What is the appeal of camping? Matthew de Abaitua talks about his book 'The Art of Camping'

Why do we feel drawn to sleep under the stars? What is the connection between camping and socialist idealism? Why does the whole nation apparently now want to spend the summer at pop festivals? And how can we stay comfortable when the rain pours? Matthew De Abaitua, author of newly published The Art of Camping, and experienced camper himself, comes to the Idler Academy to discuss contemporary camping etiquette, what camping means and why we do it, and the attempts of radical groups of the 1920s such as the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift to use camping to forge a new way of life. The talk will include a camping q&a.