Section: Library
Michael Palin: My struggle to take it easy
Michael Palin | Idler Magazine
And an unfortunate incident in the kitchen… Read more
How Socrates can teach us how to die
Mark Vernon | Idler Magazine
Embrace the ultimate idling, says Mark Vernon… Read more
The sinister world of Spinner.net
Harry R Lloyd | Idle Thoughts
Harry R. Lloyd investigates the website selling mind control… Read more
Interview: Damien Hirst
Tom Hodgkinson | Idler Magazine
We meet the artist in his riverside studio… Read more
The Idler 42, 2009: Smash the System
This is the first of our series of six annual hardback editions of the… Read more
Democracy and its discontents
Mark Vernon | Sermons
The ancient Greek invention is brilliant but dangerous… Read more
Sunday Sermon: The soul of the European union
Mark Vernon | Comment
Our deeper, older links are unchanged… Read more
*Modern Toss Colouring Books Now in Stock*
Modern Toss | Books
Our favourite cartoonists Jon Link & Mick Bunnage of Modern Toss fame have unleashed two… Read more
The cure for workaholism is philosophy
Andrew Smart | Comment
Science is discovering what we idlers knew all along… Read more
Letter from the Editor: Work Less, Learn More
Tom Hodgkinson | Comment
Fulfilment comes not from work but from study… Read more
Drugs don’t always work, they can make it worse
Rachel Kelly | Depression
Antidepressants can have the opposite effect to the one intended… Read more
Work is bad, say scientists
Andrew Smart | Comment
Human beings need more leisure than work… Read more
Sunday Sermon: Is life a tragedy or a comedy?
Mark Vernon | Sermons
The world has grown cold, we’re adrift in empty space… Read more
“We won’t be rich, but we’ll be free” – Charles Handy
Tom Hodgkinson | Business
Our favourite guru sees autonomy ahead… Read more
Ten great business tips for bohemians
Business
Excellent advice from Viz entrepreneur John Brown… Read more
Time to cultivate your garden
Gardening
A preview of Alys Fowler’s online guide to growing your own vegetables and herbs… Read more
Magazine Extract: Why I quit my office job to become a farmer
From Good Folks magazine | Books
Very occasionally I go to a takeaway – I eat it and think: Why? ’Cause the thought of a takeaway is beautiful: Fish & chips – yum! But you eat them and it’s – Eerk! … Read more
How taking a nap can beat depression
Video
“If I don’t shut the doors between two and three, my day falls apart”… Read more
A sight so touching
Tom Hodgkinson | Features
Tom Hodgkinson takes a day off and walks round London… Read more