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New Escapologist
EditorRobert Wringham
FrequencyBi-annual
Founded2007
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteOfficial website
ISSN1755-5671

New Escapologist is a UK-based lifestyle magazine. It originally ran between 2007 and 2017, returning to print in 2023 and now ongoing.

Humorous in tone, the magazine takes the stance that work should be escaped if not abolished. Each issue contains features, interviews, book and film reviews, "escape plans," and a roster of regular columnists. It has been described as "whimsical … niche, cheeky, defiant."[1][2]

History

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New Escapologist was founded in 2007. Speaking at a public event together in 2009,[3] the magazine's editor told Tom Hodgkinson that he started New Escapologist after reading Hodgkinson's book How to be Free alongside a biography of Houdini.[4]

A pilot issue was printed in 2007, a first canonical issue in 2008, and a launch party was held at the Glasgow CCA in 2009.[5][6]

In 2011, New Escapologist organized a zine fair in support of the student occupation of Heatherington House at the University of Glasgow.[7] The same year saw the launch of a fifth issue at The Arches theatre and nightclub,[8] and a sixth issue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[9]

In 2014, around the time of the magazine's tenth issue, a spin-off book written by Wringham was announced. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign,[10] the book was published by Unbound on 28 January 2016[11] followed by a German edition published by Heyne Verlag later that same year.

In 2017, it was announced that the magazine would close after a decade but would continue online as a subscription essay series mediated by Patreon. The first of these essays went live in April 2017. A New Escapologist newsletter also began in December 2022.[12][13]

New Escapologist returned to print in 2023 after a successful crowdfunding campaign.[14][15][16][17]

Production

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For thirteen issues, the magazine's distinct typography, according to a colophon printed in the back of each issue,[18] was achieved using Donald Knuth's TeX[19] typesetting system with a layout based on an ancient Ge'ez liturgical text seen at the Matenadaran Manuscripts Museum in Armenia. Since Issue 14, the magazine has been produced using Scribus.[20]

The magazine's logo, featured prominently in the masthead of early issues and at the magazine's website is the ISO standard "running man" symbol usually seen on exit signs.[21]

More recent issues have dispensed with the logo, the minimalist covers featuring a pair of feet anchored in a different location. The masthead inside the magazine describes these photographs as "the view from [city name]".[22]

Notable contributors

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References

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  1. ^ https://magculture.com/blogs/journal/robert-wringham-new-escapologist
  2. ^ Escapology: Another way to look at Findependence MoneySense. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Great Escape" Photos NewEscapologist.co.uk. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2016./
  4. ^ The Great Escape: Tom Hodgkinson (with Neil Scott) Wringham.co.uk. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ^ New Escapologist launch party. Newescapologist.co.uk. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. ^ Map of Thoughtland: New Escapologist Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Thoughtland. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ^ Free Heatherington Zine Fair Archived 13 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Zine Wiki. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  8. ^ New Escapologist Magazine Launch: Issue 5 Archived 28 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine thearches.co.uk. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  9. ^ An Escapologist's Diary. Part 28. NewEscapologist.co.uk. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  10. ^ Escape Everything! Archived 16 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine Unbound.co.uk. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. ^ Escape Everything!: Escape from work. Escape from consumerism. Escape from despair. Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  12. ^ "New Escapologist : December 2022". 9 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Substacked | New Escapologist".
  14. ^ "New Escapologist : July 2023 (Again)". 26 July 2023.
  15. ^ "The Whippet #174: Extending my physical influence". 26 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Robert Wringham, New Escapologist". 4 September 2023.
  17. ^ https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-stack/585/
  18. ^ Colophon, New Escapologist Issue 1
  19. ^ "ConTEXt for 'Zines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2018.
  20. ^ Colophon, New Escapologist Issue 14.
  21. ^ New Escapologist Issue 1
  22. ^ New Escapologist Issue 14
  23. ^ Status Anxiety and Bohemia: Alain de Botton. Wringham.co.uk. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  24. ^ New Escapologist HiLobrow. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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