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Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

With a poem by Philip Larkin, an extract from The Whitsun Weddings.

"All afternoon, through the tall heat that slept

For miles inland,

A slow and stopping curve southwards we kept..."

From the show:

Weekend Wodehouse: "Honeysuckle Cottage" from Meet Mr Mulliner

On this day: 29th May, 1940 – the evacuation of Dunkirk continued

On this day: 29th May, 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Everest

Friday film: Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone

Music to wake you up – The House is Rockin' by Stevie Ray Vaughan

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