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30th November, 2020 – Advent Calendar

Nov 30, 20206 minSeason 2Ep. 82
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Episode description

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

With a poem by Rowan Williams, Advent Calendar.

"He will come like last leaf’s fall.
One night when the November wind...
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From the show:

Psalm 100: 4-5

Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit by PG Wodehouse

On this day: 30th November, 1016, Canute the Great claims the English throne

On this day: 30th November, 1667, the great satirist Jonathan Swift is born in Dublin

Music to wake you up – Be A Light by Thomas Rhett

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Have a lovely day.

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