STORIES

notes for a book i cannot be bothered to write —John Lloyd presents fragments from a possible novel 151 news from nowhere —Joanna Walsh finds a road half-built 160

IDLE PURSUITS

how to live dangerously

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how to die well

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a little shed time reading —Down tools and pick up a book, says Graham Burnett

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librarium: the nudist reseach library

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the idle home: how to build an earthship

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how to start a school

183

tea time

186

angling Kevin Parr on the mysterious eel

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the idler abroad Chris Moss in Patagonia

192

bookshelf: scarlett thomas

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busman’s holiday

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books: James Bridle on George Perec’s W

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music: Tony White meets Mark Eitzel of American Music Club 210 games: definitials 219 back issues & merchandise 220 Greg Rowland’s a view from the sofa 224