Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
With a poem by Alcuin, The School of York.
"To some he made the grammar understood,
And poured on others rhetoric's copious flood..."
From the show:
Just William by Richmal Crompton
Remembering Alcuin of York, who died May 19th, in the year 804. Listen to the BBC's In Our Time episode on Alcuin.
On this day: 20 May, 1772 – William Congreve, second Baronet, was born, inventor of the Congreve rocket
Music to wake you up – Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
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