By Ilmari
As far as national anthems go,
God Save the Queen is one of the most monotone, dreary and depressing. It is no wonder that a movement, started by
the comedian Billy Connely, has long spoken for a jollier and more spirited song, which you could well imagine humming, while walking, in “a genteel abandon of a lifelong teetotaller who has suddenly taken to drink”, through a sunny Borshetshire countryside to the local Flower & Produce Show, pondering whether you should dag the sheep yourself or whether you should hire a professional shearer for a proper crutching. I am speaking, of course, of
Barwick Green, the theme tune for
The Archers.