Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm. With a poem, The Quiet Life by Alexander Pope.
"Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound..."
From the show:
All Among The Barley by Melissa Harrison
Melissa's podcast, The Stubborn Light of Things
The Carthusian martyrs of London
Rhode Island is the first American colony to declare independence
Music to wake you up – In The Jailhouse Now by The Soggy Bottom Boys
(Listen to the full playlist on YouTube)
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Have a lovely day.
