“If we don’t care about our past, we cannot hope for the future’, said Jackie Kennedy Onassis. It’s why my latest book is so important Unbound, both to me, and to my readers. We can learn so much from our rural past. #OralHistory

As one who always put work before life, it’s good to see that my daughter has not followed my example. #WorkLifeBalance linkedin.com/posts/robertas…

Brilliant, Unbound to see my latest book mentioned by the George Ewart Evans Centre in South Wales.

The programme for the first #Leiston Book Festival (7th Sept) is almost complete & tickets will go on sale in June. Sign up & we’ll email you the minute booking opens via our venue partner ⁦Leiston Film Theatre⁩ leistonbookfestival.co.uk/festival-progr…

Really important piece by Keiron Pim I suspect many of us have been close, in one way or another. Perhaps a little too close.

“I can’t take your order”, said the girl behind the bar. “You have to scan the QR code on your table & place your order via the app, and I then bring it to your table.”?Bought my coffee elsewhere #DigitalNightmare #BotVictoryOverHumanity

Is this something Alde Valley Academy could get involved with? As a local author, I know how words can change lives.

In conversation yesterday, a guy told me that #church attendances fell markedly, when new #superheros (he cited Batman and Superman) hit cinema screens. ‘People need something to believe in’, he said. #ResearchNeeded #Distraction

It’s time for a two week digital detox, followed in June by a more contemplative, creative life with fewer distractions. This means breaking an old habit, & perhaps a deep down fear of missing out. linkedin.com/posts/robertas…

It’s Sunday, so ⁦Quakers in Britain⁩ worship followed by a ⁦Tosier Chocolate⁩ treat en route to Blythburgh

You've changed your profile Miles Harvey, to just one word - retired. But far from being a has-been, you have limitless potential to help others as the trudge life's lonely path

More than 100 people came to my father-in-law's funeral yesterday. I dedicated my latest book to him, & am pleased he had the opportunity to read it before he died. robertashton.co.uk/blog/we-buried…

Being introduced as 'Suffolk oral historian' has quite made my day Harris&Harris Books. If that's how other see me, then my future direction is both exciting, humbling and very, very clear Unbound Mathew Clayton

Thank you ⁦Harris&Harris Books⁩ for the thoughtful gift. Book me in for autumn 2026 to talk about my next book! #suffolk #oralhistory

Looking more closely, there were two of Richard Hawking’s books in front of mine, and an early set of the fabulous Adrian Bell trilogy on sale too. A truly #Suffolk bookshop

Look ⁦𝕽𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝕲𝖎𝖑𝖑⁩, this is how all bookshops should display my ⁦Unbound⁩ book. Bravo ⁦Harris&Harris Books⁩ #HotCakes

Thanks Richard Hopton for the flattering review of my Unbound book is Sherborne Times. Let's hope people now flock to Winstone Books Sherborne to buy both a copy my book, & one of 'Ask the Fellows'

Reading 'A Farmer's Year' as I research my next book H Rider Haggard Society. H Rider Haggard was born 99 years before me, & died when the age I am now. A stark reminder that I cannot waste any more time! #urgency

I'm feeling strangely #philosophical this afternoon linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

I wonder how far afield my latest book will travel? Perhaps I should offer a prize for the picture of my book in the most unusual, far flung location? A little like the gnome in the film #Amelie ! What do you reckon Unbound?