For many, Sunday is just another day. A time to shop till you drop and support your favourite team.
So it came as a shock to learn that the 19th century battles against working on the sabbath continue. Today, a ferry sailed to the island of Harris and Lewis on a Sunday for the first time. Posters were displayed urging us to observe the day of rest. Two thirds of the adult population of South Harris opposed the Sunday service.
It's easy to mock such attitudes. Many of us remember the old Sunday as a desperately dull day, a no-man's land between the pleasure of Saturday and the inevitable return to work on Monday. But in a world where every high street looks the same, it's tempting to admire the other-worldliness of South Harris.
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