IT's a different place in the sunshine, Glasgow, isn't it?

A wash of bright light and a hint of heat makes everything feel like a holiday.

At the weekend Queen's Park played host to Langside 450, a two-day festival to mark the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Langside. It was a great example of what grassroots groups can pull off and one of the things I love about Glasgow, that sense of people pitching in to create something for a community.

As my friend's baby had his fortune told by a psychic goat, I was thinking about a press release that landed in my inbox this week.

A social media agency was publicising the fact it has started to offer its staff Sun-days - literally letting employees make the most of sunny weather.

Of course, it comes with caveats, but essentially employees get to work shortened hours from home on the rare days we have sunshine.

This is something I have long nagged every editor I've had at the Evening Times about: on the rare sunny days we have, we should shut up shop and let everyone go home.

Bafflingly, not a single one has taken up the issue with HR.

I went to school in Australia and when the weather was really fine - the bar was a bit higher than it is here - we were allowed to work outside. We carried our desks and chairs out and worked in the playground.

That's another good option, but sadly the bosses aren't biting.

Life is short and sunshine is life enhancing so it makes sense to allow employees to make the most of it, surely?

In fact, Sun-days don't quite go far enough.

What we need is to introduce a four-day week, with a cut in hours but not in pay.

It would have such a far-reaching impact: job creation, increased productivity, better health and wellbeing, more time with family and loved ones.

Employees would have more time for leisure pursuits and more time to roll up sleeves and dig in with community events such as Langside 450.

According to research from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), almost five million people worked an average of seven hours a week without pay in 2017.

That adds up to free overtime for employers worth more than £31 billion - or £6265 per worker.

You can see why employers might be resistant to the change when businesses are run with the goodwill of staff.

However, in exchange they have staff who are more motivated, more energised and so more productive. We know that millions of hours are lost each year to staff stress and anxiety, much of it caused by stressful workloads.

No sickies, no unhappy workers - that's a boon for employers.

With less commuting to and from jobs, we would have smaller carbon footprints.

For those workers with childcare responsibilities, one day fewer to pay for nursery or after school care could be a real bonus.

Work is fulfilling for many of us - hopefully most of us, given how much of our lives we give over to it - but, and it's a cliche to say it - who looks back at their life and wishes they'd spent more time in the office?

But it's not feasible for most people to go part time - not with mortgages, families and static wages.

A four-day week would be radical but wonderful.

The next sun-day we have I'm spending it mapping out my campaign. Who's with me?