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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 are essays on the land and politics by Simon Fairlie, Paul Kingsnorth, Harry Mount and many more.

Tom Hodgkinson has written the introduction where he writes on Roman farming guides. There are fine illustrations from Stanley Donwood, Alice Smith, Clifford Harper and more. The book has been lovingly typeset by Christian Brett.

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It features the highlights of a brilliant careers guide talk given by Louis Theroux to the Idler Academy, plus inspiring meditatons from Bill Drummond and Penny Rimbaud. There’s also Mark Vernon on Plato, Joe Dunthorne on Occupy, plus John-Paul Flintoff, Ian Bone, David Bramwell, Boff Whalley, Hugh Warwick and Nicholas Lezard. There are beautiful photos and illustrations from Casey Orr, Alice Smith, Mireille Fauchon and many more. There’s also a dialogue with Oliver Bernard on fifties Soho.
 
It’s a really gorgeous hardback book, typeset by Christian Brett. Order now from the Idler shop.
 

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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 ethic. Tom also tells the story of how he and Victoria Hull set up the Idler Academy, and the inevitable anxieties that it produced.

In an inspiring interview, Bill Drummond calls on people to take responsibility for their lives. He even takes issue with the philosophy of the Idler, saying: ‘Idleness is the fastest route to depression.’

David Boyle of the New Economics Foundation resists the call fro endless growth and scale, and argues that ‘small is beautiful’.

Other contributors include Robert Wringham of the New Escapologist magazine, early retirement expert Jacob Lund Fisker, and Toby Young, who writes on how Eton old boys continue to dominate British politics.

There are fine illustrations from Alice Smith, Clifford Harper, Bronwen Jones and more, and the whole has been typeset and produced by the inky-fingered Mr Brett of Brackepress.

The book extends to 320 pages. It is bound in blue cloth and printed on paper of exceptional quality.

This is the first book-style 350 page Idler, now in its third edition with red cloth cover and black lettering.

It’s a collection of radical essays with contributions from Alain De Botton, Penny Rimbaud, John Mitchinson, Jay Griffiths, Will Hodgkinson, Andrew Simms and Paul Kingsnorth.

It features interviews with Oliver James, Jaz Coleman and Youth of Killing Joke fame, and Black Panther Kenny “Zulu” Whitmore. Over 3,500 copies sold to date.

There are fine illustrations from Idler Art Director Alice Smith, plus Gee Vaucher, Paul Ryding and Bron Jones.

First published 17 June 2009.
 

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