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A Revolution in Retail: Tom Hodgkinson on why shopkeepers are the real anarchists

idler — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:34:59 +0000

CLICK HERE to read Tom Hodgkinson’s column in the Independent on Sunday today on why the petty bourgeois are the real revolutionaries of our time.…

The Moneyless Manifesto Book Launch

idler — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:07:41 +0000

We at the The Idler Academy were recently privileged to host the launch of Mark Boyle’s book, The Moneyless Manifesto (Permanent Publications).

Here is Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson introducing the book with a rendition on the ukulele of the old pro-idleness song, “The Big Rock Candy Mountains”.

Link: The Science of Idling

idler — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:22:00 +0000

Thank you to American publisher and activist Bernard Marszalek for alerting us to these two pieces on the science of idling from Nature.

The first tells us what the brain does when it’s idling, and the answer is, quite a lot: Click here to read IDLE MINDS.

The second presents the results of a study of improvising rappers, and concludes that creativity is a function of a relaxed brain: Click here to read RAPPERS’ BRAINS.

Aquarelle Guitar Quartet at the Idler Academy

idler — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:51:57 +0000

The great classical music website Sinfini Music recently filmed the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet playing Gustavo Santaolalla’s De Usuahia a la Quiaca at the Idler Academy. Click here to see the film.…