In search of St Valentine

From: The Scotsman | Date: February 14, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

IF EVER THERE was a case of a man's sum being greater than his parts, it must be Saint Valentine; or is it more a case of the parts being all over the place? As the British greetings card industry pockets an annual GBP 47.2 million spent on Valentine cards, confectioners, jewellers and balloon vendors go into overdrive and postmen deliver hernia-inducing loads of envelopes scrawled with silly rhymes, attempts to flesh out the saint of hearts and flowers can prove frustratingly ineffectual. It would take the skills of a historical novelist to put a human face on the elusive Valentine - which ...

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