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Hello from Suffolk, England. Happy St George's Day. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Rudyard Kipling, The Glory of the Garden.

"Our England is a garden that is full of stately views,

Of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues..."

From the show:

The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

The tomb of St George, in Lod and Winston Churchill's wartime aeroplane, Ascalon

Why is Shakespeare so great?

Music to wake up to – Making of a Man by Steeleye Span

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Have a lovely day.