A new painting of St George by Scott Norwood Witts, which depicts the saint as a man of compassion rather than a crusader, is to be unveiled at the Catholic Cathedral of St George, Southwark, to mark the saint’s day next week.

Jonathan Bartley reflects on the legend of St George, his subversive story, and how he has been co-opted by the powerful

The patron saint of the English should be rebranded and St George's Day should become a national day of dissent, a religious think-tank is proposing.