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 Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to his Love.

"Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove..."

From the show:

Opening/closing music courtesy of Chillhop: Philanthrope, Leavv - What Was Before https://chll.to/d6b0ec27

On this day: 26th February 1564, Christopher Marlowe, poet and dramatist, was born in Canterbury

On this day: 26th February, 1797, the Bank of England introduced the first pound notes in lieu of gold sovereigns

Music to wake you up – Jericho Blues by The Hillbilly Thomists

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