leisure all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

Leisure

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Focal Questions Why do you think people in Britain today have more l

eisure time than ever before? (P99) Where and how do most British people choose to sp

end their spare time? Why? (P101) Can you give some reasons why the traditional worki

ng-class and established middle-class families take different attitudes toward their homes? (101)

What, to your knowledge, are among the most popular leisure activities away from home among adults in Great Britain? (103)

What factors affect people’s choice of different leisure activities in Britain today? (Pp100, 102)

A 1 IntroductionDefinition

Leisure – freely chosen activities pursued during non-working time, related to financial security provided by work

Leisure -- free time during which somebody has no obligations or work responsibilities, and therefore is free to engage in enjoyable activities

the time when you are free from work or other duties and can relax 

time when you are not working or studying and can relax and do things you enjoy

A 1 More leisure time

Shorter working week – 40 hrs per week, 38 hrs for non-manual workers

Fewer weeks to work per year More paid holiday each year More money to spend since WWII

Time spent on main activities: by sex, 2005, GB

Selected activities performed in free time, by sex, 20

06/07, England

Households with access to the Internet, GB

Proportion of adults who had participated in the arts in the 4 weeks before interview: GB, 2002

A 2 Puzzle

3/4 of people in the UK Newspaper crossword

s Coffee-break teasers Puzzles in magazines

and even in TV shows

A 2 Soap Operas

The storylines of Coronation Street tend to concentrate on relationships within and between families rather than on topical or social issues

Coronation Street is imbued with a definite feeling of community. Through its account of supposedly everyday life, the programme shows a high degree of social realism

The Street, as it is affectionately known, has been at the top of the U.K. ratings for over thirty years.

Coronation Street

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Greater gender & class differences Provision of leisure activities -- local government,

private companies, voluntary organizations The Pub – public bar & lounge bar, dartboards, sn

ookers, bar billiards, skittles, dominoes, electronic games, juke boxes, TV, live music entertainment, local jazz group or rock ’n’ roll band

More money spent on drink in pubs, restaurants or wine bars

Pubs: filling social vacuum, central to British life

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Meal in restaurants Library Cinema– still a staple part of British life & on rising trend Historic buildings Short break holiday Disco or night club Museum or art gallery Funfair Camping or caravanning Bingo Visiting betting shops Theatre, ballet, opera, minority pursuits yet giving Britain

high cultural profile

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Bar

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Pub dominoes

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Dartboard Lounge bar

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Wine bar

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Bar Billiards Snookers

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Skittles Ten-pin bowling

A 3 leisure outside the Home

Jukebox Country bar

A 3 Leisure outside the Home Gambling

Betting shop (Bookies)

Bets placed at Bookies Popular forms of gamb

ling in Britain Football pools Betting on horse racing

practised by working rather than middle class

A 3 Gambling

First game: Saturday 19th November 1994 The National Lottery games: 90+% of the U

K population—sometimes, 65%—on a regular basis

£12 billion: 'good causes‘—helped deprived groups, saved buildings & national treasures, enabled more people to enjoy sports and the arts

A3 Gambling

Out of every £1 spent on a Lottery ticket 28 pence goes to the good causes.

How's the money distributed:

Where does the good causes money go?

National Lottery partnersThe National Lottery is a partnership between Government, the Lottery

Commission, the National Lottery Operator and the Distribution Bodies to raise money for the good causes in local communities.

GOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT

THE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE MEDIA CULTURE MEDIA

AND SPORTAND SPORT

THE THE NATIONAL NATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY

COMMISSIONCOMMISSION

NLDBsNLDBs

The Arts CouncilThe Arts Council

National Lottery Charities BoardNational Lottery Charities Board

The Heritage Lottery FundThe Heritage Lottery Fund

The Millennium CommissionThe Millennium Commission

The New Opportunities FundThe New Opportunities Fund

Sports Council TheSports Council The

THE NATIONAL THE NATIONAL LOTTERY LOTTERY

OPERATOROPERATOR

CAMELOTCAMELOT

NATIONAL LOTTERY NATIONAL LOTTERY

DISTRIBUTION DISTRIBUTION BODIESBODIES

NLDBsNLDBs

GOOD CAUSESGOOD CAUSES

A 3 Leisure outside the HomeThe National Lottery

Five groups of beneficiaries were designated by the Government to receive equal shares of funds from The National Lottery:

The Arts Councils of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The Sports Councils of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The National Lottery Charities Board The National Heritage Memorial Fund The Millennium Fund (A fund to celebrate the year 2000

and the beginning of the third millennium. ) A sixth was added in 1998 The New Opportunities Fund — for projects covering

education, health and the environment

A 3 Gambling

UK National Lottery Winning Cards by Week

The first 20 winning cards ...

A 3 The National Lottery

Tickets: newsagents and post offices

On Saturday nights—the weekly programme : 12 million viewers

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Bingo hall Bingo hall

A 3 Sport

Sports and social class “class consciousness is fundamental to th

e British sense of national identity. Differences of accent, dress, taste and life style all serve as markers of class” (Raw and Walker, 1994, p. 5)

fox hunting: upper-class; football: the working class; cricket

A 3 Sport & the British Culture

Main sports practised in winter: rugby, soccer

Soccer – “a gentlemen’s game for roughs” Rugby -- “a roughs’ game for gentlemen” Paradox – most public schools play rugby b

ut Eaton and Harrow have always played soccer

A 3 Sport

Soccer

A 3 Sport

Cricket

A 3 Sport

Cricket Horse racing

A 3 Sport

Netball

A 3 Sport

Aroebics

A 3 Fox Hunting

Language & Culture Terminology for people watching leisure entertain

ment Soccer -- crowds, suggesting “amorphous” , the

mass Rugby -- spectators, “dispassionate onlookers” Cinema -- audiences, more sophisticated, listen TV -- viewers, denying passivity of TV ”couch p

otato” Theatre -- theatre- goers, some form of dynami

sm Opera -- opera buffs, uniform worn by smart re

giments

A 3 Leisure outside the Home

Why participate? To know more people &

understand them better To learn how to get along

with others To get a feeling of

excitement & a sense of success

To have experience of wearing popular & fashionable sports clothes

12-month and 4-week participation rates, GB 2002

Selected sports, games and physical activities amon

g adults, by sex, 2006/07, England

Twelve month and four week participation rates, GB 2002

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swi mmi ng, 35keep fi tyoga, 22

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Main reason for non-participation in an active sport, Engl

and 2005/06

A 3 Leisure outside the homeYouth organizations

Boys’ scouts Boys brigade

ConclusionThe Defining Factors of Identity

Education, work, and leisure ‘How do you do?’, ‘What do you do?’ ‘ Wher

e did you go to school?’ Leisure activities: the exercise of individual c

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