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The curse of Blackadder

Suffolk CC's holy campaign to have St Edmund, restored as England's national saint.

Last week Diary dredged up from the mists of history a certain Edmund Blackadder and his manservant Mr S Baldrick, in connection with Suffolk CC's holy campaign to have St Edmund, the former King of East Anglia, restored as England's national saint.

With unerring timing, the Queen's Birthday Honours list shows actual proof that Diary wields not just a pen, but unseen power and influence undreamed of by mere mortals.

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