Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm. With a poem by William Wordsworth, Nuns Fret Not.

"Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room;

And hermits are contented with their cells..."

From the show:

The Peregrine by JA Baker

Robert "Black Bob" Crauford

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Music to wake you up – Lovely Day by Bill Withers

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Have a lovely day.