Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Siegfried Sassoon, Everyone Sang.

"Everyone suddenly burst out singing;

And I was filled with such delight..."

From the show:

Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

Catherine of Siena

The 2011 Royal Wedding

Music to wake up to – One Love by Bob Marley

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Have a lovely day.