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 John McCrae, In Flanders Fields.

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row..."

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From the show:

John 15:13

Operation Torch sees Allied forces successfully invade Vichy French territories in North Africa, 8th November, 1942

On this day: 9th November, 1985, Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion aged just 22

On this day: 9th November, 1898, Owen Barfield, the philosopher and Inkling, friend and influence to CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, is born in London

Music to wake you up – Starting Over by Chris Stapleton

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