Iain Aitch

Iain Aitch

Iain Aitch is an English writer and journalist who was born in Margate and who now lives in London. He is the author of the travel book A Fete Worse Than Death, which is a humorous first person journey through an English summer. He is also author of We're British, Innit, which is a humorous lexicon about Britain. He writes articles for The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph and has also written for a diverse selection of magazines, including Dwell, Bizarre, Dazed & Confused and The Idler.

External links

* [http://www.iainaitch.com Iain Aitch's website]
* [http://www.britishinnit.com Iain Aitch's website for the book and blog We're British, Innit]
* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/notes-on-a-small-island-the-things-that-really-make-britain-great-910558.html Extracts from We're British, Innit in the Independent newspaper]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/04/14/smweiss14.xml&page=1 Interview with Shangri-Las singer Mary Weiss in Daily Telegraph]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1824735,00.html Iain Aitch learns to dance: A Guardian readers' article of the year]


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