13th July, 2020 – Praise the Mutilated World
Episode description
Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
With a poem by Adam Zagajewski, Try to Praise the Mutilated World.
"Remember the moments when we were together
in a white room and the curtain fluttered..."
From the show:
The amazing (and perhaps even lucky) hummingbird hawk-moth
The Mating Season by PG Wodehouse
On this day: 13th July, 1568, Alexander Nowell, Dean of St Paul's, accidentally invents bottled beer on a fishing trip
On this day: 13th July, 1793, John Clare, England's greatest nature poet, is born in Peterborough
Music to wake you up – Going Nowhere by Frank Turner
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