The Idler #108
148 x 210 mm, 160 pages
London, UK
Bimonthly
Editor: Tom Hodgkinson
Art director: Alice Smith
‘Slow down. Have fun. Live well.’
A bimonthly magazine helping readers ‘to lead more fulfilled lives’ through idleness. The irony is that making a magazine does not involve even a hint of idleness, but the message remains: slow down and enjoy life!
This is the ‘Stoics and Hobbies’ issue for March/April 2026, leading with an excerpt from founding editor Tom Hodgkinson’s new book, ‘How to Live Like a Stoic’, which explores the Stoics’—ancient Greek and Roman philosophers who prioritised a morality and behaviour-based judgement system—attitude toward leisure as a mutually beneficial pursuit. Plus, Lee Osbourne pens an ode to late 21st century pocket computers, and Tim Richardson follows in the footsteps of T.S Elliot on a trip to Margate, also paying a visit to Bridget Riley’s retrospective at the Turner Contemporary.