Idler’s Companion
The Idler’s Companion, an anthology of lazy literature.
"Idleness does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognized in the dogmatic formualries of the ruling class."
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Archives
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Books
The Idler's Diary 2009
With recipes, drawings, arcana, poems and other pearls of wisdom - the "Idler Diary" will help you gently float down river in 2009.
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Idler 41: The QI Issue
The Idler joins forces with the men from QI for a celebration of curiosity and an attack on boredom, with plenty of William Morris
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The Book of Idle Pleasures
A sumptuous compendium of one hundred pleasures, each lovingly described and illustrated.
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The Freedom Manifesto
The US version of How To Be Free: "A work of crafty scholarship and
radical intent" - Michael Agger, Slate
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How to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson
"Packed with wit, anecdotes and ideas ..." Word Magazine
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How to be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson
Take control of your life and reclaim your right to be idle.
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I Fought the Law by Dan Kieran
"Very funny...should be at the top of Tony Blair's reading
list." The Times
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How to Fish by Chris Yates
Recommended to anyone interested in either angling or doing nothing.
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The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
"Read this eye-opening and amusingly written book" Daily Mail
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About The Idler
The Idler is a bi-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 …
From the Archives
"I do nothing and then I do something. But it's taken years of investigating idleness in all its forms to be able to achieve this. My discipline is borne out of concerted study of idleness." Will Self: Idler 2
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