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 Thomas Hardy, The Darkling Thrush.

"I leant upon a coppice gate

When Frost was spectre-grey..."

From the show:

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Ice in the Bedroom by PG Wodehouse

On this day: 14th December, 1901, the first major ping pong tournament, for men and women, takes place in London's Royal Aquarium

On this day: 14th December, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team become the first to reach the South Pole, beating the doomed expedition of Captain Scott

Music to wake you up – Santa Baby by Kylie Minogue

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