Since very few English people know who St George actually was (and the people who do disagree furiously about it) can we all agree that henceforth today will be called ‘yay, England’s actually alright in many ways, let’s all have a cup of tea together’ day?
Happy St George’s day here in England with our donkey George and Lorna on a toast run past mountain Pooji
Happy St George’s Day 🏴. It’s time to tell more positive stories of England. If progressives don’t try to define an inclusive sense of English identity, then we leave it to the far right to determine who does and doesn’t belong - and that could hardly be more dangerous #AnotherEngland
Since very few English people know who St George actually was (and the people who do disagree furiously about it) can we all agree that henceforth today will be called ‘yay, England’s actually alright in many ways, let’s all have a cup of tea together’ day?
Happy St George’s day here in England with our donkey George and Lorna on a toast run past mountain Pooji
Your annual reminder that William Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not read or write in English.
Mosaic of St George killing a dragon. Showing a dark skinned, black haired man in Roman armour with a thin lance stabbing a dragon that looks like a largish lizard.
Your annual reminder that his father was Turkish, his mother Syrian and the Home Office would have hated him.
#StGeorge
Patron saint of Malta, Ethiopia, Georgia, Portugal, Aragon & England, among others.
Less liked by dragons.
I still think that The Doctor should be England's Patron Saint, and our national anthem/theme tune should be Firestarter by the Prodigy. Imagine that at the beginning of the Six Nations.
Actually, you'll find that St George came from an area in modern Belgium, the dragon was Bolivian, 'England' was an Old French word describing the Austrian Tyrol, but the turkey was definitely from Norfolk.
oh it's st. george's day.
a day when a bunch of anti-immigrant racists celebrate a turkish guy who never actually came to england ever.
“The game's afoot: follow your spirit, and upon this charge, cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!’”
Wishing all my followers a very happy St George’s Day x
Flag of st. George. Wikimedia commons. CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_George%27s_Flag.jpg
Today, England celebrates third-century Turkish megalomartyr and thaumaturge, St George.
Oxford City Council will fly the St. George’s cross from the Town Hall in his honour.
www.oxford.gov.uk/civic-office...
Just another Labour MP in Scotland failing to acknowledge the SNP Scottish Government's key role in tackling homelessness by funding charities such as this.
Under Labour the homelessness rate in England is nearly double the rate in Scotland.
There are many fine things about England: Shakespeare, Stubbs paintings, custsrd creams, lardy cakes... and a lot of the people are pretty okay by me as well. So, I think those are all good things to celebrate their national St George's Day for, without going all gammonista with flags etc.
Labour MP in Scotland failing to notice that, thanks to funding from the SNP Scottish Government, Hillcrest is able to invest in social housing, energy efficiency, and tenant hardship support that wouldn't be possible in England under a Labour British government 👏
Happy St George's day from sunny England!
The PM held a reception in Downing Street last night to mark it & celebrate everything that makes us proud to be English.
It's time we reclaimed our flag from the racists and those who seek to divide us, instead use it as a symbol for unity and diversity!
Prison sentence for ex-RBS banker over bribery linked to GRG scandal by a Scottish Court.
Extorted £274,811 between 2012 and 2016 from clients, threatened financial hardship unless they paid bribes.
Crooked bankers can be jailed but are indulged by authorities in England.
archive.ph/4KjhR
A wooden door, which is ajar. Metal hinges with giant scrollwork. An inner door “with the glass etching designed by Jane McDonald, a member of the Abbey congregation, the glass doors and the copper canopy were installed in the lobby, designed by Martin Ashley Architects, in 2002.” - Church guidebook
The Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul,
Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire.
“Early Perpendicular south door is in a 15th/16th Century open porch.” - Historic England.
Inner etched glass doors & copper canopy - 2002. The arched etched design is by Jane McDonald.
#AdoorableThursday
#IronworkThursday
It's St George's Day.
Contrary to popular belief, his introduction to England had nothing to do with Richard the Lionheart.
A free-to-read article I wrote for @historytoday.com
www.historytoday.com/archive/slay...
"England, with all thy faults, I love thee still" William Cowper from the poem The Task (Book II: The Time-Piece)
Happy Saint George's Day.
Happy St. George's Day from Athens, where it is of course raining for the first time this week, in honour of England's patron saint
Happy flag shagger day 🏴
Enjoy celebrating your Romano-Greek patron saint from Syria who never set foot in England & has a Genoese flag as his symbol 😘
St George the TURKEY
Did you know that so-called St George was a TURKEY, yeah? Never even heard of United Kingdom. And it was ST PATRICK of Wales who drove out all the Dragons, actually, yeah?
Enjoy your "patronising Saint" so-called England!
Just in from The Guardian:
Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds
Summary: Seven out of 10 leaders say they have cut down on teaching assistants in past year. Crisis could...
#Assistants #Crisis #Schools
Agree or disagree?
