15th May, 2020 – The Things That Haven't Been Done

Episode 41 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "15th May, 2020 – The Things That Haven't Been Done" was published on May 15, 2020 and runs 5 minutes.

May 15, 2020 ·5m · Marc’s Almanac

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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 Edgar Guest, The Things That Haven't Been Done Before. "The things that haven’t been done before, Those are the things to try..." From the show: Weekend Wodehouse: a visit to Blandings castle with Summer Lightning On this day: May 15, 1718, James Puckle registers the first patent for a machine gun On this weekend: May 16-17, 1943, Operation Chastise, better-known as the Dam Busters raid Friday film: The Dam Busters Music to wake you up – Happy Does by Kenny Chesney 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 Edgar Guest, The Things That Haven't Been Done Before.

"The things that haven’t been done before,
Those are the things to try..."

From the show:

Weekend Wodehouse: a visit to Blandings castle with Summer Lightning

On this day: May 15, 1718, James Puckle registers the first patent for a machine gun

On this weekend: May 16-17, 1943, Operation Chastise, better-known as the Dam Busters raid

Friday film: The Dam Busters

Music to wake you up – Happy Does by Kenny Chesney

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.