Ross Burgess — Publications

Author of:

UNIX Systems for Microcomputers, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1988; 2^nd impression with update, 1990. ISBN 0-632-02036-9.

St James, Goldenacre: A Treasure House of the Scottish Arts and Crafts Movement (photography by Paul Turner), The Rector and Vestry of St James, Goldenacre, 2025. ISBN 978-1-0683832-0-5.

Joint author of three books (with Joseph St John Bate):

The Automated Office, Collins, 1985. ISBN 0-00-383008-X; also translated into Italian and Spanish.

Office automation using the IBM personal computer systems, Collins, 1986. ISBN 0-0-383104-3.

The Amstrad PC 1512 — a user guide, Collins, 1987; 2^nd Edition Blackwell, 1989. ISBN 0-632-02399-6.

Short stories

The following were included in anthologies published by Paradise Press, for which Ross assisted with the typographical layout.

'Friday Night' and 'The Reunion', in A Boxful of Ideas, edited by John Dixon and Jeffrey Doorn (Paradise Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-904585-86-2)

'An Encounter', in Flash Dances by members of the Gay Authors Workshop (Paradise Press, 2024. ISBN 978-1-90-4585-98-5)

'The Hunting Party', in On Shfting Sands, edited by Hastie Salih and David Flybury (Paradise Press, 2025. ISBN 978-1-904585-93-0)

Editor of:

IBM, small and medium systems (Pergamon Infotech State of the Art Report, 1986). ISBN 0-08-034-0903.

Diverse Performances — Masculinities and the Victorian Stage by the late David Haldane Lawrence (Paradise Press, 2014). ISBN 978-1-904585-74-9

Amiable Warriors — a history of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality and its times by Peter Scott-Presland (Paradise Press, Volume One published 2015: ISBN 978-1-904585-75-6). Volume Two in preparation.

Falkland and its People 1901—1913 Research by Thomas Playfair (The Falkland Society, 2020). ISBN 978-1-9161504-0-9.

Copy editor and contributor to:

Out of the Shadows — a History of the pioneering London Gay Groups and Organisations 1967–2000, Bona Street Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9566091-0-6.

Falkland Parish Church: A Celebratory History (The Falkland Society, 2024). ISBN 978-1-9161504-4-7.

Typography and layout for:

Two Lives, by Andrew Cooper, Paradise Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1-904585-88-6.

We want to tell you how...: An anthology of poetry and prose celebrating women's loves, lives and landmarks, edited by Stephanie DIckinson and Pat Dungey, Paradise Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-904585-89-3.

Michael Harth: Selected Stories, edited by John DIxon and Jeff Doorn, Paradise Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-90-4585-90-9.

Michael Harth: Selected Lyrics, edited by John DIxon and Jeff Doorn, Paradise Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-904585-91-6.

Whispering Campaigns and other stories by John Dixon, Paradise Press, 2023, ISBN 978-1-904585-78-7

Olympia Heights by Leigh V. Twersky, Paradise Press, 2024, ISBN 978-1-90-458595-4

Recorded lectures

Falkland's Historic Buildings (The Falkland Society, 2021).

Reflections of the Ancient World in Scotland (The Falkland Society, 2023).

Faith and Fashion: changes over the centuries in our church buildings and how they have been used (The Falkland Society, 2025). 

Falkland's Historic Buildings (The Falkland Society, 2025)

Academic paper:

Past Caring: Creating an archive for LGBT history The Third ‘What is & How to Do LGBT History?’ Conference, Manchester, February 2016.

Websites:

• CHE (Campaign for Homosexual Equality)
• CHERT (CHE Research Trust)
• SLG (South London Gays)

• The Falkland Society
• Historic Falkland
• The Falkland Wiki
• In 2005, Roger and Ross celebrated their civil partnership on the first day that the law allowed (they later converted it to a marriage; Roger sadly died in 2017).
• We arranged some re-enactments of ancient church ceremonies for uniting two people of the same sex (archived version).
• Ross and Peter celebrated their wedding in Falkland in 2019, with a ceremony in Croydon a week later.

For a longer list of websites maintained by Ross and Foxearth IT Solutions, see www.foxearth.net/.

Regular contributor to:

• Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia
• The LGBT UK Archive