Monday, April 23, 2007
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise...
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England
[Richard II, Act 2, Scene 1]
Not only is today St George's Day, but it's also the anniversary of the birth (and death) of England's most celebrated wordsmith. Which was a good enough excuse for me to pay a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon over the weekend, to take a look around the Bard's home town. It was a whistle-stop tour in four hours flat, sandwiched between two very long train journeys, but I crammed in as much as I could. Where there's a Will, there's a way.
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