Happy St. George’s Day (or not, as the case may be)

Happy St. George’s Day!

• If you’re Catalonian, you’ll be honouring St. George on Wednesday the 23rd by swapping books and roses with your loved ones.

• If you’re Valencian, you’ll be tooling up to re-enact the battle of the Moors vs. Christians in which St. George supposedly saved the day.

• If you’re Greek, you’ll have no shortage of events to choose from, including an uphill race for the elderly (which may explain why Arachova’s St. George festival lasts three days).

• But if you’re English, chances are you’ll be doing bugger all.

Why? For Tossers and Arseblowers, I set off to find out how other countries celebrate England’s patron saint.

And I was surprised to find that even the French-speaking Walloons in the heart of the EU make more of a fuss over St. George than the English do.

Take a look: