9th November, 2020 – In Flanders Fields
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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 John McCrae, In Flanders Fields.
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row..."
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From the show:
On this day: 9th November, 1985, Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion aged just 22
On this day: 9th November, 1898, Owen Barfield, the philosopher and Inkling, friend and influence to CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, is born in London
Music to wake you up – Starting Over by Chris Stapleton
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