Sunday Best

Quotes

'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.' '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.' ‘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.’ 'A very clever idea (which I rather wish had occurred to me) followed through with considerable panache.' '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' 'This engaging and quirky piece of social history is the perfect read between a Sunday roast and a post-prandial snooze.' Praise for Daniel Gray’s work… ‘Delightfully written. Countless little gems of recognition and satisfaction, many of them very funny. A lovely little thing.’ 'Engaging … Sprinkled with a digestible amount of social history and commentary.' ‘Gray is a master of observing and amplifying the things we love … but wonder if anyone else even notices.’ ‘Gray writes like Lowry paints. Superb’ ‘A damn good read.’