Kudos to The Diary in today's Guardian which points us to the potentially inappropriate hymn selected for yesterday's wreath laying at ground zero in New York.
"May we begin by stating our wholehearted, nay unequivocal admiration for whoever chose the hymn for the wreath-laying at Ground Zero. The Son of God Goes Forth To War was, we feel, a majestic choice, not just for the sledgehammer subtlety of its lyrics ("The Son of God goes forth to war / A kingly crown to gain; His blood red banner streams afar / Who follows in His train?"), but also because it was used for the soundtrack of The Man Who Would Be King in which, you'll doubtless recall, two brave soldiers of empire go forth to a place called Kaffiristan - now, intriguingly, a part of Afghanistan - to subdue the unruly natives and, er, run the place, basically. Respect"
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