Their Excellencies Viktor Wynd & Suzette Field, Chancellor & Tribune of The Last Tuesday Society
require and request the pleasure of your company at the most magnificent ball,
The Midnight Masked Ball at Wilderness
Saturday the 13th August 2011

In the magnificent sculpted parkland and forest of Cornbury Park, in the Cotswolds.  

Come to the Ball by Train Come from Paddington - Charlbury - 85 minutes. Shuttle buses from the station will be available.
Or in your very own private motor - under two hours drive.
 
Please visit the http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org for more details on transportation and to see maps

The Idler Academy at Wilderness
'Competence is the foundation of happiness,' William Cobbett.
The Idler Academy decamps from W2 and brings its finest tutors and masters to Wilderness for a series of improving talks and classes.
Our lecturers include:
Metereology expert Mr Gavin Pretor-Pinney of the Cloud Appreciation Society;
Robin Harford the foraging expert;
Sports master Ben Moor who will be leading a team of Academy pupils in a game of Frisbee Tree Golf;
Utopian Advisor Dr David Bramwell;
Renowned hedgehog expert Hugh Warwick;
John-Paul Flintoff, North London's own Gandhi, author of Sew Your Own;
Lucy Cooke, world-renowned authority on the habits of the sloth;
Dr Mark Vernon with a class on ancient philosophy,
and fashion historian NJ Stevenson with a glorious slideshow.
Your hosts are Head Master Tom Hodgkinson and Head Mistress Victoria Hull, and there will be cakes, coffees, fine teas and instructive second-hand books for sale in the tuck shop and common room.

The Midnight Masked Ball at Wilderness - Saturday the 13th August 2011
Tickets £70 for 10am Sat – Midday Sunday –
Early Bird Tickets £55 from www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org  or £55 with no booking fee from our little shop –
Admission includes Camping in Our Very Special Shaded Forest Campsite.
http://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org

Weekend tickets also available.
The Sunday line up includes Anthony and the Johnsons, Mercury Reve, Laura Marling and many more.
For more information please visit:
http://www.wildernessfestival.com