Articles
Charles Handy: My fantasy office
Charles Handy | Comment
The workplace should be like a gentleman’s club… Read more
Book of the Week: Guitar Man
Will Hodgkinson | Books
Will Hodgkinson learns to play the guitar… Read more
A sudden rainstorm: ah, is this not happiness?
Jin Shengtan | Comment
The first of 33 happy moments from a 17th century Chinese poet… Read more
Lucky Mr Steerstrait
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Has freelancing lost its lustre now that everyone is working from home?… Read more
Charles Handy: Fees or wages?
Charles Handy | Comment
As more work from home, should we charge by the hour or by the job?… Read more
Book of the Week: Life: A User’s Manual
Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro | Books
A helpful guide, drawing on thinkers from Socrates to Sartre… Read more
Thanks for the trolls, Mark
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Tom Hodgkinson on a Facebook advertising fail… Read more
Art under lockdown
Tim Richardson | Idler Magazine
Tim Richardson shows how you can be up to your ears in art without… Read more
Stewart Lee’s music column
Stewart Lee | Idler Magazine
Idler content provider Stewart Lee recommends some recent releases
Comprising two roughly 25-minute solos, Just… Read more
Goodbye nine-to-five; hello Oxford hours
Charles Handy | Comment
Afternoons are not for working, says Charles Handy… Read more
Book of the Week: Wild Signs and Star Paths
Tristan Gooley | Books
How to find your way using stars, plants and woodlands sounds… Read more
Idle Pleasures: Poking the fire
Jock Scot | Comment
Lean back and take a long pull on that 25-year-old whisky… Read more
The discreet charms of the flip flop
Aaron Jackson | Fashion
Aaron Jackson on how a simple sandal stormed the world… Read more
Charles Handy: The Chinese contract
Comment
Trust always beats the signing of legal documents… Read more
Television: In defence of fakery
Peter Fincham | Comment
Bring on the artificial crowd noise, says Peter Fincham… Read more
David Graeber on the strange phenomenon of bullshit jobs
Tom Hodgkinson | Idler Magazine
Anarchist professor David Graeber attacks the work ethic… Read more
Idle Pleasures: Slouching
Dan Kieran | Books
It’s a leisurely two fingers up to the productive classes… Read more
Merry-making goes underground
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
We’ve always fought for our right to party, says Tom Hodgkinson… Read more
Roger Phillips on truffles, tulips and pansies
Roger Phillips | Food
Foraging lessons from the master… Read more
Book of the Week: Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Books
Rousseau finds happiness in idling… Read more