St George’s Day is here again but compared with St Patrick’s Day there’s little evidence of celebration. We asked you – Has England lost its national pride? Are the English no longer nationalistic? After years of colonialism have Englishmen and women lost interest in their own shores? Or have the right-wing connotations of St George’s…
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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…
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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…
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British Airways last night announced it is to review its policy on uniforms in the wake of the row over a check-in worker told to stop wearing a cross. British Airways last night announced it is to review its policy on uniforms in the wake of the row over a check-in worker told to stop…
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OK, this is an odd one. During the whole English-phase back in 2006 I was called by a radio station in Birmingham – possibly called Colour FM, or something similar. They were having various discussions about the recent inclusion of new words in to the standard dictionary and wanted to ask me about it. I…
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