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The Idler (1993)

The idler is a magazine that was started in 1993 by a man named Tom Hodgkinson. A magazine is like a book, but it comes out every month or every week and has different articles in it. The idler was named after a book called "The Idler" written by a man named Samuel Johnson a long time ago. The magazine was all about finding ways to relax and take it easy instead of always being busy and working hard.

The magazine had articles about how to be lazy, how to enjoy life, and how to do things like painting and writing. It also had cartoons and funny pictures. People who liked the idler called themselves idlers too, and they believed in taking it easy and enjoying life. The idler magazine helped people think differently about how they spent their time and what was important to them.