The Long Week End, (Paperback)

from CarltonC

An enjoyable social history of the 1918 to 1939 period in England (no real mention of Scotland, Wales and Ireland) first published in 1940 and so very contemporary. As you would expect, much stronger on the fads, crazes, new dances and the development of radio and film than the politics of the pe...

from lightparade

Long Weekend seems to pop in and out of print without ever quite being recognised as the great work of social history that it is. Indeed, I'm not sure that much social history was being written at all when Long Weekend was first published, but it just goes to show what a couple of really good bra...

from nigeyb

For anyone interested in the era this book is essential "The Long Week End: A Social History of Great Britain, 1918-1939" was written by novelist Robert Graves (author of the excellent First World War memoir "Goodbye to All That"), and Alan Hodge. I am fascinated by the first fifty years of the t...

from DinadansFriend

A description of the Social history of Great Britain on the verge of WWII. For those who didn't experience the pre-War priod in GB, this is a good introductory book. The prose is clear.