EPISODE · Nov 23, 2020 · 5 MIN
23rd November, 2020 – Children of Our Age
from Marc’s Almanac · host Marc Sidwell
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 Wislawa Symborska, Children of Our Age. "All day long, all through the night, all affairs – yours, ours, theirs – are political affairs..." From the show: Ecclesiastes 11:4 On this day: 23rd November, 1644, Areopagitica, John Milton's great defence of the liberty of the press, is published On this day: 23rd November, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who – An Unearthly Child – is broadcast, starring William Hartnell as The Doctor On this day: 23rd November, 1887, William Henry Pratt is born in Camberwell, better known as the actor Boris Karloff, in his iconic role as Imhotep in The Mummy and as Frankenstein's monster for the English director James Whale Music to wake you up – Styrofoam by Ashley McBryde 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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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 Wislawa Symborska, Children of Our Age. "All day long, all through the night, all affairs – yours, ours, theirs – are political affairs..." From the show: Ecclesiastes 11:4 On this day: 23rd November, 1644, Areopagitica, John Milton's great defence of the liberty of the press, is published On this day: 23rd November, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who – An Unearthly Child – is broadcast, starring William Hartnell as The Doctor On this day: 23rd November, 1887, William Henry Pratt is born in Camberwell, better known as the actor Boris Karloff, in his iconic role as Imhotep in The Mummy and as Frankenstein's monster for the English director James Whale Music to wake you up – Styrofoam by Ashley McBryde 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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