Todays St George’s Day, the patron saint of England, and the guy’s at English Heritage has launched a campaign to dispel the apathy surrounding St George’s Day and encourage more people to celebrate their patron saint.
You can read more of this article on the Telegraph’s website
The English Heritage’s St George’s Events page can be found here
Brian Patten, a Liverpoolian poet was asked by the English Heritage to write a poem, the poem is called The True Dragon
And here’s an excerpt from the poem:
St George was in awe of it [The Dragon]
It was a thing apart
He hid the sleeping dragon
Inside every English heart[…]
Let’s celebrate St George’s Day,
The dragon in repose;
The brilliant lark ascending,
The yew, the oak, the rose
How are you celebrating today? All comments are welcome