A Hedonist's Guide to Life

Edited by Fleur Britten these 75 essays by 60 cult journalists and writers, on the more decadent and hedonistic aspects of life, include:

A Hedonist’s Manifesto / Fleur Britten
 
Food and Drink

For the Love of Lunch / Joseph Connolly
A Table for One / Dom Joly
How to Seduce… with Champagne / Lucas Hollweg
Eat Lobster in a War Zone / Martin Deeson
The Wisdom and Folly of Whisky / Joseph Connolly
A Cigar Is Just a Cigar /Reg Gadney
I Love Hangovers / Simon Munnery

Party

How to Be an Absolute Disgrace / David Piper
The Heavenly Virtues of Outrageous Hosts / Fleur Britten
Nonstop Hedonism / Tiffanie Darke
Party SOS: How to Rescue a Shite Night / Fleur Britten
Dance Like Everyone’s Watching / Tom Stubbs
Rule Like a Drag Queen / Jodie Harsh
How to Be a Hedonist Until You Die / Kate Spicer
A Hedonist’s Record Collection / Alex Needham
The DJing Game / Tabitha from Queens of Noize
Your Life Will Be Better if You Play Guitar / Will Hodgkinson
How to Survive Festivals Without Really Trying / Bill Brewster

Drugs

Caned and Able - a Sensible Guide to Gear / Howard Marks
Cook with Cannabis Without OD-ing Your Guests / Tim Pilcher
How to Score Drugs Abroad (and I Don’t Mean Ibiza) / Martin Deeson
A Field Guide to Magic Mushrooms / Patrick Harding
An Homage to Pillage /James Delingpole
Psychoactivity in the Strangest Places / Howard Marks
Life Through the K Hole / Charlie Norton
Drugs – A Doctor’s Honest View / Dr Chloe Britten
 
Sex

First Base: On the Pull / Tom Stubbs
How to Visit a Lap Dancing Club (Without Losing All Your Money or Self Respect) / Martin Deeson
The Craft of the Cad / David Piper
A Cock Is for Teasing / Catherine Townsend
The Straight Man’s Guide to Cruising / Paul Flynn
The Rough Guide to Sex / Rebecca Newman
Sex Party Etiquette / Catherine Townsend
How to Handle a Hooker / Sebastian Horsley

Play

Less Is Never More / Camilla Morton
Get Ahead in the Art World / Nick Hackworth
Join the Jet Set / Oscar Humphries
How to Be a Star / Andrew Stone
The Ten Commandments of Surf God-Dom / Jamie Brisick
What You Can Really Get out of Concierge / Imogen Edwards-Jones
Live Like a High Roller on a Lowlife Budget / Simon Mills
Wing it with Jets, Boats and Hookers / Oscar Humphries
A Hedonist’s Guide to Decadent Travel / Nick Bornoff
How to Pick a Horse in a Paddock / Sir Clement Freud
Poker Skills for Life / Eliza Burnett
Gambling Is Good for You / Michael Holden
Hedonism in the Home / Jenny Éclair
The Cucumber’s Guide to Cool / Tom Stubbs
 
Trouble

How to Gatecrash / Nicholas Allan
Breaking the Law for a Laugh / Martin Deeson
Freeloaders Will Save the World / Fleur Britten
Skive for a Salary / Tom Hodgkinson
In Praise of Protests / Dan Kieran
Blag Your Way Backstage / Moby
How to Be a Rock’n’roll Rebel / Miranda Sawyer
Sweet Talk the Cops / Tom Stubbs
A Hedonist’s Guide to Prison Survival / Howard Marks
 
Clean(ish) Highs

A Teetotaller’s Guide to Hedonism / Will Storr
The Thrills of Guerrilla Gardening / Richard Reynolds
Get out of Your Head on Yoga / Tony Marcus
The Selfish Benefits of Random Acts of Kindness / Cynthia Parsons McDaniel
Another Countryside / Bethan Cole
Ten Steps to Freedom / Tom Hodgkinson
Cycling in the City / Mary Wakefield
The Point of Pointlessness / Sam Leith
How to Quit Smoking (for Shallow People) / Derek Blasberg
Trip out on Transcendentalism / Victoria Gill
Golf Is Life / Dom Joly
How to Experience Religious Ecstasy / Martin Deeson
Extreme Highs Through Extreme Sport / Kate Spicer
You Need Therapy / Rose Churchill
How to Infiltrate a Cult / Mary Wakefield
The Trouble with Hedonism / Simon Munnery
Freedom Through Limitation / Billy Childish
A Hedonist’s Guide to Death / Sebastian Horsley

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