Thinking about St David's Day
1st of March is the day for St David, Dewi Sant, the patron saint of Wales. There are daffodils in the lapels of newsreaders and weather forecasters on Welsh TV. "We had bara brith at school today" my nine year old neighbour told me this afternoon. I like the fact that the day is celebrated throughout Wales but it has set me thinking about nationality and belonging. I wonder whether my own pretty lax sense of national pride is typical of my background and generation or comes from my rather peripatic upbringing. I would love to know what you think. I live in Wales. I love the place I live in and I do recognise a distinct nation in Wales. That is partly language, partly history and partly the stunning geography of the place. I speak Welsh (not tremendously well but well enough to want to lay claim to it). I decided to learn Welsh when we came to live here because it seemed to me that I would live on the surface of the country if I had...