Articles
The problem with Jamie Oliver
Tom Hodgkinson | Letter from the Editor
Not so quick and easy…… Read more
Top tips for trespassers
Nick Hayes | Idle Thoughts
Nick Hayes on how to really enjoy the countryside… Read more
In praise of the chaise
Robert Wringham | Comment
Robert Wringham on an essential accessory for quality idling… Read more
Book of the Week: The Book of Trespass
Nick Hayes | Books
This land is your land, says Nick Hayes… Read more
Street fight: ah, is this not happiness?
Jin Shengtan | Idle Thoughts
The sixth of 33 happy moments from a 17th century Chinese poet… Read more
Charles Handy: Careful what you wish for
Charles Handy | Comment
If you get to the top, there’s work to do… Read more
Television: How will we film sex scenes now?
Peter Fincham | Idle Thoughts
Peter Fincham on the future of small screen intimacy… Read more
Book of the Week: Sketches by Boz
Charles Dickens | Books
Charles Dickens on the streets of late Georgian London… Read more
Fire crackers: ah, is this not happiness?
Jin Shengtan | Idle Thoughts
The fifth of 33 happy moments from a 17th century Chinese poet… Read more
Tribute to David Graeber
Tom Hodgkinson | Idler Magazine
Extract from our 2018 interview with the brilliant professor… Read more
The Magic of Mushrooms by Merlin Sheldrake
Idler Magazine
Explore the curious life of fungi … Read more
How I live: Alexandra Wilson, junior barrister
Idler Magazine
The exhausting daily routine of Alexandra Wilson… Read more
Book of the Week: The Twittering Machine
Richard Seymour | Books
How social media destroyed writing… Read more
Charles Handy: The past won’t help the future
Charles Handy | Comment
Riding a bike won’t help you pass your driving test… Read more
Idler 74, Sept/Oct 2020
Back Issues
Features…
Adam Buxton: ‘I reached enlightenment the other day’
The Magic of Mushrooms by Merlin Sheldrake
Rise… Read more
Book of the Week: The Cult of Water
David Bramwell and Pete Fowler | Books
David Bramwell takes an occult journey back in time up the river Don… Read more
Banana trees: ah, is this not happiness?
Jin Shengtan | Idle Thoughts
The fourth of 33 happy moments from a 17th century Chinese poet… Read more
Charles Handy: Why ownership is a trap
Charles Handy | Comment
Dogs – and all possessions – can possess you… Read more
Remembrance of cigarettes past
Anandi Mishra | Idle Thoughts
Anandi Mishra’s ode to the idle smoker… Read more
The genius of Ronnie O’Sullivan
Alex Johnson | Sport
“He brings a jangle of exhilaration to the sport”… Read more
Book of the Week: Caste
Isabel Wilkerson | Books
Right from 1619, Africans in the US were designated inferior… Read more
Cat and mouse: ah, is this not happiness?
Jin Shengtan | Idle Thoughts
The third of 33 happy moments from a 17th century Chinese poet… Read more