29th May, 2020 – The Whitsun Weddings

Episode 50 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "29th May, 2020 – The Whitsun Weddings" was published on May 29, 2020 and runs 5 minutes.

May 29, 2020 ·5m · 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 Philip Larkin, an extract from The Whitsun Weddings. "All afternoon, through the tall heat that slept For miles inland, A slow and stopping curve southwards we kept..." From the show: Weekend Wodehouse: "Honeysuckle Cottage" from Meet Mr Mulliner On this day: 29th May, 1940 – the evacuation of Dunkirk continued On this day: 29th May, 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Everest Friday film: Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone Music to wake you up – The House is Rockin' by Stevie Ray Vaughan 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 Philip Larkin, an extract from The Whitsun Weddings.

"All afternoon, through the tall heat that slept

For miles inland,

A slow and stopping curve southwards we kept..."

From the show:

Weekend Wodehouse: "Honeysuckle Cottage" from Meet Mr Mulliner

On this day: 29th May, 1940 – the evacuation of Dunkirk continued

On this day: 29th May, 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Everest

Friday film: Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone

Music to wake you up – The House is Rockin' by Stevie Ray Vaughan

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.