A Fete Worse Than Death: A Journey Through an English Summer

A Fete Worse Than Death: A Journey Through an English Summer

by IainAitch (Author)

Synopsis

Iain Aitch never set out to be propositioned by a toe-sucking female druid at Stonehenge on midsummer's night, but these things happen when you travel round England looking for those people for whom the phrase summer madness seems to have been invented. From historical re-enacters to giant vegetable shows at village fetes, Wiltshire crop circle fanatics to Cotswolds shin-kickers, Blackpool stag parties to Cornish pasty sailings - Iain Aitch takes all these in his stride as he goes in search of the English at play in the sunshine (well, occasionally). Along the way Iain goes some way to uncover the bizarre array of hobbies, pastimes, fetes, festivals and fights that occupy the English in their time off.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Published: 02 Jun 2003

ISBN 10: 0755311906
ISBN 13: 9780755311903

Author Bio
Iain Aitch is a young journalist who writes for the Guardian and the independent. He contributes a regular column about pranks and hoaxes for Bizarre magazine, and he has been nominated for European Internet Journalist of the Year 2002 for his work on the cutting edge Ammo City website.