28th May, 2020 – East Coker

Episode 49 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "28th May, 2020 – East Coker" was published on May 28, 2020 and runs 4 minutes.

May 28, 2020 ·4m · 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 TS Eliot, and extract from East Coker. "I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing..." From the show: Silas Marner by George Eliot On this day: 28th May, 1883 – the architect of Portmeirion, Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis is born in Gayton, Northamptonshire On this day: 28th May, 1936 – Alan Turing submits his groundbreaking paper On Computable Numbers, aged just 24 Music to wake you up – Hand in my Pocket by Alanis Morissette 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 TS Eliot, and extract from East Coker.

"I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing..."

From the show:

Silas Marner by George Eliot

On this day: 28th May, 1883 – the architect of Portmeirion, Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis is born in Gayton, Northamptonshire

On this day: 28th May, 1936 – Alan Turing submits his groundbreaking paper On Computable Numbers, aged just 24

Music to wake you up – Hand in my Pocket by Alanis Morissette

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.