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Tom Hodgkinson, founder of the cult magazine The Idler, built this book as a direct rebuttal to the modern belief that busyness equals virtue. Structured hour by hour through a single day, it moves from the case for sleeping late to the merits of the long lunch, drawing on Oscar Wilde, Dr Johnson and Robert Louis Stevenson as unlikely allies. Funny rather than preachy, it simply insists that rest is allowed, without apology or guilt, especially on a slow Sunday afternoon.