In certain circumstances, escapism into romantic nonny-nonny land, is perhaps forgivable SO'P?

Forgiveable? I think it should be mandatory, CS - hence my contribution to & encouragement of this thread. Vivian Stanshall was the Greatest English Dreamer of them all!

Oh really? with a name like Suibhne O'Piobaireachd you must REALLY be proud to be English

Thing is, Rifleman - although sadly Suibhne O'Piobaireachd is only a pseudonym, like a lot of other English people my real name isn't particularly English-sounding either, though I am English, as I say, born and bred, and quite proud of the fact too. Obviously this creates a problem regarding the limits of Englishness, because although I say it's not an English-sounding name, being Irish Gaelic, it is my name nevertheless, so an English name by default I'd say.