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 Philip Larkin, To The Sea.

"Everything crowds under the low horizon:

Steep beach, blue water, towels, red bathing caps..."

From the show:

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

On this day: 4th June, 1940, Britain completes the miracle of Dunkirk, rescuing 338,226 stranded troops from France with an improvised flotilla of 800 boats.

On this day: 4th June, 1910, Christopher Cockerell, the inventor of the hovercraft, is born in Cambridge.

Music to wake you up – I Still Believe by Frank Turner

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