Marc’s Almanac

16th April, 2020 – Norman and Saxon


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Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Rudyard Kipling, Norman and Saxon.

"My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir

To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for share...

From the show:

The Pilgrim's Progress

An interview with Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum and hot chocolate salesman

The history of Rudyard Kipling's history poem, Norman and Saxon

Roots, by Show of Hands

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