All-Star Ukulele Singalong
With Tom Hodgkinson and Ukuleleric.
Whitstable Labour Club
Wednesday 24 March, 7.30pm, £6
Trials of the Idle Parent
Tom discusses parenting and real ales and plays the uke.
The Rooms 33-35 Western Road,
St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 6DJ
Thursday 25 March, 7pm
07786 686 786
Tickets £8 in advance, £10 on the door.
Idler 43 Launch Party
The launch of our Back to the Land issue will feature DJs, bar and Idler Cabaret.
Rough Trade East
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
Friday 7 May, 6pm, Free
An Evening with Tom Hodgkinson
Tom discusses ukuleles, the Reformation and why he hates Facebook
Broomhill Art Hotel, Muddiford, North Devon
Tel: 01271 850262
Wednesday 12 May, 7pm
Back to the Land
Tom Hodgkinson discusses the new Idler.
Swindon Festival of Literature
Thursday 13 May, Noon
Back to Freedom
GK Chesterton wrote: “We must go back to freedom or forward to slavery.” Tom Hodgkinson discusses this apparent paradox and argues that the old ways can lead us to liberty.
UNCIVILISATION: The Dark Mountain Festival
Royal International Pavilion
Llangollen, LL20 8SW
Saturday 29 — Sunday 30 May
Ditch The Day Job
Residential course with Tom and Permaculture teacher Graham Burnett. We will help you to create your own life afresh.
Dial House, Essex
shop@idler.co.uk for tickets.
Friday 4 — Sunday 6 June, £150
Lynton and Lynmouth Music Festival
Lynton and Lynmouth, North Devon
Friday 11 — Sunday 13 June, Free
Ditch The Day Job
Residential course with Permaculture teacher Graham Burnett
Sustainability Centre, Hampshire
Friday 9 — Sunday 11 July, £150
The Idler’s Academy of Philosophy, Husbandry and Merriment
Learn a skill at the debut of the Idler’s own school.
Port Eliot Festival
Friday 23 — Sunday 25 July
"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."