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The Idler’s Diary 2009

This a diary like no other. With appointment pages interspersed with things to do, recipes, drawings, arcana, poems and other pearls of wisdom - the “Idler Diary” will help you gently float down river in 2009. Illustrated in glorious technicolour by the Idler’s crack team of artists and cartoonists and with contributions for a nationwide team of well known slackers. Illuminating, irreverent and intriguing, this is the perfect gift for daydreamers everywhere. It includes a full list of all medieval feast days.

This is a first for us: it’s an elegant appointments diary with illustrations by Idler favourites Pete Loveday and Alice Smith. Throughout, we remind you not only of Bank Holidays, but also all the forgotten saints’ days from the fun-filled medieval calendar. There are also history, science and cooking lessons from Alex James, Louis Theroux, Bill Drummond and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, as well as medieval art, romantic poetry and Gwyn cartoons to help you enjoy yourself all year round.

It costs a mere £9.99 and you can order it now by clicking here

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Country Diary 79

IT‘S BEEN A LONG COLD miserable summer. We took a three week road trip around the UK, putting on events at festivals, visiting friends and family and staying for a week on a fruit farm in Norfolk. On arrival home in mid-August, the weather stayed bad. The problem with going away is that the veg patch suffers. (more…)

The Idler’s Diary 2009 Now Available

TODAY we proudly announce the release of The Idler’s Diary 2009. This is a first for us: it’s an elegant appointments diary with illustrations by Idler favourites Pete Loveday and Alice Smith. Throughout, we remind you not only of Bank Holidays, but also all the forgotten saints’ days from the fun-filled medieval calendar. There are also history, science and cooking lessons from Alex James, Louis Theroux, Bill Drummond and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, as well as medieval art, romantic poetry and Gwyn cartoons to help you enjoy yourself all year round.

It costs a mere £9.99 and you can order it now by clicking here

Sample spread. Click here to magnify.

Sample spread. Click here to magnify

Love Thy Neighbour: A Sermon

Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson is giving a sermon entitled Love Thy Neighbour at London’s Horse Hospital, as a guest of the newly established School of Life.

The sermon takes place at 11.30am on Sunday 26 October, and you can click here for more details.