Sunday Best: Travels through the day of rest Daniel Gray
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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 how did they change 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?
Join Daniel Gray, author of Sunday Best, as he entertainingly charts the story of the ‘People’s Day’ through a mix of travelogue and social history.
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Portrait image credit: Clare Massey
About the speaker
Daniel Gray is a writer and broadcaster and the Editor of Nutmeg magazine. He is the author of several football books including Saturday, 3pm and The Silence of the Stands, shortlisted for the Sunday Times Football Book of the Year Award and longlisted for the William Hill Prize. Daniel also writes on social history and travel. His book Food of the Cods: How Fish & Chips Made Britain was shortlisted for Fortnum & Mason and Food Writers’ Guild awards. His most recent book is Sunday Best: Travels Through the Day of Rest. Daniel has written for most UK newspapers, presented history on television and regularly talked about social history and football on local and national radio. He also presents the When Saturday Comes podcast.
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