Heavy duty
Bill Anderson | Idle Thoughts
The challenges of keeping bees safe when storms hit… Read more
Articles
Idler Classics: La Divina Commedia
Mark Vernon | Books
Mark Vernon reflects on the 700th anniversary of Dante’s Divine Comedy… Read more
The Books Borges Never Wrote
Henry Eliot | Idle Thoughts
“A writer’s work is the product of laziness.”… Read more
Book of the Week: Transcendence
Gaia Vince | Books
Why we’re more than just smarter chimps with cool tools… Read more
TV: The Tragedy of Michael Barrymore
Peter Fincham | Idle Thoughts
Peter Fincham reviews new Channel 4 doc… Read more
Book of the Week: Government of No One
Ruth Kinna | Books
An enlightening study of anarchism… Read more
The Decline and Fall of Classics Teaching
Harry Mount | Idle Thoughts
Harry Mount ratiocinates… Read more
Trials of Island Life by Will Self
Will Self | From the Archives
An urbanite recalls days of idleness on Orkney… Read more
How To Be Alone
Idle Thoughts
Why we should all embrace the sound of silence… Read more
TV: Christine Keeler and White House Farm
Peter Fincham | Idle Thoughts
Peter Fincham on how new television can revolutionise old stories… Read more
Book of the Week: Lost Dog
Kate Spicer | Books
How adopting a dog changed Kate Spicer’s life… Read more
Pigeon Boy
From the Archives
James Parker diagnoses the psychosis of city living… Read more