Laura Ashton Hill
@lauraashtonhill.bsky.social
Writer. Feminst. Write to Life Mentor at Freedom From Torture. Crime Fiction MA UEA. Shortlist Debut Dagger 2022🗡
Art auction ends tonight. It includes work from Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Heron, Paula Rago and many other great artists. Raising money for Freedom From Torture where I teach creative writing. artauction.freedomfromtorture.org
Drawing a Line Under Torture 2025
Visit our incredible website to take part in the event.
artauction.freedomfromtorture.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Art auction ends tonight. It includes work from Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Heron, Paula Rago and many other great artists. Raising money for Freedom From Torture where I teach creative writing. artauction.freedomfromtorture.org
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My #BacklistedBrontëBookstack! (Try saying that in a hurry!). With special shout-out for Claire O’Callaghan’s Emily Brontë Reappraised. Plus my #TeamBranwell badge! @backlisted.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My #BacklistedBrontëBookstack! (Try saying that in a hurry!). With special shout-out for Claire O’Callaghan’s Emily Brontë Reappraised. Plus my #TeamBranwell badge! @backlisted.bsky.social
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It’s almost crunch time. Next week Peers will vote for or against swift bricks. To help swifts, please email steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk who are crucial to the decision. Ask them to SAVE OUR SWIFTS ‼️put SWIFT BRICKS in the subject line 🙏
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s almost crunch time. Next week Peers will vote for or against swift bricks. To help swifts, please email steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk who are crucial to the decision. Ask them to SAVE OUR SWIFTS ‼️put SWIFT BRICKS in the subject line 🙏
Had a great time reviewing #CamdenFringe for @newjournal.bsky.social lots of amazing shows in various venues around Camden.
camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/caug...
camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/caug...
Caught in the act: pick of the Camden Fringe so far
This year’s festival is currently in full flight, with more than 400 shows playing across dozens of venues. Laura Ashton Hill, Lloyd Bickham and Lucy Popescu review just some of the impressive program...
camdennewjournal.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Had a great time reviewing #CamdenFringe for @newjournal.bsky.social lots of amazing shows in various venues around Camden.
camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/caug...
camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/caug...
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And we’re off - following a sold out preview @camdenfringe.bsky.social
There are three more opportunities to see this new writing at the etcetera theatre Sunday 17th at 13:00, Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th at 19:00.
See link below for tickets
camdenfringe.com/events/am-i-...
There are three more opportunities to see this new writing at the etcetera theatre Sunday 17th at 13:00, Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th at 19:00.
See link below for tickets
camdenfringe.com/events/am-i-...
July 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
And we’re off - following a sold out preview @camdenfringe.bsky.social
There are three more opportunities to see this new writing at the etcetera theatre Sunday 17th at 13:00, Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th at 19:00.
See link below for tickets
camdenfringe.com/events/am-i-...
There are three more opportunities to see this new writing at the etcetera theatre Sunday 17th at 13:00, Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th at 19:00.
See link below for tickets
camdenfringe.com/events/am-i-...
This film by Maeve Murphy looks incredible. Like many Londoners, I remember Kings Cross before the refurbishment and knew people whose lives took a downward spiral and ended up living there. Not sure how to watch 'St Pancras Sunrise' - but I'll keep an eye out for it!
‘Let’s face it, it was an inner-city hole and you had to watch your back’ - www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/lets...
‘Let’s face it, it was an inner-city hole and you had to watch your back’
Maeve Murphy’s short film about life in a pre-gentrified King’s Cross has been showered with awards. Angela Cobbinah talked to her
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This film by Maeve Murphy looks incredible. Like many Londoners, I remember Kings Cross before the refurbishment and knew people whose lives took a downward spiral and ended up living there. Not sure how to watch 'St Pancras Sunrise' - but I'll keep an eye out for it!
A documentary about Holloway Prison offers a unique insight into the lives of former inmates of the infamous women's prison. It is a heartfelt and humane piece of filmmaking, and I hope it will be viewed by many.
HOLLOWAY – Award-Winning Documentary on Women from Holloway Prison
HOLLOWAY is an award-winning documentary following six women as they return to the now-abandoned Holloway Prison in Central London. A powerful film about memory, justice, and resilience.
hollowayfilm.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A documentary about Holloway Prison offers a unique insight into the lives of former inmates of the infamous women's prison. It is a heartfelt and humane piece of filmmaking, and I hope it will be viewed by many.
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I’d be grateful if you could sign this petition calling for better provisions for people with Parkinson’s disease. Since I was diagnosed two years ago I’ve seen how awful the service is. And worldwide it’s the fastest growing neurological condition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"
We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.
petition.parliament.uk
July 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’d be grateful if you could sign this petition calling for better provisions for people with Parkinson’s disease. Since I was diagnosed two years ago I’ve seen how awful the service is. And worldwide it’s the fastest growing neurological condition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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There is widespread support for #nature: it's not a minority issue, as the govt seems to think.
As @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social says, refusing to make #swift-bricks compulsory in new #homes is 'tone deaf'.
Can't ministers see how bad this makes govt look? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social says, refusing to make #swift-bricks compulsory in new #homes is 'tone deaf'.
Can't ministers see how bad this makes govt look? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There is widespread support for #nature: it's not a minority issue, as the govt seems to think.
As @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social says, refusing to make #swift-bricks compulsory in new #homes is 'tone deaf'.
Can't ministers see how bad this makes govt look? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social says, refusing to make #swift-bricks compulsory in new #homes is 'tone deaf'.
Can't ministers see how bad this makes govt look? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How pioneering feminist Maria Edgeworth is being rediscovered - www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/how-...
How pioneering feminist Maria Edgeworth is being rediscovered
Currently enjoying a resurgence, writer with an original voice has many connections to Hampstead, writes Bernard Canavan
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
How pioneering feminist Maria Edgeworth is being rediscovered - www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/how-...
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Tomorrow!
Very excited that Nicol Hochholczerova will be here @hatchards.bsky.social discussing #ThisRoomIsImpossibleToEat (@parthianbooks.bsky.social) with @lucyjpop.bsky.social!
Tkts still available: nicolhochholczerovaathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
Very excited that Nicol Hochholczerova will be here @hatchards.bsky.social discussing #ThisRoomIsImpossibleToEat (@parthianbooks.bsky.social) with @lucyjpop.bsky.social!
Tkts still available: nicolhochholczerovaathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tomorrow!
Very excited that Nicol Hochholczerova will be here @hatchards.bsky.social discussing #ThisRoomIsImpossibleToEat (@parthianbooks.bsky.social) with @lucyjpop.bsky.social!
Tkts still available: nicolhochholczerovaathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
Very excited that Nicol Hochholczerova will be here @hatchards.bsky.social discussing #ThisRoomIsImpossibleToEat (@parthianbooks.bsky.social) with @lucyjpop.bsky.social!
Tkts still available: nicolhochholczerovaathatchards.eventbrite.co.uk
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The swifts are back! But there are 10k fewer than last year. Write to your MP, asking them to support the swift brick amendment, by signing the EDM- edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... THE GOVT ARE DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK….
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The swifts are back! But there are 10k fewer than last year. Write to your MP, asking them to support the swift brick amendment, by signing the EDM- edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... THE GOVT ARE DISCUSSING THE AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK….
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May 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Do please support Camden New Journal by signing up to NewJournal+ – its new newsletter – and consider becoming a paid subscriber to help protect quality journalism in north London & Camden's campaigning voice: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/welc...
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🚨EVENT ALERT🚨
Join us for an evening of street food, celebrating cultures from around the world. London's finest chefs will join survivors of torture to create the ultimate menu 🍳
When: 19/06, 7.30pm
Where: BAFTA Piccadilly
Learn more: www.freedomfromtorture.org/events/feast...
Join us for an evening of street food, celebrating cultures from around the world. London's finest chefs will join survivors of torture to create the ultimate menu 🍳
When: 19/06, 7.30pm
Where: BAFTA Piccadilly
Learn more: www.freedomfromtorture.org/events/feast...
May 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚨EVENT ALERT🚨
Join us for an evening of street food, celebrating cultures from around the world. London's finest chefs will join survivors of torture to create the ultimate menu 🍳
When: 19/06, 7.30pm
Where: BAFTA Piccadilly
Learn more: www.freedomfromtorture.org/events/feast...
Join us for an evening of street food, celebrating cultures from around the world. London's finest chefs will join survivors of torture to create the ultimate menu 🍳
When: 19/06, 7.30pm
Where: BAFTA Piccadilly
Learn more: www.freedomfromtorture.org/events/feast...
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Sadly this week we lost the tremendously talented Jane Gardam. Her interview on World Book Club in 2017 is a delight to listen to, discussing the novel 'Old Filth' and how a fire nearly destroyed her first ventures into poetry writing. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #booksky
BBC World Service - World Book Club, Jane Gardam - Old Filth
Jane Gardam discusses her novel Old Filth with the World Book Club audience
www.bbc.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sadly this week we lost the tremendously talented Jane Gardam. Her interview on World Book Club in 2017 is a delight to listen to, discussing the novel 'Old Filth' and how a fire nearly destroyed her first ventures into poetry writing. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #booksky
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Legal eagles: Meta are using pirated books from LibGen to train an AI model. There's a legal action in the US which Meta are defending on the basis of 'fair use'. There's no direct equivalent to fair use in the UK, though, right? Fair dealing is narrower.
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Legal eagles: Meta are using pirated books from LibGen to train an AI model. There's a legal action in the US which Meta are defending on the basis of 'fair use'. There's no direct equivalent to fair use in the UK, though, right? Fair dealing is narrower.
The handsome Toby Stephen's playing my grandfather Melford Stephenson in @itvx.com #ACruelLove not an accurate portrayal of him, but they got the looks right and it makes for exciting drama.
March 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The handsome Toby Stephen's playing my grandfather Melford Stephenson in @itvx.com #ACruelLove not an accurate portrayal of him, but they got the looks right and it makes for exciting drama.
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If anyone's interested in the historical background to #athousandblows, #dopegirls or #acruellove, the real women on whom these series are based are all in #badgirls - the only comprehensive history of #hollowayprison - from #thefortyelephants to #katemeyrick and #ruthellis
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
If anyone's interested in the historical background to #athousandblows, #dopegirls or #acruellove, the real women on whom these series are based are all in #badgirls - the only comprehensive history of #hollowayprison - from #thefortyelephants to #katemeyrick and #ruthellis
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Nigel Havers, grandson of Cecil Havers, the judge who sentenced Ruth Ellis to death in 1955 talks about playing him in a new ITV drama A Cruel Love. My grandfather, Melford Stevenson, was her defence barrister. I'll be interested to watch! (Havers is 35 minutes in)
Nigel Havers, grandson of Cecil Havers, the judge who sentenced Ruth Ellis to death in 1955 talks about playing him in a new ITV drama A Cruel Love. My grandfather, Melford Stevenson, was her defence barrister. I'll be interested to watch! (Havers is 35 minutes in)
Broadcasting House - 02/03/2025 - BBC Sounds
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
www.bbc.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Nigel Havers, grandson of Cecil Havers, the judge who sentenced Ruth Ellis to death in 1955 talks about playing him in a new ITV drama A Cruel Love. My grandfather, Melford Stevenson, was her defence barrister. I'll be interested to watch! (Havers is 35 minutes in)
Nigel Havers, grandson of Cecil Havers, the judge who sentenced Ruth Ellis to death in 1955 talks about playing him in a new ITV drama A Cruel Love. My grandfather, Melford Stevenson, was her defence barrister. I'll be interested to watch! (Havers is 35 minutes in)
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Do not forget tomorrow's economic blackout #revolution2025
February 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Do not forget tomorrow's economic blackout #revolution2025
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Finally!! Great news - congratulations to all who campaigned for this 👏👏Now we need to make it as inclusive as possible eg covering colleges & apprenticeships @europeanmovement.co.uk
New: Starmer ready to offer Youth Mobility Scheme
Keir Starmer's youth mobility proposal aims to strengthen UK-EU relations, addressing labour shortages and opportunities
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Finally!! Great news - congratulations to all who campaigned for this 👏👏Now we need to make it as inclusive as possible eg covering colleges & apprenticeships @europeanmovement.co.uk
Shocked to read that the number of women sleeping rough in Islington has risen by 36% in a year. How can we have allowed this to happen?
www.islingtoncitizen.co.uk/2025/02/13/w...
www.islingtoncitizen.co.uk/2025/02/13/w...
Number of women sleeping rough in Islington rises by a third - Islington Citizen
Charity Solace Women's Aid claims male violence ‘almost universal’ for homeless women
www.islingtoncitizen.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Shocked to read that the number of women sleeping rough in Islington has risen by 36% in a year. How can we have allowed this to happen?
www.islingtoncitizen.co.uk/2025/02/13/w...
www.islingtoncitizen.co.uk/2025/02/13/w...
My heart goes out to all the 3,600 women serving sentences in UK prisons who are having to wash their knickers in a bowl in their cell because they aren't allowed to put them in a washing machine.
Male prisoners can wash their underwear in washing machines.
www.russellwebster.com/a-lack-of-ba...
Male prisoners can wash their underwear in washing machines.
www.russellwebster.com/a-lack-of-ba...
Lack of basic care leads women in prison to self-harm - Russell Webster
Prison inspectors say prisons are not doing enough to help women cope. For some this lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves.
www.russellwebster.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My heart goes out to all the 3,600 women serving sentences in UK prisons who are having to wash their knickers in a bowl in their cell because they aren't allowed to put them in a washing machine.
Male prisoners can wash their underwear in washing machines.
www.russellwebster.com/a-lack-of-ba...
Male prisoners can wash their underwear in washing machines.
www.russellwebster.com/a-lack-of-ba...
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New Christmas episode up now. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, with guests Jarred McGinnis and Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social, with @iammilliam.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social. THAR SHE BLOWS!! 🎄📚 🐳
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
229. Moby-Dick; or the Whale by Herman Melville — Backlisted
Join the Backlisted crew as we navigate the swells and surges of Moby-Dick; or the Whale by Herman Melville. That's right, Moby Dick is a Christmas book! Andy, John and Nicky welcome aboard nove...
www.backlisted.fm
December 25, 2024 at 8:10 AM
New Christmas episode up now. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville, with guests Jarred McGinnis and Erica Wagner @ericawgnr.bsky.social, with @iammilliam.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social. THAR SHE BLOWS!! 🎄📚 🐳
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/229
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The gender pay gap for writers stands at 36%, compared to the national average of 13%.
Let's dwell on that for a minute.
Female authors are paid 36% LESS than their male counterparts. Their time, expertise, skill and creativity is valued at a third less than that of men.
Let's dwell on that for a minute.
Female authors are paid 36% LESS than their male counterparts. Their time, expertise, skill and creativity is valued at a third less than that of men.
December 5, 2024 at 10:37 AM
The gender pay gap for writers stands at 36%, compared to the national average of 13%.
Let's dwell on that for a minute.
Female authors are paid 36% LESS than their male counterparts. Their time, expertise, skill and creativity is valued at a third less than that of men.
Let's dwell on that for a minute.
Female authors are paid 36% LESS than their male counterparts. Their time, expertise, skill and creativity is valued at a third less than that of men.