SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE 2025
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2024
"This is a book of life and why we should celebrate our roots before it is too late" -- John Connell, author of The Cow Book
Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? is an ode to rural life, charting traditions of the past, how they were lost and why we need to reconnect.
Exploring the relationship between everyday items and the communities that make them, Robert Ashton provides a snapshot of twenty-first century England. Where are the people who grow barley, milk cows and produce wool? How have their farming methods become less ethical, sustainable and natural over time? And what are we doing today to reverse that change?
Inspired by George Ewart Evans' Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay, Ashton gives voice to local people and travels rural Suffolk in search for innovation, interweaving his own personal connection to Evans and to the land. Part memoir, part social history, Ashton's thought-provoking book is a manifesto for why, against all odds, we need to step back in order to progress.
| ISBN: | 9781806770069 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 2026 |
| Author: | Robert Ashton |
| Publisher: | Wilton Square Books an imprint of Global Book Sales |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE 2025
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2024
"This is a book of life and why we should celebrate our roots before it is too late" -- John Connell, author of The Cow Book
Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? is an ode to rural life, charting traditions of the past, how they were lost and why we need to reconnect.
Exploring the relationship between everyday items and the communities that make them, Robert Ashton provides a snapshot of twenty-first century England. Where are the people who grow barley, milk cows and produce wool? How have their farming methods become less ethical, sustainable and natural over time? And what are we doing today to reverse that change?
Inspired by George Ewart Evans' Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay, Ashton gives voice to local people and travels rural Suffolk in search for innovation, interweaving his own personal connection to Evans and to the land. Part memoir, part social history, Ashton's thought-provoking book is a manifesto for why, against all odds, we need to step back in order to progress.
Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? features in the following genres: History, Biographies & Autobiographies, Memoirs, Rural communities, Sustainable agriculture, Animal husbandry, The countryside, country life: general interest, Conservation of the environment, Regional and area planning, History and Archaeology, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Social groups, communities and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, Agriculture and farming, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, The environment, Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? is available in Paperback, Hardback
Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? was written by Robert Ashton and published by Wilton Square Books an imprint of Global Book Sales
Where Are the Fellows Who Cut the Hay? has 256 pages
£9.89
