Hello from Suffolk, England. Take five minutes for a dose of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. With a poem by Charles Larcom Graves, Railway Rhymes.
"When books are pow'rless to beguile
And papers only stir my bile,
For solace and relief I flee
To Bradshaw or the A. B. C.,
And find the best of recreations
In studying the names of stations..."
From the show:
Weekend Wodehouse: The Code of the Woosters
Mother Julian of Norwich, author of The Revelation of Divine Love, the earliest surviving book in English written by a woman
Victory in Europe, 1945
Railway Rhymes, from Punch, 1916
Friday night movies: Coco from Pixar and The Straight Story
Music to wake you up – When This Lousy War is Over sung by The Fitzrovia Chorus
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