HERE COMES THE FUN

What Aitken writes about fun is worth reading Mail on Sunday Irresistible Christopher Somerville author of The January Man and Walking the Bones of Britain A great book Simon Rimmer Sunday Brunch Aitken s writing is always a delight Madeleine Bunting author of The SeasideAre you getting enough Bestselling travel writer Ben Aitken wasn t Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen Ben gave boredom the boot and stress the cold shoulder by embarking on a whimsical journey into the serious business of having a laugh He did a pilgrimage in Spain a summer camp in Kent and a cruise of the Baltic with 2 000 grannies And when he wasn t on the road he searched for merriment at home by giving bridge a go volunteering a chance and gardening a crack of the whip By incorporating the thoughts of key thinkers and boffins Here Comes the Fun offers a satisfying balance of the playful and the profound the serious and the silly the daft and the deep