29th May, 2020 – The Whitsun Weddings
All afternoon, through the tall heat that slept/ For miles inland,/ A slow and stopping curve southwards we kept...
Hello from Suffolk. Here's five minutes of civilised calm recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem: an extract from The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin.
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From the show:
Weekend Wodehouse: "Honeysuckle Cottage" from Meet Mr Mulliner
On this day: 29th May, 1940 – the evacuation of Dunkirk continued
On this day: 29th May, 1953 – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Everest
Friday film: Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone
If you need some music to wake you up – how about The House is Rockin' by Stevie Ray Vaughan:
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