22nd May, 2020 – The Rolling English Road

Episode 46 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "22nd May, 2020 – The Rolling English Road" was published on May 22, 2020 and runs 6 minutes.

May 22, 2020 ·6m · Marc’s Almanac

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Summary

Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com With a poem by GK Chesterton, The Rolling English Road. "Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road..." From the show: Weekend Wodehouse: Thank You, Jeeves – in which Bertie and Jeeves struggle over the master's banjolele habit On this day: 22nd May, 1945, the RAF drops the first issue of The Flying Hollander, a propaganda newspaper delivered by air to the occupied Dutch, keeping them informed of the progress of the war. Friday film: Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster Music to raise a glass to – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett 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 the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com

With a poem by GK Chesterton, The Rolling English Road.

"Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,

The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road..."

From the show:

Weekend Wodehouse: Thank You, Jeeves – in which Bertie and Jeeves struggle over the master's banjolele habit

On this day: 22nd May, 1945, the RAF drops the first issue of The Flying Hollander, a propaganda newspaper delivered by air to the occupied Dutch, keeping them informed of the progress of the war.

Friday film: Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster

Music to raise a glass to – It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

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.