2 June 2020 - noisy wok

clue:

Some aspects of culture are durable and will last if need be through centuries of change and repression.

“In the prison of his days...” — W.H. Auden

“Love in the frost is pared and wintered by.” — Dylan Thomas

“Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer...” — Shakespeare

And the pun that I must point out if anyone is to notice: “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.” — Nelson Mandela