Hello from Suffolk, England.

Sit back and enjoy five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by George Meredith, Invitation to the Country.

"Cast off the yoke of toil and smoke

As Spring is casting winter's grey..."

From the show:

William Wilberforce begins his 18-year campaign to end the slave trade in Parliament

King John takes a fateful step down the road to Magna Carta

Music to wake you up – One Mint Julep by Louis Prima

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