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Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Aug 29

Love this from Humanists UK! #Thatshumanism is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself! humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

That's humanism!

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David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looking forward to seeing/hearing York Guitar Quartet in action in Sheffield in October ...

We've teamed up with our patron Stephen Fry, to explore humanist ideas about some of life’s big questions in four animated shorts.

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Aug 27

How do we know what’s true? Narrated by Stephen Fry, #Thatshumanism shows why science, experimentation, and evidence are the most reliable ways to understand the world. Watch the video: humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

That's humanism!

We've teamed up with our patron Stephen Fry, to explore humanist ideas about some of life’s big questions in four animated shorts.

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David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Aug 26

Love this from Humanists UK! #Thatshumanism is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself! humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

That's humanism!

Cocker Valley Stories 7: Innominate Tarn – journey’s end

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David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Aug 22

Finally, the top of Haystacks – our journey’s end. We have walked from Cockermouth to the source of our river, through a rich and dynamic landscape ... some reflections on the river of life cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/c...

… no more could the restless brookEver turn back and climb the waterfallTo the lake that rests and stirs not in its nook,As in the hollow of the collar-boneUnder the mountain’s head of rush and sto…

Getting Afloat in a Basket

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Mar 22

Those of us with long memories will recall Angus's website article from February 2024, where he leaves Dick Hall floundering in a coracle in Workington harbour. Rupert continues this journey in his own home made boat - sailing out into the Solway ... cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/g...

Rupert Ashmore writes: Reading Angus Winchester’s article about Dick Hall, the Quaker grocer from Cockermouth who wrote about the fells under the pen-name of Hobcarton, I was struck by his descript…

Cocker Valley Stories 4: growth and decay

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Feb 23

Cocker Valley Stories 4: growth and decay cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/c...

Childhood is the once-in-a-lifetime chance to claim places, making them one’s own in a way which slips away in later years. Anyone writing a book about the places of their youth brings their …

In Quieter Ways/An Undertow of Loneliness

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Feb 11

A solitary acoustic guitar, given the space to breathe; playing simple languid phrases which emerge from a prevailing silence.https://davidashworth.wordpress.com/in-quieter-ways-an-undertow-of-loneliness/

The “In Quieter Ways” collection is an exercise in stripping back the layers, a ‘less is more’ approach to making music. A solitary acoustic guitar, given the space to breathe; playing …

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David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Jan 28

Nostalgia is a natural refuge in these occasionally scary times of a world being challenged by AI, war, and dramatic climate change. However ... cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/01/25/s...

Seeing things clearly – rose-tinted spectacles, change, and passing it on

Marion Bowman writes: Nostalgia is a natural refuge in these occasionally scary times of a world being challenged by AI, war, and dramatic climate change. But when we embarked on our La…

Responses to Landscape: a live performance event

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Jan 21

Responses to Landscape: a live performance event cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/r...

As many of you will be aware, our Project was launched with a multimedia performance to a sellout audience at Kirkgate Arts Centre in Cockermouth in September 2023. We were aware that quite a numbe…

Responses to Landscape: a live performance event

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Jan 15

Responses to Landscape: a live performance event cockervalley.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/r...

As many of you will be aware, our Project was launched with a multimedia performance to a sellout audience at Kirkgate Arts Centre in Cockermouth in September 2023. We were aware that quite a numbe…

Cocker Valley Stories 3: looking forwards, looking backwards

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Dec 15

Cocker Valley Stories 3: looking forwards, looking backwards cockervalley.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/c...

David Ashworth writes: During my early years, the world around me was essentially flat. The market town in North Wales where I lived was on the coastal plain. Trips elsewhere were mainly visits to …

Landscape, memory and being human

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Nov 28

Landscapes make us human and we make landscapes that are living things, not just memories. It’s what we have in common. It’s a relationship to cherish. cockervalley.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/l...

Marion Bowman writes: Memory is a slippery business. How reliable is it? It can be conjured through all the senses, the emotions, the good and the bad in life. It can come from many sources and tak…

All Sweet Sounds and Harmonies TRAILER

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Nov 28

A tale of two Rannerdales cockervalley.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/a...

David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Nov 27

As I prepare to begin recording some new works, a fond look back at making music earlier in the year. Still glides the stream... youtu.be/ZvgvXVgPKjk?...

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David Ashworth @davidashworth16.bsky.social · Nov 18

A tale of two Rannerdales cockervalley.wordpress.com/2024/11/16/a...