Articles
Happy Lammas from the Idler
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
We’re off to a festival
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Charles Handy: inventing a new life
Charles Handy | Comment
Charles Handy on the value of re-imagining your life’s story… Read more
Book of the Week: On Lying in Bed
G. K. Chesterton | Books
GK Chesterton’s essay on one of our favourite idle pursuits… Read more
Charles Handy: my new business idea
Charles Handy | Comment
Why not create a ‘library of experiences’?… Read more
The trials and triumphs of off-grid camping
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Tom Hodgkinson goes off-grid on the Welsh coast… Read more
Charles Handy: the truth about comb-overs
Charles Handy | Comment
Make life simple and tell the truth, says Charles Handy… Read more
Drugs and the work ethic
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Tom Hodgkinson on Michael Pollan’s new book… Read more
Charles Handy: Preparing for the inevitable
Charles Handy | Comment
Thoughts on a rapidly-approaching death… Read more
The excruciating tedium of buying a car
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Tom Hodgkinson agonises over a new set of wheels… Read more
Charles Handy: what would they write on your tombstone?
Charles Handy | Comment
Sage words from our avuncular guru… Read more
Book of the Week: 100 Things I Meant to Tell You, by Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith | Books
Arthur Smith on the joys of not going out… Read more
Interview: Jessie Cave
Florence Read | Idler Magazine
Florence Read meets the Harry Potter star turned novelist… Read more
Charles Handy: My grandson and the Marines
Charles Handy | Comment
Charles Handy on the value of avoiding the blame game… Read more
Bring back the chill out room!
Christopher Mellor and Matt Scott | Idler Magazine
Is it time to revisit rave’s zones of tranquility?… Read more
Book of the Week: The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing
Hannah Dawson | Books
Hannah Dawson surveys the history of feminist movements around the world in the introduction to her brilliant anthology… Read more
Why do my children stare at the fridge as if there’s no food in it?
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Is cooking food really such a problem, wonders Tom Hodgkinson… Read more
Charles Handy: Grow better, not bigger
Charles Handy | Comment
Quality over quantity every time… Read more
Book of the Week: Au Revoir Tristesse
Viv Groskop | Books
Françoise Sagan did what she wanted – how freeing, writes Viv Groskop… Read more
Q&A: Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland | Books
The author talks about his new book, The Extreme Self … Read more
Book of the Week: The Government of No One, by Ruth Kinna
Ruth Kinna | Books
An enlightening study of anarchism… Read more
Chinese youth embrace ‘Lying Flat’ movement
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Tom Hodgkinson on a new rebellion… Read more