8th June, 2020 – The Pylons

Episode 56 of the Marc’s Almanac podcast, hosted by Marc Sidwell, titled "8th June, 2020 – The Pylons" was published on June 8, 2020 and runs 5 minutes.

June 8, 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 Stephen Spender, The Pylons. "The secret of these hills was stone, and cottages Of that stone made..." From the show: Isaiah, 1:7 On this day: 8th June, 1949 – George Orwell publishes his novel of technological totalitarianism, 1984 On this day: 8th June, 1955 – Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, inventor of the worldwide web, is born in London Music to wake you up – Poor Wayfaring Stranger by The Hillbilly Thomists 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 Stephen Spender, The Pylons.

"The secret of these hills was stone, and cottages
Of that stone made..."

From the show:

Isaiah, 1:7

On this day: 8th June, 1949 – George Orwell publishes his novel of technological totalitarianism, 1984

On this day: 8th June, 1955 – Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, inventor of the worldwide web, is born in London

Music to wake you up – Poor Wayfaring Stranger by The Hillbilly Thomists

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.