The landlord, the saint, the archbishop and the holiday
By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

A PATRIOTIC pub landlord will go to the High Court today in his battle to get St George’s Day recognised as a national holiday.
Tony Bennett, of the Otter pub in Thorpe Marriott, near Norwich, is seeking leave for a judicial review to challenge the decision of magistrates who refused him a late licence to celebrate St George’s Day on April 23 this year.

The case will be heard just days after Dr John Sentamu, the new Archbishop of York, also called for St George’s Day to be celebrated properly by the English. Uganda-born Dr Sentamu, who will be enthroned at York Minster on Wednesday as Britain’s first black archbishop, gave warning of the dangers of multiculturalism. He told The Times that the English should show more pride in their national culture. Story