Give us back our commons
Guy Standing | Idler Magazine
Guy Standing wants to restore our ancient rights… Read more
Articles
Interview: Emma Thompson
Idler Magazine
The actor and activist talks fame and family with Tom Hodgkinson… Read more
Highland fling
Idler Magazine
Lee Osborne escapes to a bothy… Read more
Book of the Week: Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
Brett Anderson | Books
Memories of the music industry by Suede frontman Brett Anderson… Read more
Dominic Cummings’ terrible dress sense
Gustav Temple | Comment
Why can’t he make fashion happen?… Read more
Return from retreat
Idle Thoughts
Musings on the art of coming home… Read more
Book of the Week: At the Pond
Sophie Mackintosh | Books
Writers go swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond… Read more
Punk is dead, long live punk
Idle Thoughts
Is there any anarchy left in the UK?… Read more
Book of the Week: Defying Gravity
Live events
The life and times of a punk icon… Read more
On the streets with Extinction Rebellion
Florence Read | Idle Thoughts
Are idlers the ultimate eco-warriors?… Read more
Book of the Week: Plunder of the Commons
Books
Economist Guy Standing defends our ancient rights… Read more
Book of the Week: Plato’s Symposium
Mark Vernon | Classical literature
Mark Vernon on the great conversation about love… Read more