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6th May, 2020 – Ninetieth Birthday

May 06, 20206 minEp. 34
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Episode description

Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by RS Thomas, Ninetieth Birthday.

"You go up the long track
That will take a car, but is best walked...
"

From the show:

Anne Boleyn's last days

The battle of Edington, 878

The world's first postage stamp, the penny black

Collected poems of RS Thomas

Music to wake you up – I Still Believe by Frank Turner

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Have a lovely day.

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