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Podcast: Ronald Hutton on the history of festivity in the British Isles
Posted in Member area, Podcasts on 12 December 2012
The Idler Academy’s Christmas Lecture was this year delivered by Professor Ronald Hutton. It was given on Tuesday 11 December 2012. The subject is Festivity in the British Isles, and it’s a fascinating tale of sex, death, maypoles, and the …
A Revolution in Retail: Tom Hodgkinson on why shopkeepers are the real anarchists
Posted in Announcements, News on 2 December 2012
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
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 …
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