Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
With a poem by Mary Oliver, Wild Geese.
"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting...."
From the show:
On this day: 16th November, 2002, the first recorded case of SARS, in Guangdong, China.
On this day: 16th November, 1961, Frank "Know what I mean, 'Arry?" Bruno, heavyweight WBC world boxing champion, is born in Wandsworth, London. A professional boxing career with five losses and 40 wins, 38 by knockout from his powerhouse punches
Music to wake you up – Beers and Sunshine by Darius Rucker
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