Scrump

I apologise unreservedly concerning Prescott's birthplace. Doubt if there's a blue plaque on the building though....

Picking up on countrylife's last post, Knightley's view of England as expressed in Roots, and earlier in Country Life and back to songs like Cold Heart of England - at least the man's consistent in his views - may be jaundiced, but it comes across to me as an outsider, albeit one with strong emotional ties to England, as depressingly accurate in too many respects.

It's my flag too and I want it back, indeed!

For what it's worth, Maggie Holland's A Place Called England starts in the same depressing place but ends on a note of glorious optimism - seek it out if you haven't heard it.

Oh, in for a penny, in for a pound. Maybe if you got rid of the royal family.........

Lights blue touchpaper again. Gosh, this is fun!