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Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by RS Thomas, Ninetieth Birthday.

"You go up the long track

That will take a car, but is best walked...
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From the show:

Anne Boleyn's last days

The battle of Edington, 878

The world's first postage stamp, the penny black

Collected poems of RS Thomas

Music to wake you up – I Still Believe by Frank Turner

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Have a lovely day.