IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE

A call to arms for would-be loafers everywhere to man their armchairs and turn their hands to absolutely nothing whatsoever.

Offering inspirational advice, age-old proverbs, quotations and philosophical dialogues, it argues that idling has a centrally important role to play in both civilisation and our day-to-day physical well-being.

Stephen Robins recently graduated from Oxford and is currently taking things easy.