming year!
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Published tomorrow in the USA! 'Battle Song' in paperback. This is the first book in my Medieval England trilogy, set amid the turmoil of the Second Barons' War. The subsequent two books should get a US paperback release over the coming year!
Just to get started... Here's the knighting of Roland by King Charlemagne, from the 'Chanson d'Aspremonte' (manuscript illustrated c.1250, British Library).
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Just to get started... Here's the knighting of Roland by King Charlemagne, from the 'Chanson d'Aspremonte' (manuscript illustrated c.1250, British Library).