Sunday Best: Travels Through the Day of Rest
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AlbakiReads Editorial A travelogue and social history of Britain’s changing Sundays
A travelogue and social history of Britain’s changing Sundays
Daniel Gray uses journeys through the Hebrides, Hyde Park, Sunderland, Scarborough and the Peak District to examine Sunday as a shared social ritual. The book gathers familiar markers of the day—family meals, closed shops, leisure, television routines and the approach of Monday—while asking how these customs have shifted over time. Framed as both travel writing and social history, it considers the place Sunday has held in public and private life, and presents Gray’s argument for its distinctive character amid modern pressures on time and rest.
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- Readers interested in British social history and everyday customs
- Travel-writing readers drawn to journeys around the UK
- Essay and literary non-fiction readers exploring leisure, routine and time
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Sunday traditionsBritish life and customsTravel across the UKRest and leisureChange over time
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Book Overview An evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich varietyClosed shops and roast dinners. Bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmo...
An evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich variety
Closed shops and roast dinners. Bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmowers. Strolls to nowhere in particular and visiting snoozing grandparents. Television theme tunes cueing bath time and a sudden dread of the looming week ahead...
Through an assortment of rituals and activities, Sundays came to be the unique day in our week - whether tedious, pleasant or somewhere in-between. But have they changed over time? Has anything interesting ever happened on a Sunday? Have we forgotten how to do Sunday? And, in our rushed modern lives, should we now try to recapture that distinctive, unhurried Sunday feel?
Offering answers to those questions and more through a mix of travelogue and social history, Sunday Best entertainingly charts the story of what author Daniel Gray argues is the People's Day. Told through Sundays whiled away in places from the Hebrides to Hyde Park - via Sunderland, Scarborough, the Peak District and beyond - Gray's latest book is a charming journey in time and place.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 224 | Language: English | Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS 360 | ISBN: 0008628920
FormatHardcover
Pages224
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0008628920
EAN9780008628925
PublisherHARPERCOLLINS 360
Publication Date2025-06-10
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.63 Pounds
Length8.02 Inches
Width5.42 Inches
Height0.68 Inches
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