Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
With a poem by Stephen Spender, The Pylons.
"The secret of these hills was stone, and cottages
Of that stone made..."
From the show:
On this day: 8th June, 1949 – George Orwell publishes his novel of technological totalitarianism, 1984
On this day: 8th June, 1955 – Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, inventor of the worldwide web, is born in London
Music to wake you up – Poor Wayfaring Stranger by The Hillbilly Thomists
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