The Patron Saint is St George.
Adopted regiments: Sharpe’s Rifles, the SAS and the Ghurkas
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of
National song: Land of hope and glory
National Symphony: Beethoven’s 9th
National calendar: Greenwich Mean Time
The Club Name - So why celebrate ‘English’
‘English’, is a unique phenomenon. So how did it come about? What caused it to become what it now is? So I've set this up to look at various angles as shown below:
The Language - 1, a history
The Language - 2, a Million Words
The Language - 3, the vagaries of the English language, my favourite words, phrases, excerpts and poems
The People
The Food
National day of Celebration
Threats and opportunities
Personally I love the diversity, the richness of our society and I love the freedom of speech, the freedom to criticise, the freedom to have your own opinions.
I was honoured and deeply humbled when we hosted some people from
But the taxes are another subject!!
What are your favourite hates?
What other threats do you see?
What other opportunities do you see?
What are your views?
“Cry God for