12th October, 2020 – All My Friends...
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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 Christian Wiman, All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs.
"All my friends are finding new beliefs.
This one converts to Catholicism and this one to trees..."
From the show:
On this day: 12th October, 1492, Christopher Columbus lands in the New World
On this day: 12th October, 1915, the nurse and Anglican martyr Edith Cavell is executed by firing squad
On this day: 12th October, 1845, the "angel of prisons" Elizabeth Fry passes away after a lifetime of philanthropy inspired by her Quaker faith
Music to wake you up – Carry You Home by Ward Thomas
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