I want to send my best wishes to everyone celebrating St George’s Day. Up and down the country – including here in Downing Street -- the flag of St George is flying high and celebrations, from the archaic to the eccentric, are taking place. In Plymouth, a patriotic festival. In London, a great feast

St George&#39s Day – England&#39s national day – couldn&#39t fall on a more appropriate date: the anniversary of William Shakespeare&#39s death.This year marks 400 years since the passing of the world&#39s greatest writer.Yet his words about this nation, “this precious stone set in the silver sea,”