Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE GRAN TOUR AND THE MARMALADE DIARIES

An irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic.

'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review

In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryson in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.

Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.

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Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE GRAN TOUR AND THE MARMALADE DIARIES

An irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic.

'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review

In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryson in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.

Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.

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Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island

Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island

by Ben Aitken
Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island

Dear Bill Bryson: Footnotes from a Small Island

by Ben Aitken

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE GRAN TOUR AND THE MARMALADE DIARIES

An irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic.

'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review

In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryson in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.

Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785788253
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: 02/03/2022
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ben Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to 6ft then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He is the author of four books: Dear Bill Bryson, A Chip Shop in Poznan (a Times bestseller), The Gran Tour ('Both moving and hilarious', Spectator) and The Marmalade Diaries.

Table of Contents

Preface to this edition ix

1 Calais-Dover 1

2 London 8

3 London 2 15

4 Windsor 22

5 Virginia Water 31

6 Bournemouth-Christchurch 38

7 Salisbury-Stonehenge 48

8 Corfe Castle 56

9 West Lulworth-Weymouth 65

10 Exeter-Barnstaple 75

11 Weston-super-Mare-Monmouth 83

12 Oxford 92

13 Cotswolds 102

14 Milton Keynes-Cambridge-Newmarket 112

15 Retford-Worksop 127

16 Lincoln-Bradford 137

17 Saltaire-Harrogate 148

18 Manchester-Wigan 162

19 Liverpool 175

20 Llandudno-Ludlow 182

21 Blackpool-Morecambe 202

22 Lake District 214

23 Newcastle-Durham-Ashington 222

24 Edinburgh 237

25 Aberdeen-Inverness 244

26 Thurso 252

27 Glasgow 260

Acknowledgements 271

About the Author 273

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