Books
Oscar Wilde: The Soul of Man under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose
The familiar image we have of Oscar Wilde is as witty raconteur, flamboyant hedonist and self-destructive lover. Yet this persona can overshadow the Wilde who was a deeply original thinker and contributor to social and aesthetic theory.
In his …
The Idler 43: Back to the Land
This is the 2010 edition of the Idler. It is bound in fine cloth and printed on exceptionally high quality paper. It features a major interview with David Hockney about the historical shifts in control of images. There …
Brave Old World: A Practical Guide to Husbandry by Tom Hodgkinson. Signed Hardback First Edition.
Tom Hodgkinson’s guide to country living, based on ten years living on a Devon smallholding.
Drawing on the wisdom of an eclectic range of thinkers and writers, on medieval calendars and manorial records, and, as ever, on Tom …
Idler 45: The Utopia Issue
Idler 45 is a sumptuously produced collection of essays loosely themed around the idea of utopia. As well as fresh modern contributions, we have republished excerpts from Thomas More’s Utopia and William Morris’s News From Nowhere.
It …
The Idler 44: Mind Your Business
The 2011 issue of the Idler is devoted to the idea of small business as an alternative to the grind of the nine-to-five.
There is an introduction by editor Tom Hodgkinson who attempts to outline an idler’s business …
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