4th June, 2020 – Ah, for a man...
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 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, an extract from Maud.
"Ah God, for a man with heart, head, hand,
Like some of the simple great ones gone..."
From the show:
On this day: 4th June, 1927 – play begins in the first Ryder Cup
On this day: 4th June, 1940 – Winston Churchill gives perhaps his famous speech, "We shall fight on the beaches"
Music to wake you up – The Next Storm by Frank Turner
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