But, hey, why let the facts get in the way of your prejudices?

Wind in your neck, TL - and for your information those are facts, unlike the unsubstantiated bollocks promoted over at England in Particular. In any case, as I say, there is nothing particularly English (or even British) about so-called Green Men - ecclesiastical, folkloric or otherwise. Fact. Even the carvings that inspired Lady Raglan's wayward Green Man thesis are in Wales.

As for celebrating the diversity of England in its entirety, as an English person born and bred, when I find myself looking upon such a sight with a crippling sense of utter & absolute alienation I might question the nature of the diversity thus espoused. Have a look at the alphabet - the pics in which are either Shaftesbury or Covent Garden! Hardly a celebration of diversity - cultural, ethnic, regional, historical or otherwise.

Not my England at all I'm afraid...