Alain de Botton and Neil Hannon
Chris gets some top tips on love, romance and first dates from Alain de Botton, and Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy reveals the rather brilliant names of his horses.
Chris hears from the philosopher of everyday life, Alain de Botton, on love, romance and first dates. Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy is on the line for an update on the band and reveals the rather brilliant names of his horses! Vassos also hears from Jake Heath for the latest on the Row2Rio crew who are on the final phase of their epic journey. Plus art historian Dr Jim Harris has a Pause For Thought about the marathons we encounter in life.
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Row2Rio: 3,400 miles rowed, but there's still more to go!
Duration: 01:39
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Who has Neil Hannon named his horses after?
Duration: 01:08
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Alain De Botton: "The first thing you should do on a date is..."
Duration: 02:10
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Level 42
Lessons In Love
- Now That's What I Call Music '86.
- Now.
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Ben E. King
Stand By Me
- Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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The Zutons
Valerie
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- Deltasonic.
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Ellie Goulding
Love Me Like You Do
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- Polydor.
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The Banana Splits
The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)
- Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
- TVT Records.
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Blue Mink
Good Morning Freedom
- The Best Of.
- Music Club.
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Foy Vance
Upbeat Feelgood
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- Gingerbread Man Records.
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Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
Together In Electric Dreams
- Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
- Telstar.
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Bryan Adams
You Belong To Me
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- Polydor.
- 001.
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Stevie Wonder
Superstition
- Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
- Spectrum Music.
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Florrie
Real Love
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- Epic.
- 001.
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U2
Angel Of Harlem
- U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
- Island.
- 12.
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Mink DeVille
Spanish Stroll
- The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
- Premier.
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LunchMoney Lewis
Bills
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- Columbia.
- 001.
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Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell
How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?
- Cool Couples (Various Artists).
- Sanctuary.
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Elton John
In The Name Of You
- (CD Single).
- Mercury.
- 001.
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Pretenders
Message Of Love
- The Pretenders - The Singles.
- WEA.
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Paolo Nutini
Pencil Full Of Lead
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
- 1.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Got to Get You Into My Life
- The Very Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
- Telstar.
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George Harrison
What Is Life
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The Divine Comedy
Something For The Weekend
- Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
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Jamie Lawson
Someone For Everyone
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- Gingerbread Man Records.
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Amy Winehouse
Love Is A Losing Game
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- Polydor.
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Heaven 17
Temptation
- A Kick Up The Eighties Vol. 5 (Various Artists).
- Old Gold.
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The Cure
Just Like Heaven
- The Cure - Galore.
- Fiction.
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Travis
Magnificent Time
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- Red Telephone Box.
- 001.
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Lorde
Royals
- Pure Heroine.
- Republic.
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Talk Talk
It's My Life
- More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
- Disky.
Chris' Pause For Thought: Jim Harris
Art Historian, Dr Jim Harris
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I鈥檝e been thinking about marathons.听 I watched my friend Jonny Taylor run the London Marathon some years ago and yelled encouragement on the approach to Tower Bridge before bursting through the crowd to run with him for a moment. I must have been听so听annoying. Now I've run half a marathon but at the end of that, if you鈥檇 asked me to run the same distance again I鈥檇 have laughed in your face if I hadn't been having a catastrophic, near-death experience.听 So, to you Chris, and you Vassos, and all of you who went the distance in London on Sunday, or have done elsewhere: I am lost in admiration.
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There are other marathons though. 听When you鈥檙e thirteen, the school day is a marathon. The American presidential election is a marathon. A working life is a marathon. When I was six, I ran down a slide in our house and put my hands through the glass front door.听 For my Mum, the next few minutes were a very bloody marathon. I remember my eldest, Miriam, being born.听 Rachel, her Mum, laboured for three days.听 I remember trying to teach Miriam to ride a bike (badly and impatiently). I remember the bus ride when she and I debated whether to call the cat 鈥楢uction鈥�. I remember worrying when she went traveling, and for the first time not really knowing where she was in the world. It was all a marathon.
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Then this weekend I went to stay with her in her home and for a moment it felt as if the marathon had ended. Until I walked out of the door and realised that I was already worrying again. Loving someone is a marathon, whether they鈥檙e your parent, your friend, your child or your partner. Sometimes we don鈥檛 make it through a whole marathon. We don鈥檛 always succeed.听 I haven鈥檛, and there鈥檚 no shame in that, though there鈥檚 pity.
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The very last thing that Jesus said to his friends was this: 鈥業 am with you always, to the very end of the age鈥�.听 What Jesus knew was that we need someone to run the marathon with us, because when听we鈥檙e in relationship with other people we are never free from concern for them and this is a hard thing.听 It鈥檚 hard to run with someone to the end of the age. But it鈥檚 also a good thing.听 A very good thing. In fact, I reckon that caring consistently, long-term, about other people is what proves we鈥檙e human.听 We run that marathon together. 听And we run better.
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