14th May, 2020 – Pied Beauty
Episode 40 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "14th May, 2020 – Pied Beauty" was published on May 14, 2020 and runs 5 minutes.
May 14, 2020 ·5m · Marc’s Almanac
Summary
Hello from Suffolk, England. Sit back and enjoy five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Pied Beauty. "Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow..." From the show: The Middle Years, Henry James Gonio castle, resting place of St Matthias the apostle On this day: May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner tests the world's first vaccine (Bonus: the always-excellent In Our Time on Jenner and immunisation) Music to wake you up – On the Sunny Side of the Street sung by Frank Sinatra Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message. If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me. Have a lovely day.
Episode Description
Hello from Suffolk, England.
Sit back and enjoy five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Pied Beauty.
"Glory be to God for dappled things –
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow..."
From the show:
Gonio castle, resting place of St Matthias the apostle
On this day: May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner tests the world's first vaccine
(Bonus: the always-excellent In Our Time on Jenner and immunisation)
Music to wake you up – On the Sunny Side of the Street sung by Frank Sinatra
Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm, and please keep sending in your messages and requests. You can leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message.
If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me.
Have a lovely day.
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