16th April, 2020 – Norman and Saxon
Episode description
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Rudyard Kipling, Norman and Saxon.
"My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir
To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for share...
From the show:
An interview with Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum and hot chocolate salesman
The history of Rudyard Kipling's history poem, Norman and Saxon
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