The Idler

Now Booking: Cooking with Flowers on 18th March

Join us for lashings of lavender cordial at an edible flowers workshop on Mother’s Day. For more information CLICK HERE

Christmas Urban Birding: A London Field Trip with David Lindo

We have a Christmas treat in store for you avid twitchers. Join author and urban birder David Lindo for a winter birding trip through the streets of west London tomorrow. You will meet David at the Idler Academy for a brief talk and a mince pie. He will then lead the group on a walk to spot birds. You will be amazed at what you will see. Expect Robins, Winter Thrushes and who knows, maybe even a Turkey…

Date: Sunday 11 December

Time: Noon till 2pm

Place: The Idler Academy, 81 Westbourne Park Road, London W2 5QH. Tel: 0207 221 5908

Cost: £12.50. Call to book or pay on the door.

Tonight’s event, The Art of Rhetoric, is cancelled due to riots

There was looting last night in Notting Hill and we don’t think it is sensible to ask people to come out tonight. We are rescheduling and will let you know later what day Giles Abbott can come back.

Classical Philosophy: A Symposium

THIS EVENT NOW SOLD OUT.

THERE ARE STILL TICKETS LEFT FOR HARRY MOUNT ON WEDNESDAY

To celebrate the opening day of the Idler Academy, we have organized a special one-off symposium on classical philosophy, on Tuesday 1st of March, 6.45pm.

The symposium in ancient Greece was a sort of literary dinner party, at which important topics such as love were discussed.

This is your chance to get an introduction to the work of the greatest classical philosophers, in the convivial setting of the Idler Academy. During this symposium, expert Mark Vernon and Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson will teach you about the ancient Greek philosophers.

The symposium will be presented in two halves. In the first half, we will examine the philosophers who preceded Socrates, and Socrates himself, as well as Plato and Aristotle. In the second half, we will look at the schools that folllowed, such as the Stoics, the Epicureans, the Cynics and the Sceptics.

This is our first event and is bound to be a legendary night, so book early.

(Note: this one-off symposium replaces the series of classes previously advertised).

Price: £25 plus VAT. Includes wine and finger food. BOOK NOW.

Songs of Love, Liberty and Idleness

Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson presents an evening of chat and ukulele-playing at the Idler Academy.
Thursday 7 April, 6.30pm. Tickets just £10. Book here. Ticket price includes free wine and nibbles.

Tom to Brighton: Now Postponed till Summer

The gig that Tom was to play in Brighton has been moved to the summer. We will have a new date presently. Watch this space.