“The intention of the magazine is to return dignity to the art of loafing.”.

“The current edition of The Idler is titled How To Save The World Without Really Trying
and argues that idleness is eco-friendly and that to save the planet we need to do a lot less.”.

"And what would you like to be when you grow up?"
I asked my 5 year old grand-daughter.

Blythly she came back with a show-stopper of an answer:
"A butterfly."

(Joan Bakewell, On Not Having A Career)

The Idler, by Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney.