29th May, 2020 – The Whitsun Weddings
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 Philip Larkin, an extract from The Whitsun Weddings.
"All afternoon, through the tall heat that slept
For miles inland,
A slow and stopping curve southwards we kept..."
From the show:
Weekend Wodehouse: "Honeysuckle Cottage" from Meet Mr Mulliner
On this day: 29th May, 1940 – the evacuation of Dunkirk continued
On this day: 29th May, 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Everest
Friday film: Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone
Music to wake you up – The House is Rockin' by Stevie Ray Vaughan
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