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Where did the weekend go? How work stole our Saturdays and Sundays

14 mins | Mar 28, 2020
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Our leisure time is under unparalleled assault — it’s time to renew the fight. According to recent polls in the UK, more than half of adults have reported working certain weekends in any given year. What happened to those sacred days of virtue and relaxation? Guardian columnist, Zoe Williams analyses.

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