[1] Simple living, creativity and Epicureanism are offered as solutions to the problems of overwork and overconsumption.

[4][5] In 2011, New Escapologist organized a zine fair in support of the student occupation of Heatherington House at the University of Glasgow.

[8] In 2014, around the time of the magazine's tenth issue, a spin-off book written by Wringham was announced.

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.

[13][14][15] The magazine's distinct typography, according to a colophon printed in the back of each issue,[16] was achieved using Donald Knuth's TeX[17] typesetting system with a layout based on an ancient Ge'ez liturgical text seen at the Matenadaran Manuscripts Museum in Armenia.