It is hereby announced that there is to be FEASTING and REVELRY on Mayday, Thursday May 1, on CLERKENWELL GREEN in London, from 6pm, to celebrate the release both of Idler 41: The QI Issue, and the Book of Idle Pleasures, both published by Ebury. Copies of the books will be available to buy and the authors will be present. Bards, jesters and musicians will promote merriment, and there will be ale-drinking and carousing. At 9pm we propose to repair to the THREE KINGS of Clerkenwell Close. All the loafers, loungers, ne’er do wells, gate-leaners and layabouts of London Town and beyond are welcome to attend.
Tom Hodgkinson is giving a talk at Tapeley Park in North Devon as the guest of North Devon Active Youth. It’s one of their Reel Indi film nights, and they are showing The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, Gregory Greene’s 2004 movie on peak oil. Sponsored by Marshford Organics. www.myspace.com/northdevonactiveyouth
Wednesday 6 February, Tapeley Park, Nr Instow, North Devon.
7pm, £2 suggested donation
I’m pleased to announce that John Lloyd and John Mitchinson of TV’s QI are coming down to our village hall to give a talk.
John Lloyd is QI’s producer and he also produced Blackadder, Spitting Image and Not The Nine O’Clock News. John Mitchinson is QI’s Director of Information and he co-wrote the half-million-selling QI Book of General Ignorance and the newly released QI Book Of Animal Ignorance.
The talk takes place at Hannington Hall, in Martinhoe, which is located off the A39 by Woody Bay in North Devon. The date is Friday 16 November. Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets cost £5 each.
Click here to buy your tickets or go to Waterstones in Barnstaple or Pure Retail Therapy in Lynton.
TOM HODGKINSON
Please come to a party to celebrate the launch of Idler 40: Carnal Knowledge.
The party takes place at the Boogaloo, 312 Archway Road, London N6, and doors open at 8pm.
Live on stage for your entertainment, we present:
MIK ARTISTIK’S EGO TRIP
LUKE WRIGHT
and
THE IDLER UKULELE BAND
So that’s this Wednesday, 8pm, at the Boogaloo. We’ll see you there.
“LATE NITE” FESTIVAL, Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday 31 Oct to Friday 2 November
A three day festival devoted to Freedom and taking place at Antwerp’s Petrol Club. There will be music, poetry, debate and literature. Tom Hodgkinson will be giving talks and maybe even playing the ukulele.
www.petrolclub.be
The Norman Knight, Whichford, the Cotswolds, Wednesday 10 October, 8pm
Tom Hodgkinson spends the evening talking about days of yore in this fantastic Cotswolds pub.
www.thenormanknight.co.uk
Here is an updated list of events and talks for August, September and October
9TO5
Freedom Festival in Berlin, 23 August, 9pm
Tom Hodgkinson will be talking about anarchy and freedom at this conference organised by RADIALSYSTEM V - Berlin.
www.9to5.wirnennenesarbeit.de
SHAMBALA
24-26 August, see entry below
CALL OF THE WILD
The ICA, London, Monday 2 September, 7.30pm
Tom Hodgkinson is chairing a discussion on the wild spirit of human beings, with Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey, Neil Boorman, author of Bonfire of the Brands, and Joanna Kavenna, author of Inglorious.
£10 / £9 Concessions / £8 ICA Members.
www.ica.org.uk
RIP FREEDOM
Edward King House, Bishops Palace, Lincoln, Friday 21 September, 10am to 3pm
Tom Hodgkinson is talking at this free workshop and lunch.
Phone Andrew on 01522 545163 or email captainrainbow@aol.com to reserve a place
MATTHEW DE ABAITUA
Anythign But Hackneyed, Broadway Bookshop, 6 Broadway Market, London E8
Thursday 27 September, 6.30pm
Idler editor-at-large Matthew De Abaitua will be reading from his debut novel The Red Men (Snowbooks) at Broadway Bookshop, Hackney. Also appearing are Tom McCarthy, whose novel Remainder has been one of the books of the year and Russell Celyn Jones, a renowned (and award-winning) novelist and journalist. He’s also Professor of creative writing at Birkbeck University. So as well as reading from his work, he’ll also talk a bit about how creative writing degrees can help aspiring novelists hone their craft and forge relationships with editors, agents and publishers.
RESURGENCE LUNCH: THE POWER OF LOCAL
Bordeaux Quay, Bristol, Sunday 23 September, 1pm
Tom Hodgkinson joins Satish Kumar, editor of Resurgence magazine, for a lunchtime talk on sustainability and local initiatives. Also appearing are Slow Food chef and organic pioneer Barny Haughton and Peter Lipman of Bristol’s Transition Towns project. Tickets are £40 each which includes an amazing slap-up lunch. Contact Rosalind Turner on 0117 377 9231 or biz-rjt@blueyonder.co.uk.
DO GOOD LIVES HAVE TO COST THE EARTH?
The Imperial Arms, Blackpool, Sunday 30 September, 7.30pm to 10pm
Tom Hodgkinson joins the panel at this event hosted by the New Economics Foundation (nef) at this year’s Tory Party Conference. Tony Juniper of Friends of the Earth and Nic Marks and Andrew Simms of nef are also on the panel.
www.neweconomics.org
MEDIEVAL VALUES
The Norman Knight, Whichford, the Cotswolds, Wednesday 10 October, 8pm
Tom Hodgkinson spends the evening talking about days of yore in this fantastic Cotswolds pub.
www.thenormanknight.co.uk
“LATE NITE” FESTIVAL, Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday 31 Oct to Friday 2 November
A three day festival devoted to Freedom and taking place at Antwerp’s Petrol Club. There will be music, poetry, debate and literature. Tom Hodgkinson will be giving talks and maybe even playing the ukulele.
www.petrolclub.be
Watch this space for updates.
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