St Georges Day

Hands up please, how many people reading this review would regard themselves as English? Okay, now please keep your hand raised if you can tell me off the top of your head when St. Georges day is (it having recently passed should keep it in some people's memories), I am willing to bet the number of people if they are completely honest are in the minority. Now before I start my rant I would like to make the point that I am in NO way racist, the friend I spend most of my time with is black and I vote for a Political party that believes in an integrated society. This rant is not meant to be on the basis of Politics, but more perhaps a bit of lost National pride ...  Read the complete review

Did I miss another unecessary holiday? Oh well, life goes on I suppose, unless of course you are the last dragon and get slayed by a man named George without even having the chance to go forth and multiply and extend the dragon family for another couple of generations before all that smoke coming out of your nostrils adds to Global Warming and you die anyway. Hmmm, maybe my misanthropic views and opinions will not be recognised by all, but I have no desire to celebrate St Georges Day and get vaguely frustrated by the growing bandwagon of ficcal supporters wishing to hijack 23rd April in order to get drunk... whilst waving a flag! Firstly the legend ...  Read the complete review

Whatever happened to national pride? For an empire nation that was once, rightly or wrongly, the envy of the world we seem to have lost our way rather and no longer is it "cool" to be proud. Of our near neighbours the Irish celebrate St Patricks day with gusto (both in the Republic and wherever else the Emerald isle folk find themselves), the French shut for their Bastille Celebrations and topping the celebratory list must be the Spanish who celebrate their saints days in the most remarkable manner. And the English? Well, it seems we've gone astray. When you start talking of those who stand proud of their nation one thinks of the rowdy tourist ...  Read the complete review