It was where the romantic poets were wont to ramble, and now Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson is setting up a stall there, this Friday, that’s 10 September. He will be at the Porlock Village Hall, selling books and t-shirts, with over 20 other local authors. The event starts at 10am and goes on till 4pm. It’s part of the 8th annual Porlock Arts Fair.
Come to the wonderful new England’s Lane Bookshop in Hampstead on Thursday, 7 October, for a talk on Love, Liberty and Idleness, with ukulele accompaniment. The event starts at 7pm and tickets are a mere £3, which includes a glass of wine. You can book by calling the shop on 0207 586 9764, or email them at info@englandslanebooks.co.uk.
Come down to the Brighton Dome on Saturday 18 December for another outing of ‘Songs of Love, Liberty and Idleness’ as part of Brighton Ukulele Day. Click here to buy tickets. The show starts at 6pm, and tickets cost just £5.
Download and print your own version of the freedom manifesto by clicking here.
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Chris Yates is known in the angling world as a legendary carp fisherman. He is also the Idler’s tea correspondent. We recommend his beautiful book to anyone interested in either angling or doing nothing, or indeed both, since it is Chris’s belief that fishing is a really about doing nothing except for being with nature.
The new 'Back to the Land' issue features a major interview with David Hockney who has also contributed two sketches. Essayists include Paul Kingsnorth, Harry Mount, Penny Rimbaud, Jay Griffiths and Simon Fairlie,.
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350 page Idler, a collection of radical essays by Alain De Botton, Penny Rimbaud, John Mitchinson, Jay Griffiths, Paul Kingsnorth, Oliver James. Published 17 June 2009. In Stock. Order now.
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A sumptuous compendium of one hundred pleasures, each lovingly described and illustrated.
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Take control of your life and reclaim your right to be idle.
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"Very funny...should be at the top of Tony Blair's reading
list." The Times
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Recommended to anyone interested in either angling or doing nothing.
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The Idler is an annual, book-shaped magazine that campaigns against the work ethic. It was founded in 1993 by Tom Hodgkinson and his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. The intention of the magazine is to return dignity to the art of loafing, to make idling into something to aspire towards rather than reject. As well as providing a radical and thought-provoking read, the Idler is also very funny. MORE …
"The philosophers of antiquity taught contempt for work, that degradation of the free man, the poets sang of idleness, that gift from the Gods." Idle Idols: Paul Lafargue
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