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TRIVIAL PURSUITS: THE ENGLISH AT PLAY
by Orlando Gili (Hoxton Mini Press £14.95)
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: THE ENGLISH AT PLAY by Orlando Gili (Hoxton Mini Press £14.95)
We Brits have a few weird and wonderful pastimes: rolling cheese down a hill in Gloucestershire, bottle-kicking in Leicestershire, hoisting a 60lb woolsack on our shoulders and running up a steep slope in Tetbury, to name a few.
This timely and quirky book showcases quintessentially British ‘trivial pursuits’ in all their glory.
This distinguished-looking gentleman is enjoying the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, one of the many events cancelled this summer. Trivial Pursuits will make you long for all the silliness and fun of the BC (Before Covid) era.