'An appropriately leisurely but learned exploration of the day of rest in all its quiet glories: engaging, digressive and full of things I didn't know.' Stuart Maconie 'Daniel Gray is such a generous writer. He takes pleasure in the people and places he encounters and then shares it in charming prose. This book is his most delightful yet.' Peter Ross 'Daniel Gray's glorious sentences light up Sunday's stained-glass window so that it shines like a lighthouse across the rest of the week. Here are all the creative contours of the so-called Day of Rest.' Ian McMillan 'A very clever idea (which I rather wish had occurred to me) followed through with considerable panache.' Tom Fort 'As light-hearted social history, it slips down as easily as the first pint of a Sunday lunchtime, and it is packed with pub quiz winning nuggets of information' Times Literary Supplement 'This engaging and quirky piece of social history is the perfect read between a Sunday roast and a post-prandial snooze.

' Country Life Praise for Daniel Gray's work. 'Delightfully written. Countless little gems of recognition and satisfaction, many of them very funny. A lovely little thing.' Daily Telegraph 'Engaging . Sprinkled with a digestible amount of social history and commentary.' Daily Mail 'Gray is a master of observing and amplifying the things we love . but wonder if anyone else even notices.

' The Times 'Gray writes like Lowry paints. Superb' BBC Lancashire 'A damn good read.' Val McDermid.