FROM FISHING AND FLYING TO FRENCH COOKING - BEN AITKEN'S YEAR OF ACTIVELY PURSUING FUN.
Ben Aitken Book order
Ben Aitken's writing often stems from unconventional experiences and keen observation. His early work involved following in the footsteps of a popular travel writer across the UK, leading to a collection of humorous footnotes. Venturing further, Aitken relocated to Poland to immerse himself in a local fish and chip shop, an experience that became the basis for his subsequent book. Through these unique journeys, Aitken explores cultural nuances and personal adventures with a distinctive, engaging voice.
- 2023
- 2022
Dear Bill Bryson
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A new edition of an irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.
- 2022
"Charming, touching and very very funny" — Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling authorONE HOUSE. TWO UNLIKELY HOUSEMATES.While hunting for a room in London, Ben Aitken came across one for a great price in a lovely part of town. There had to be a catch. And there was. The catch was an 85-year-old widow who doesn't suffer fools.Full of warmth, wit and candor, The Marmalade Diaries tells the story of an unlikely friendship built during an unlikely time. One of the pair, a grieving aristocrat in her mid-eighties. The other? A millennial snowflake. What could possibly go wrong? What could possibly go right?Out of the most inauspicious of soils - and from the author of The Gran Tour - comes a book about grief, family, friendship, loneliness, life, love, lockdown and marmalade.
- 2020
One millennial, six coach trips, one big generation gap.
- 2019
Why do the Poles leave Poland? Travel writer Ben Aitken booked a one-way ticket to Poznan to find out. This account of his year is a bittersweet portrait of an unsung country.
- 2015
"Long story short, I've decided to retrace your steps. Why? Because I'm bored. Take it from me, there's only so many tacos a guy can serve before he wants to put a pint of salsa down his windpipe"--Back cover.