20th March, 2020 – Awareness of Alcuin

Episode 1 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "20th March, 2020 – Awareness of Alcuin" was published on March 20, 2020 and runs 4 minutes.

March 20, 2020 ·4m · Marc’s Almanac

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Summary

Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm from the English countryside to start your day right. With a poem about Alcuin of York by Siegfried Sassoon.  "At peace in my tall-windowed Wiltshire room, (Birds overheard from chill March twilight's close) I read, translated, Alcuin's verse..." From the show: The St Cuthbert Gospel Tom Holland on St Cuthbert from St Bartholomew the Great In Our Time on Alcuin of York Made in England by The Shires Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at marcsalmanac.substack.com Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm. 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. Here's five minutes of civilised calm from the English countryside to start your day right. With a poem about Alcuin of York by Siegfried Sassoon.

"At peace in my tall-windowed Wiltshire room,
(Birds overheard from chill March twilight's close)
I read, translated, Alcuin's verse..."

From the show:

The St Cuthbert Gospel

Tom Holland on St Cuthbert from St Bartholomew the Great

In Our Time on Alcuin of York

Made in England by The Shires

Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm. 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.