Articles
Interview: Damien Hirst
Tom Hodgkinson | Idler Magazine
We meet the artist in his riverside studio… Read more
Idler 71, March/April 2020
Back Issues
Damien Hirst: “I lost control”
Slow Boat: Return of the sailing ship
Proper Job: Meet the… Read more
Book of the Week: The Idle Beekeeper
Bill Anderson | Idle Thoughts
Bill Anderson on the architecture of an apiary… Read more
Heavy duty
Bill Anderson | Idle Thoughts
The challenges of keeping bees safe when storms hit… Read more
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
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
Book of the Week: Homesick
Catrina Davies | Books
The story of a woman who decided to live in a shed… Read more
Where lies happiness?
From the Archives
Ask Homer Simpson, wrote Gavin Hills in Idler Issue Two… Read more
Book of the Week: Square Haunting
Francesca Wade | Books
The story of a radical square in Bloomsbury… Read more
Zen and the art of dishwasher maintenance
Tom Hodgkinson
How to free yourself from domestic slavery… Read more
The Drunken Hairdresser
James Parker | From the Archives
A short story from Idler Issue One about a boozing barber … Read more
Book of the Week: Coventry
Rachel Cusk | Books
Rachel Cusk on Assisi and the life of St Francis… Read more
Interview: Rowan Williams
Idler Magazine
Lessons in the good life from a former Archbishop … Read more
