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    Le weekend present, but not correct

    Oct 15, 2020 6 minutes
    WRITTEN BY ROBERT GIBBONS
    ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN BRADLEY

    A great deal has been written about weekends, that time between Friday and Sunday that remains such an enduring part of our social fabric. Invented by the English and taken to heart by the French, who unusually for them took an English word and made it their own, Le Weekend remains a constant feature in a changing world. Being invited away for the weekend – and by away I mean to the countryside – still remains one of the more pleasurable invitations you can receive, subject only to who is inviting you. I was reminded of all this when a friend emailed me the other day saying he and his wife had been invited away for the weekend to Yorkshire and wanted to know what they should take as a present. It is not something I often get asked but it made me ponder on how I should reply.

    Indeed, what, if anything, should be given as a

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