| Date of transmission: | October 31st 1930 |
| Title | Bulb Planting |
| Context/description | It’s October, and “Winter is Coming” – back when the UK had proper winters (snow and stuff) |
| Words I didn’t know or ya don’t see much anymore: | |
| Stuff I looked up: | Boticelli’s Primavera |
| Best sentences: | “All too well do we know that those bulbs will come up the next year garish as the foreground of Boticelli’s Primavera. All too well do we know that the year after one terrified dafffodil will emerge sorry that it ever spoke. But the illusion persists. We see our wild garden in terms of a riot. And year after year with commendable persistence we endeavour to create that wild effect.” |
| My tuppence: | Nicely done – “rhythms of nature” ad so forth |
| See also: | Terry Waite’s allotment. Also that Voltaire line about each of us having to cultivate our garden |
For a quid I bought a collection of broadcasts Harold Nicholson gave in 1930 and 1931, on BBC Radio. They are short and dated (in every sense) so I thought I could read and blog them on the anniversary of their first (and presumably last transmission). For the lulz, and to build my writing muscles.
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