SHORTPOD (31): THE MEANINGLESS SAINTS AND MEDIEVAL METAPOLITICS

Affirmative Right chief editor Colin Liddell wishes listeners a happy "St. Andrews Day" and explains why the Scots picked a Jew, who never came to Scotland or even knew Scotland existed, to be their patron saint.

Also, discussed  and compared is Saint George, the Greek who somehow became the patron saint of England.

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SEEKING COMFORT IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

A young Ralph Vaughan Williams

by Thomas Edward Shaw

April must surely be the most English of months. Not only is it the month when our countryside, our gardens and public parks seem to burst into life, April also witnesses the festival of the patron saint of England, St. George as well as the anniversary of the birthday of the worlds’ most famous poet and playwright, the English Bard himself ; William Shakespeare.

There is another factor which one might interpret as being a significant contribution to the undying spirit of the English nation; a piece of music which is simple in its composition but stunning, almost divine, in its performance.