23rd April, 2020 – The Glory of the Garden
Episode description
Hello from Suffolk, England. Happy St George's Day. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Rudyard Kipling, The Glory of the Garden.
"Our England is a garden that is full of stately views,
Of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues..."
From the show:
The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
The tomb of St George, in Lod and Winston Churchill's wartime aeroplane, Ascalon
Music to wake up to – Making of a Man by Steeleye Span
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