This time our guest is Annebella Pollen and our subject is The Kindrend of the Kibbo Kift. Annebella Pollen is the author of The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians as well as Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton. Annebella's research areas include mass photography and the popular image, and histories of art, craft, design and dress, especially marginal, alternative and non-canonical forms. The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians is the first full-length work to explore the innovative cultural production of the English camping and hiking organization (1920-1932). Founded after the First World War as a reaction to militarism in scouting, Kibbo Kift developed into an all-ages organization for men and women. It attracted the support of a range of high-profile writers, artists, scientists and campaigners from DH Lawrence to HG Wells. Underpinned by a complex, distinctive philosophy, Kibbo Kift's practices were wide-ranging, extending across health and handicraft, pacifism and propaganda, myth and magic, education and economics.

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Presented by Matthew Shaw