New Escapologist #19
148 x 210 mm, 88 pages
Glasgow, UK
Biannual
First published in 2007
Editor: Robert Wringham
Art director: Samara Leibner
As the name suggests, New Escapologist is ‘the journal of the art of getting out of things’, aiming to be an antidote to the daily slog that is work, stress, capitalism et al. Originally published between 2007 and 2017, the magazine made a return in 2023 following a successful Kickstarter. This is the nineteenth issue: ‘Do What Thou Wilt’.
The small zine is a quirky (and slightly sardonic) respite from the mundane everyday, featuring columns, reviews, interviews an other writing orientated around escaping drudgery.
‘It is easy to escape from your job, dear Lucilius, if you have no regard for the rewards of the job. Is it the rewards that hinder us and keep us at it...Shall my sedan chair be unattended?’ —Seneca.
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