Articles
Do You Really Want to Win the Lottery?
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
You don’t have to be a millionaire to be rich, says Tom Hodgkinson … Read more
Charles Handy: What does “fair” mean?
Charles Handy | Comment
It’s a question that’s at the heart of the choices we make… Read more
Book of the Week: Portable Magic
Emma Smith | Books
How a biography of Victoria helped win the war. By Emma Smith… Read more
New: The Idler Guide to Investment with Edward Chancellor
Tom Hodgkinson | Online course
Or how not to lose a lot of money… Read more
The Pure Joy of Playing in Bands
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Jarvis’s new memoir provokes nostalgia for Tom Hodgkinson… Read more
What’s Important to Italians
Charles Handy | Comment
Charles Handy says the serious stuff can wait… Read more
Book of the Week: Careering
Daisy Buchanan | Books
An extract from Daisy Buchanan’s new novel… Read more
Roll Up for the Idler Festival
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
8, 9 and 10 July, Fenton House & Garden, Hampstead NW3… Read more
How to Swear in French
Viv Groskop | Idler Magazine
From the Idler No.84 (May-June 2022) – out now… Read more
The Surrealists’ War on Work
Abigail Susik | Idler Magazine
From the Idler No.84 (May-June 2022) – out now… Read more
Tea With Margaret Drabble
Tom Hodgkinson | Idler Magazine
Tom Hodgkinson meets a literary legend… Read more
Book of the Week: The Trespasser’s Companion
Nick Hayes | Books
Nick Hayes declares war on the law… Read more
Joys of Old Comedy
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
How laughter unites, from Aristophanes to The Fast Show… Read more
Charlie Higson: A Greek Tale
Charlie Higson | Stories
Teenage trauma on a 1970s holiday, with ouzo involved… Read more
Book of the Week: Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Charlie Higson | Books
Reflections on psychopaths from Charlie Higson… Read more
Secrets of the Money-Saving Amateurs
Tom Hodgkinson | Comment
How to spend less on the boring things and more on the fun ones… Read more
Book of the Week: The Odyssey by Lara Williams
Lara Williams | Books
A brilliant satire on working life… Read more
Why You Should Make Your Own Sandwiches
Tom Hodgkinson | Comment
Embrace autarkia and ataraxia in one simple creative act… Read more
The Ancient Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Making
Julia Lasica | Comment
Why the tradition is more important now than ever… Read more
Mark Vernon’s Thought for the Week
Mark Vernon | Comment
A philosopher on how to cope with suffering… Read more
Charles Handy: Hubris leads to failure
Charles Handy | Comment
How acting like a big shot always backfires… Read more
Jarvis Cocker headlines Idler Festival
Victoria Hull | Idle Thoughts
Pulp legend Jarvis will be talking about his new book Good Pop, Bad Pop… Read more
The vanity of the middle-aged man
Tom Hodgkinson | Comment
Tom Hodgkinson has an unwelcome epiphany… Read more
Sherlock Holmes as idler
Tom Hodgkinson | Comment
A bed-bound Tom Hodgkinson revisits Conan Doyle’s masterpieces… Read more