21st December, 2020 – The Shortest Day

Episode 85 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "21st December, 2020 – The Shortest Day" was published on December 21, 2020 and runs 7 minutes.

December 21, 2020 ·7m · Marc’s Almanac

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Summary

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com With a poem by Susan Cooper, The Shortest Day. "And so the Shortest Day came and the year died And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Came people singing, dancing, To drive the dark away..." From the show: Luke, 2:1;4-5 The winter solstice William's Truthful Christmas by Richmal Crompton On this day: 21st December, 1117, the birth of Thomas Becket, in Cheapside, London Music to wake you up – This Year by The Mountain Goats 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

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in East London, as the capital starts to wake up. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

With a poem by Susan Cooper, The Shortest Day.

"And so the Shortest Day came and the year died

And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world

Came people singing, dancing,

To drive the dark away..."

From the show:

Luke, 2:1;4-5

The winter solstice

William's Truthful Christmas by Richmal Crompton

On this day: 21st December, 1117, the birth of Thomas Becket, in Cheapside, London

Music to wake you up – This Year by The Mountain Goats

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.