Resurgence Talks - Tom Hodgkinson

TOM HODGKINSON, FOUNDER THE IDLER: 

HOW IDLENESS LEADS TO WELLNESS: THE INTIMATE CONNECTION BETWEEN FULFILMENT AND DOING NOTHING.

Tom founded the Idler in 1993 and went on to join the Guardian newspaper in 1995 as a columnist and head of editorial development. He and partner Gavin Pretor-Pinney then quit to set up a creative consultancy and undertook editorial and advertising projects. In 2002 Tom left the commercial world and retired to a farmhouse on the coast of North Devon to write books. His first book How to be Idle was a global best-seller and was followed by How to be Free, The Idle Parent and Brave Old World. He has also co-written The Book of Idle Pleasures (with Dan Kieran, later to launch crowdfunding publishing platform Unbound) and The Ukulele Handbook (with Gavin Pretor-Pinney). In 2014 Tom returned to London to launch develop the Idler Academy both in the real world and online.

This event will raise money for The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity (no. 1120414).