Here Comes the Fun

What Aitken writes about fun is worth reading … **** - four stars! * Mail on Sunday *Irresistible. A buzzing mixture of experiment, farce and revelation as Ben Aitken road-tests the outer limits of fun till they squeak. – Christopher Somerville, author of The January Man and Walking the Bones of BritainA great book – Simon Rimmer, Sunday BrunchAitken’s writing is always a delight – Madeleine Bunting, author of The SeasideBoy, can he write * Daily Mail *Ben Aitken finds the funny in everything but he does so without ever losing his warmth or his curiosity. He didn’t just make me laugh - he made me want to be a better person. Life affirming and - yes - fun! – Max Dickins, author of Billy No-Mates

Ben Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to 6ft then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He was conceived by a nurse and a shipwright, grew up in Portsmouth and was in a boyband for a spell in the noughties, then worked as a carer throughout his twenties. He is the author of six books: Dear Bill Bryson, A Chip Shop in Poznan (a Times bestseller), The Gran Tour (‘Both moving and hilarious’, Spectator), The Marmalade Diaries, Here Comes the Fun and Shitty Breaks. He writes for The Guardian and The Times, was the TCG Travel Journalist of the Year in 2024, and is an occasional lecturer at the University of Portsmouth.