Robert Ashton
@robertashton.bsky.social
Author; latest book explores how our past is guiding us as we create a more sustainable future; charity trustee, Humanist Quaker, MA, FRSA.
www.robertashton.co.uk
www.robertashton.co.uk
So much news, about climate change denial & extracting more, not less oil and gas, can be depressing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. But pre-order a copy of my book from @waterstones.bsky.social, get 25% off & discover why I'm so positive about the futurel shorturl.at/2ByiE
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
So much news, about climate change denial & extracting more, not less oil and gas, can be depressing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. But pre-order a copy of my book from @waterstones.bsky.social, get 25% off & discover why I'm so positive about the futurel shorturl.at/2ByiE
As winter nears, let's prepare for spring with this @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlisted exploration of social change in rural #Suffolk. Order from @waterstones.bsky.social today, get a discount & your copy will arrive when the daffs are in bloom! shorturl.at/2ByiE @wiltonsquare.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As winter nears, let's prepare for spring with this @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlisted exploration of social change in rural #Suffolk. Order from @waterstones.bsky.social today, get a discount & your copy will arrive when the daffs are in bloom! shorturl.at/2ByiE @wiltonsquare.bsky.social
Look what my new publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has arranged with @waterstones.bsky.social. The chance to pre-order the paperback edition of my latest book for less than a tenner! Order here: shorturl.at/2ByiE
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Look what my new publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has arranged with @waterstones.bsky.social. The chance to pre-order the paperback edition of my latest book for less than a tenner! Order here: shorturl.at/2ByiE
Brilliant to pop into @shuckhappens.bsky.social l at #Minories #Colchester today @wiltonsquare.bsky.social & be told that they loved my latest book; they even remembered my name! #ProudAuthorMoment #ColchesterBookEvent?
September 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Brilliant to pop into @shuckhappens.bsky.social l at #Minories #Colchester today @wiltonsquare.bsky.social & be told that they loved my latest book; they even remembered my name! #ProudAuthorMoment #ColchesterBookEvent?
After a period of creative constipation, when a new book begins to emerge, you have to go with it, so today I am writing in a rather nice hotel at #Lavenham
September 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
After a period of creative constipation, when a new book begins to emerge, you have to go with it, so today I am writing in a rather nice hotel at #Lavenham
There's more to Leiston than meets the eye! See what I discovered last night here: open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
September 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There's more to Leiston than meets the eye! See what I discovered last night here: open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
I have a soft spot for Tiptree jam. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
September 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I have a soft spot for Tiptree jam. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
I think I came to @quaker.org.uk by a process of long term, gradual exposure! robertashton.substack.com/p/bankers-fa...
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I think I came to @quaker.org.uk by a process of long term, gradual exposure! robertashton.substack.com/p/bankers-fa...
What do a concert pianist & a parlour maid have in common? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
August 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What do a concert pianist & a parlour maid have in common? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
This book has been patiently waiting on my bookshelf for 40+ years @chuckdalldorf.bsky.social. A chance comment by my new publisher & the penny dropped. Now my next book can take shape.
August 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This book has been patiently waiting on my bookshelf for 40+ years @chuckdalldorf.bsky.social. A chance comment by my new publisher & the penny dropped. Now my next book can take shape.
It's always nice to find your name in the front of a book! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
August 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's always nice to find your name in the front of a book! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
Most Sundays start with a 20 mile bike ride, leaving at six & pausing as I leave #Aldeburgh to think about #aspiration, #creativity & #power.
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
August 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Most Sundays start with a 20 mile bike ride, leaving at six & pausing as I leave #Aldeburgh to think about #aspiration, #creativity & #power.
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
Had a walk round @longshop.bsky.social this afternoon, & noticed something familiar. I had one of these pocket calculators 50 years ago, which consigned my slide-rule to the drawer, where it has stayed ever since.
July 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Had a walk round @longshop.bsky.social this afternoon, & noticed something familiar. I had one of these pocket calculators 50 years ago, which consigned my slide-rule to the drawer, where it has stayed ever since.
I often wonder if this Garrett threshing set, which belonged to Belinda's great-grandfather, was the one featured in a film shot eafa.org.uk/work/?id=1416 at Rope's Lower Abbey Farm open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
July 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I often wonder if this Garrett threshing set, which belonged to Belinda's great-grandfather, was the one featured in a film shot eafa.org.uk/work/?id=1416 at Rope's Lower Abbey Farm open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
I like starting each day with a ~Substack post. Today I open with large #families, stray into #poaching, & end by reflecting on today's falling #birthrate
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
July 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I like starting each day with a ~Substack post. Today I open with large #families, stray into #poaching, & end by reflecting on today's falling #birthrate
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
open.substack.com/pub/robertas...
Is it coincidence that a @humanists.uk magazine should unexpectedly arrive at a time when I am questioning life's meaning?
Time perhaps to be more assertive about the compatibility of humanism and Quakerism @quaker.org.uk
Time perhaps to be more assertive about the compatibility of humanism and Quakerism @quaker.org.uk
May 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Is it coincidence that a @humanists.uk magazine should unexpectedly arrive at a time when I am questioning life's meaning?
Time perhaps to be more assertive about the compatibility of humanism and Quakerism @quaker.org.uk
Time perhaps to be more assertive about the compatibility of humanism and Quakerism @quaker.org.uk
I wanted to read this book, which I could not see anywhere for less than £50, but @suffolklibraries.bsky.social had a copy I could borrow @thesoilassociation.bsky.social! #BookResearch #Suffolk
May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I wanted to read this book, which I could not see anywhere for less than £50, but @suffolklibraries.bsky.social had a copy I could borrow @thesoilassociation.bsky.social! #BookResearch #Suffolk
Still reflecting on last night's #Carnival at Snape Maltings @auroraorchestra.bsky.social It was certainly different; brilliantly executed & packed with surprises!
May 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Still reflecting on last night's #Carnival at Snape Maltings @auroraorchestra.bsky.social It was certainly different; brilliantly executed & packed with surprises!
This year's Leiston Book Festival has an impressive programme. We're expecting to sell out quickly this year. Buy your tickets here: www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This year's Leiston Book Festival has an impressive programme. We're expecting to sell out quickly this year. Buy your tickets here: www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk
Tickets for #Leiston's second #book festival are now on sale. Great line up - great venue - great value so will sell out fast!
www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk
www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tickets for #Leiston's second #book festival are now on sale. Great line up - great venue - great value so will sell out fast!
www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk
www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk
In case you wonder why my book being stocked by @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social @unboundsocials.bsky.social, here's one of the museum display cabinets + of course the shop #GeorgeEwartEvans
April 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In case you wonder why my book being stocked by @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social @unboundsocials.bsky.social, here's one of the museum display cabinets + of course the shop #GeorgeEwartEvans
Speaking at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social today @unboundsocials.bsky.social @rinathepublicist.bsky.social & will be sending folk to the museum shop after my talk
April 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Speaking at @foodmuseumuk.bsky.social today @unboundsocials.bsky.social @rinathepublicist.bsky.social & will be sending folk to the museum shop after my talk
Brilliant to chat with @chuckdalldorf.bsky.social about writing & how the #Suffolk #landscape draws us back, over coffee at #Snape #Maltings this afternoon.
April 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Brilliant to chat with @chuckdalldorf.bsky.social about writing & how the #Suffolk #landscape draws us back, over coffee at #Snape #Maltings this afternoon.
So true @memoirteacher.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social 'a memoir is not about you but something universal in which you are an illustration.'
I hope my @unbounders.bsky.social @boundlessgroup.bsky.social books ticks that box @marissconstantinou.bsky.social?
I hope my @unbounders.bsky.social @boundlessgroup.bsky.social books ticks that box @marissconstantinou.bsky.social?
April 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
So true @memoirteacher.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social 'a memoir is not about you but something universal in which you are an illustration.'
I hope my @unbounders.bsky.social @boundlessgroup.bsky.social books ticks that box @marissconstantinou.bsky.social?
I hope my @unbounders.bsky.social @boundlessgroup.bsky.social books ticks that box @marissconstantinou.bsky.social?
What is fascinating @mathewclayton.bsky.social @boundlessgroup.bsky.social is how many of the authors I'm writing about knew each other. My next @unbounders.bsky.social book, Down to Earth, is exploring some of those connections.
April 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What is fascinating @mathewclayton.bsky.social @boundlessgroup.bsky.social is how many of the authors I'm writing about knew each other. My next @unbounders.bsky.social book, Down to Earth, is exploring some of those connections.