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12th June, 2020 – The Guy in the Glass
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Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
With a poem by Dale Wimbrow, The Guy in the Glass.
"When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,
And the world makes you King for a day..."
From the show:
Weekend Wodehouse: Ice in the Bedroom
On this day: 12th June, 1381 – John Ball preaches to a crowd at Blackheath during the Peasants Revolt. He asks, "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?"
On this day: 12th June, 1802 – Harriet Martineau is born in Norwich. Her Illustrations of Political Economy dramatised the case for a free market in everyday terms
Friday film: Band of Brothers
Music to wake you up – In Heaven There Is No Beer by Flaco Jimenez
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