{"id":78,"date":"2020-06-26T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2020-08-20T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T11:00:30","slug":"a-new-britain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"A New Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-78-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-New-Britain_2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-New-Britain_2.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-New-Britain_2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The clock ticks still to mark the hours<br \/>\nover the houses, fields, and flowers;<br \/>\nthe farms and pubs (still all shut),<br \/>\nschools and shops(now opened up).<br \/>\nAir less polluted, roads free to cycle<br \/>\ncities less crowded, a little miracle.<\/p>\n<p>People greet people and offer support<br \/>\nStrangers no longer, neighbours report<br \/>\nwho needs their help, new medication,<br \/>\nthey offer to call on an older relation.<br \/>\nA new, kinder ,Britain coming awake<br \/>\ndefeating a virus for everyones&#8217; sake.<\/p>\n<p>New heroes arise in PPE dressed,<br \/>\ntending the dying, and all distressed.<br \/>\nDrivers and carers, soldiers for now,<br \/>\ncaring for the elderly, showing how<br \/>\nby fighting the virus, we live in hope,<br \/>\nacting together we beat it&#8217;s scope.<\/p>\n<p>When it is all over will we carry on<br \/>\na new community with empathy won?<br \/>\nWill all the carers be properly rewarded,<br \/>\npublic servants now, new status accorded?<br \/>\nFor a new spirit has risen, to look after all<br \/>\nremoving injustice,making racism fall.<\/p>\n<p>Old certainties gone, statues now tumble,<br \/>\nhistory re-written, as attitudes crumble.<br \/>\nThis country&#8217;s past, is no longer great<br \/>\nwith slavery&#8217;s vile legacy, full of hate.<br \/>\nYoung and old begin, marching side by side<br \/>\nto build a new Britain on the rising tide.<\/p>\n<p>19.6.20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=135\">NEXT POEM\u00c2\u00a0 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-78-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-New-Britain_2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-New-Britain_2.mp3\">https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/A-New-Britain_2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>The clock ticks still to mark the hours<br \/>\nover the houses, fields, and flowers;<br \/>\nthe farms and pubs (still all shut),<br \/>\nschools and shops(now opened up).<br \/>\nAir less polluted, roads free to cycle<br \/>\ncities less crowded, a little miracle.<\/p>\n<p>People greet people and offer support<br \/>\nStrangers no longer, neighbours report<br \/>&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"margintop-large margintop-xlarge-l clear-both\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/?page_id=78#s\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A New Britain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olioweb.me.uk\/spence\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}