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 Mary Oliver, The Summer Day.

"Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?..."

From the show:

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

On this day: 19th February, 1717, David Garrick is born in Hereford, in the Angel Inn.

On this day: 19th February, 1910, Mary Mallon, known as "Typhoid Mary", is released from her first quarantine

Music to wake you up – Do It by Maggie Rose

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