Det gigantiske juletræ, der hvert år ankommer fra Norge, er på plads på Trafalgar Square, hvor det lyser over den britiske hovedstad hver aften. Duften af brændte mandler, ristede kastanjer og varme vafler blander sig med en aroma af gran. Engle og julelys, der blinker og glitrer, våger over Oxford Street, og i pubberne kan
St George on a horse vies with traffic in central London yesterday – in just one of the patriotic sights as the English celebrated their saint’s day. In the biggest such festivities of recent years, the flag of St George was flown at No 10 for the first time and crowds in Trafalgar Square sang
Marcus Stafford, from the England Society, said it was not just about making money but about ordinary people realising it was okay for them to be English. “Just four or five years ago St George’s Day was not really celebrated,” he said. “English was bad. But people are beginning to realise that they are living