sabbatical year

Mr Swinney says he has been re-energised by what he terms a "sabbatical year" - saying that "the best thing that happened to me was standing down and having a year out of the front line".

He said at the time that he was taking a sabbatical year and added he could be open to coaching a national team after his year off.

In 1970, when the family left for a sabbatical year in Trujillo, Peru, the Kochs made sure to rent their home to a Black family, apparently the first in the neighborhood.

The campaign also coincided with the Jewish sabbatical year known as “shmita” or the year of release.

He decided against taking a sabbatical year in China, for fear it would make him a target.