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idler no.99 november–december 2024 Idler is a bi-monthly published by Idle Ltd., Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, London W2 5EU Tel: 0 2 0 3 1 7 6 7 907 idler.co.uk Subscription enquiries: 0 1 4 4 2 8 2 0 5 8 0 or subs@webscribe.co.uk Editor: Tom Hodgkinson Art Director: Alice Smith Deputy Editor: Michael Meekin Sub-editing: Cathi Unsworth Typesetter: Christian Brett, Bracketpress Programming Director: Victoria Hull Assistant: Aliya Gilmore Literary Editor: Cathleen Mair Video Director: David Hunt Publishing Advisor: James Pembroke Advertising: renata@parkwalkmedia.com Copyright ©Idle Ltd. 2024 All rights reserved. Idle Limited Reg. No.5 8 9 7 3 4 0 Print managed by Adam Shaw Associates i s s n 1351-5098 isbn 978-1-7384998-4-7 Cover photography by Chris Floyd chrisfloyd.com Editorial illustrations throughout the Idler (except where noted) by Alice Smith alice-smith.co.uk Contributors : Dean Patterson, Royston Robertson, Nik Ramage, Paul Shadbolt, Jon Link, Mick Bunnage, Gray Jolliffe, Arthur Smith, Jon Glover, Mark Vernon, Alex Johnson, Stephen Bayley, James Thellusson, Robin Timmis, Mary Ruskin, Edward Thomas, Orlando Gili, Georgina Williams, Lee Osborne, Tim Richardson, Ella Berthoud, Stewart Lee, Georgia Mann, Guy Hayward, Graham Burnett, Bill Anderson, Kate Morris, Lindsey Bareham, Oli Meade, Cameron Murray, Joseph Piercy, Rachel Kelly, the Money-Saving Amateurs, Michael Gilmore, Virginia Ironside, Alex Bellos 2
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Letter from the Editor Dear Idlers Welcome to our 99 th issue. Our cover st ar Dominic West explains why evil is boring. We follow Kate Morris’s week without WiFi on the North Devon coast, and learn about the crazy medieval life of writer Gervase of Tilbury. Troubadour Robin Timmis outlines the appeal of the busker’s life to the idle at heart, and Alex Johnson encounters the sensational diaries of Vivian MacKerrell, the original Withnail. When Stephen Bayley proposed an “Odium” column on lobster, he elucidated: “It will not be a hate-crime against individual crustaceans, but an assault on a gastronomic category.” Bayley has no objection to the lobsters themselves. It’s the way they are eaten that irks him. Stewart Lee puts the needle on the record, and Arthur Smith reveals his stoical technique for coping with diabetes – he calls it Dennis. Tim Richardson visits the mysterious Isokon building, Georgia Mann proposes a classical soundtrack for winter, Rachel Kelly cuts the crap and Virginia Ironside solves your problems. The merry old season of Christmas approacheth, and we have modestly proposed a few gift ideas in a special festive section. Thanks for reading. See you next time for issue 100. Live well, Tom b 3

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idler no.99 november–december 2024

Idler is a bi-monthly published by Idle Ltd.,

Great Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, London W2 5EU Tel: 0 2 0 3 1 7 6 7 907 idler.co.uk

Subscription enquiries: 0 1 4 4 2 8 2 0 5 8 0 or subs@webscribe.co.uk

Editor: Tom Hodgkinson Art Director: Alice Smith Deputy Editor: Michael Meekin Sub-editing: Cathi Unsworth Typesetter: Christian Brett, Bracketpress Programming Director: Victoria Hull Assistant: Aliya Gilmore Literary Editor: Cathleen Mair Video Director: David Hunt Publishing Advisor: James Pembroke

Advertising: renata@parkwalkmedia.com

Copyright ©Idle Ltd. 2024 All rights reserved. Idle Limited Reg. No.5 8 9 7 3 4 0

Print managed by Adam Shaw Associates i s s n 1351-5098 isbn 978-1-7384998-4-7

Cover photography by Chris Floyd chrisfloyd.com

Editorial illustrations throughout the Idler (except where noted) by Alice Smith alice-smith.co.uk

Contributors : Dean Patterson, Royston Robertson, Nik Ramage, Paul Shadbolt, Jon Link, Mick Bunnage, Gray Jolliffe, Arthur Smith, Jon Glover, Mark Vernon, Alex Johnson, Stephen Bayley, James Thellusson, Robin Timmis, Mary Ruskin, Edward Thomas, Orlando Gili, Georgina Williams, Lee Osborne, Tim Richardson, Ella Berthoud, Stewart Lee, Georgia Mann, Guy Hayward, Graham Burnett, Bill Anderson, Kate Morris, Lindsey Bareham, Oli Meade, Cameron Murray, Joseph Piercy, Rachel Kelly, the Money-Saving Amateurs, Michael Gilmore, Virginia Ironside, Alex Bellos

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