7th September, 2020 – Autumn Journal

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 Louis MacNeice, an extract from Autumn Journal.

"September has come, it is hers
Whose vitality leaps in the autumn..."

From the show:

Lamentations 3:22-23

On this day: 7th September, 1895, the first games of what would become rugby league are played across the north of England

On this day: 7th September, 1533, Elizabeth I is born, daughter of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII

On this day: 7th September, 1940, the Blitz of London begins. It will continue until 2nd November

Music to wake you up – If Ever I Stray by Frank Turner

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