Five minutes of civilised calm. As featured on BBC Radio Suffolk.
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Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com (https://marcsalmanac.substack.com/)
With a poem by Philip Larkin, To The Sea.
"Everything crowds under the low horizon:
Steep beach, blue water, towels, red bathing caps..."
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Opening/closing music courtesy of Chillhop: Philanthrope, Leavv - What Was Before https://chll.to/d6b0ec27 (https://chll.to/d6b0ec27)
On this day: 4th June, 1940, Britain completes the miracle of Dunkirk (http://endeavourtrust.blogspot.com/p/dunkirk.html), rescuing 338,226 stranded troops from France with an improvised flotilla of 800 boats.
On this day: 4th June, 1910, Christopher Cockerell (https://ethw.org/Christopher_Cockerell), the inventor of the hovercraft, is born in Cambridge.
Music to wake you up – I Still Believe by Frank Turner (https://youtu.be/W8mqZZjSGog)
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28 May 2021
Reminder – 28th May, 2021
Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com (https://marcsalmanac.substack.com/)
With a poem by Mark Jarman, Reminder (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dailiness-Essays-Poetry-Mark-Jarman/dp/1589881419/).
"You're here and God's in heaven..."
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Opening/closing music courtesy of Chillhop: Philanthrope, Leavv - What Was Before https://chll.to/d6b0ec27 (https://chll.to/d6b0ec27)
On this day: 28th May, 1936, Alan Turing (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2021/march/the-new-50-note-unveiled) submits his paper On Computable Numbers, setting out the theoretical basis for modern computers
On this day: 28th May, 1908, Ian Lancaster Fleming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Goldeneye), the creator of James Bond, is born in London
Music to wake you up – Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles (https://youtu.be/6e01nNA02vw)
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14 May 2021
The Hug – 14th May, 2021
Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com (https://marcsalmanac.substack.com/)
With a poem by Thom Gunn, The Hug. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selected-Poems-Thom-Gunn/dp/0571365086/)
"I dozed, I slept. My sleep broke on a hug..."
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Opening/closing music courtesy of Chillhop: Philanthrope, Leavv - What Was Before https://chll.to/d6b0ec27 (https://chll.to/d6b0ec27)
On this day: 14th May, 1796, Edward Jenner inaugurates the science of vaccination (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jenner-tests-smallpox-vaccine) by infecting his gardener's son with cowpox, protecting him from smallpox. And while the Covid-19 vaccines have understandably dominated this year's news, the successful trials of the first highly effective malaria vaccine (https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-04-23-malaria-vaccine-becomes-first-achieve-who-specified-75-efficacy-goal) by researchers from the University of Oxford has been another piece of enormously good news. Malaria currently kills 400,000 people every year.
On this day: 14th May, 1771, Robert Owen (https://fee.org/articles/robert-owen-the-woolly-minded-cotton-spinner/) is born in Newport, an important early voice for workers rights but also the father of English socialism, who refused to accept the failure of his more radical experiments
Music to wake you up – It's All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion (https://youtu.be/G7mOX7NE8ZI)
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