Marc’s Almanac

By Marc Sidwell

Five minutes of civilised calm. As featured on BBC Radio Suffolk.

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Marc’s Almanac episodes:

April 02, 2020 2nd April, 2020 – The Trees
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Philip Larkin, The Trees.
"The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said..."
From the show:
Radar history at Orford Ness and Bawdsey.
Alec Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets
Melody Gardot, Morning Sun
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5min
April 01, 2020 1st April, 2020 – Upon Westminster Bridge
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by William Wordsworth, Upon Westminster Bridge.
"Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty..."
From the show:
William Harvey's demonstration rod
The Habit of Art available to stream
Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran
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6min
March 31, 2020 31st March, 2020 – The Sun Rising
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by John Donne, The Sun Rising.
"Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains call on us..."
From the show:
The Detectorists
Frank Turner, Going Nowhere
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5min
March 30, 2020 30th March, 2020 – Spring
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here’s five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a moment from Wind in the Willows and Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
"Nothing is so beautiful as Spring –
When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush..."
From the show:
Stream The Wind in the Willows at willowsmusical.com
Play games like Sushi Go with friends far and near at boardgamearena.com
Donate to feed hard-pressed doctors and nurses at mealsforthenhs.com
Workin' Man's PhD
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5min
March 27, 2020 27th March, 2020 – On A Lane In Spring
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here’s five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With some weekend Wodehouse and John Clare's On a Lane in Spring.
"A Little Lane, the brook runs close beside
And spangles in the sunshine while the fish glide swiftly by..."
From the show:
The Custody of the Pumpkin
Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth
It is Well With My Soul, performed by a virtual cellphone choir in Nashville
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5min
March 26, 2020 26th March, 2020 – On His Blindness
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here’s five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With John Milton's On His Blindness.
"They also serve who only stand and wait."
From the show:
"Learning in Wartime" by CS Lewis
The Gilgamesh Flood Tablet, first translated by George Smith
@crcuthbert
@seaskycraster (SeaWindowCraster)
Rock Island Line, sung by Lonnie Donegan
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5min
March 25, 2020 25th March, 2020 – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Happy new year from Suffolk, England. It’s Lady Day and here’s five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With an extract from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
"Both the ground and the groves put on green garments;
Birds begin to build, and brightly sing"
From the show:
In Our Time on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
NHS Volunteer Responders
How Can I keep From Singing, sung by Eva Cassidy
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5min
March 24, 2020 24th March, 2020 – Seaside Golf
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by John Betjeman, Seaside Golf.
"How straight it flew, how long it flew,
It clear'd the rutty track..."
From the show:
Live at the Abbey from Pro Corda
Machineries of Joy by British Sea Power
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4min
March 23, 2020 23rd March, 2020 – Lockdown
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Brother Richard Hendrick, OFM, Lockdown.
"The sky is clearing,
Spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by Love..."
From the show:
Brother Richard on Facebook
The Royal Opera House on YouTube
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6min
March 22, 2020 22nd March, 2020 – The Bright Field
Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by RS Thomas, The Bright Field.
"I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field..."
From the show:
St Bartholomew the Great's services on YouTube
The Ash Tree read by Robert Lloyd Parry
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
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FAQs about Marc’s Almanac:

How many episodes does Marc’s Almanac have?

The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.