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Art of Camping book

Four campsites in fiction

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January 9, 2012
Handdrawn map of the perfect group camp map

Camps from novels
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The Economist Books of the Year 2011

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December 14, 2011
Matthew De Abaitua

The Economist have included my book The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars on their Best of 2011 list.
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Campfire mix

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August 23, 2011
hooded kibbo kift and kindred

Download a campfire mix from Richard Norris and Matthew De Abaitua
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Evan Davis’ Camping Lesson

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August 23, 2011
Matthew De Abaitua on the beach with his daughter Florence

I spent a morning erecting a tent with Evan Davis for the Today Programme.
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The Art of Camping reviewed in The Independent and Telegraph

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August 23, 2011
Tents on the roof of One New Change shopping centre in Cheapside

Two fascinating reviews of my new book
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Read an extract from The Art of Camping

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August 23, 2011
Cover of Matthew De Abaitua's camping book the Art of Camping

The travails of packing for a camping trip. Read a long excerpt from The Art of Camping courtesy of Google
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Camping etiquette – Signs

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August 10, 2011
A toddler shouting No

Little warning signs and polite notices are the ruin of many a good campsite.
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The Art of Camping book review in The Economist

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July 18, 2011
Handdrawn map of the perfect group camp map

"A delightful combination of history and memoir with a generous dollop of guidance thrown on top"
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The Art of Camping tour

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July 16, 2011
Campers around campfire illustration from The Art of Camping

My summer camping-and-reading itinerary to promote my camping book
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The Art of Camping book review in The Guardian

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July 13, 2011
john hargrave instruction

"This is a lovely book, genre-busting as all good books must be these days." Kathryn Hughes
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