Book of the Week: Homing
25 Jun | Jon Day | Books
Jon Day on the curious world of pigeon fancying … Read more
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The Surprising Survival of the Bookshop
21 Jun | Tom Hodgkinson | Books
Plus readers recommend great indies… Read more
Idler Festival Day Tickets Now on Sale
12 Jun | Events
Friday, Saturday and Sunday tickets for the Idler Festival at Fenton House… Read more
News: Coming of the one day week
11 Jun | Tom Hodgkinson
Eight hours a week is enough for wellbeing, say researchers… Read more
Book of the Week: Why Ignoring Your Children…
10 Jun | Parenting
… Will Make Everyone Happier… Read more
How to Sign Off an Email
7 Jun | Tom Hodgkinson | Idle Thoughts
Tom Hodgkinson ponders the rules of civility… Read more
The Joys of Knitting Badly
5 Jun | Helen McCombie | Idle Thoughts
Unravelling the rise of competitive craft… Read more
The Epicurean Question
29 May | Tom Hodgkinson | Idle Thoughts
Retreat or engage? So asks editor Tom Hodgkinson… Read more
Visit London’s greatest Roman temple
22 May | Harry Mount | Events
Harry Mount uncovers the ancient city lurking beneath our feet… Read more
Book of the Week: Lowborn
20 May | Kerry Hudson | Books
“I am proudly working class but was never proudly poor”… Read more
Plant the tree of liberty
17 May | Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Tom Hodgkinson celebrates the merry month of May… Read more
Louis Theroux on dealing with haters and being told he is bipolar
13 May | Tom Hodgkinson | Interview
“A bad review can be a tribute… someone’s paying attention”… Read more