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Librarium Part Four
Librarium #4:
The Library of Bee Keeping
Beekeeping, whether as a profession or a hobby must be an ultimate idler fantasy. Sit back and let the insects take care of things while you spread their honey on a bagel or dribble it lazily into your chamomile tea. The bees enjoy their work and you enjoy their product. [...]
Librarium Part Three
This is the third edition of my Idler column about interesting libraries. It is also the last one for a while. I’m sure there will be more eventually but the bi-annual nature of the Idler means that I don’t have to write any more until the end of 2008.
As usual, this is a friends-only ‘bonus [...]
Librarium Part Two
Originally published at The Idler
Librarium #2:
American Nudist Research Library
we’re all fairly familiar with the public library system and those vast depositories attached to universities, there are other libraries that hide from public view: special collections, private subscription libraries, law libraries, remote stacks and libraries so unusual that they fail to be noticed due to [...]
Librarium Part One
Originally published at The Idler
Librarium #1:
Saint Deiniol’s Residential Library
Along with cafes, pubs and narrow boats, libraries have always been a top-drawer refuge for idlers. Oscar Wilde used to immerse himself in the beautiful literature of the British Museum’s reading room, as did George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells. The idle life’s founding father, [...]
