Biografie
Hodgkinson was born in New Castle, England, and educated at Westminster School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He currently lives in North Devon. Hodgkinson has contributed articles to The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian and The Sunday Times as well as being the author of the Idler spin-offs, How To Be Idle, How To Be Free and The Idle Parent. In 2006 he created National Unawareness Day, to be celebrated on 1 November.