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  <name><![CDATA[Tom Hodgkinson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Tom Hodgkinson (b. 1968) is a British writer and the editor of &lt;i&gt;The Idler&lt;/i&gt;, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. He was educated at Westminster School. He has contributed articles to &lt;i&gt;The Sunday Telegraph&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;The Guardian&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The Sunday Times&lt;/i&gt; as well as being the author of &lt;i&gt;The Idler&lt;/i&gt; spin-off &lt;i&gt;How To Be Idle&lt;/i&gt; (2005), &lt;i&gt;How To Be Free&lt;/i&gt; (released in the U.S. under the title &lt;i&gt;The Freedom Manifesto&lt;/i&gt;) and &lt;i&gt;The Idle Parent&lt;/i&gt;.

In 2006 Hodgkinson created National Unawareness Day, to be celebrated on 1 November.
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Freedom Manifesto: How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, and Waste]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[How to Be Free]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Idle Parent: Why Less Means More When Raising Kids]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Die Kunst, frei zu sein. Handbuch für ein schönes Leben]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bernd Rullkötter]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Idler's Companion: An Anthology of Lazy Literature]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew De Abaitua]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Anleitung zum Müßiggang]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Leitfaden für faule Eltern]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Idler 42: Smash the System]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Idler (Issue 39): How to Start a Revolution From Your Bed (Idler)]]></title>
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