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Wolfgang Buttress and Play Day

On National Play Day, Chris finds out what summery activities are on around the UK and Hive Innovator Wolfgang Buttress buzzes about recording with 40,000 honey bees.

On National Play Day, Chris finds out what summery activities are on around the UK; from sky mazes in England to a Celtic craft weeks in Scotland. Artist and Hive Innovator Wolfgang Buttress buzzes about bees, as he's recorded an album with 40,000 honey bees who hum in the key of C! So it's a kiss me honey honey bee Top Tenuous which nearly breaks the text machine and Cannon Ann Easter provides the daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 3 Aug 2016 06:30
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  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Israel Kamakawiwo驶ole

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    • Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • k.d. lang

    Miss Chatelaine

    • (CD Single).
    • Sire.

  • Johnny Marr

    Easy Money

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Stereo MC鈥檚

    Step It Up

    • Stereo Mc's - Connected.
    • 4th And Broadway.

  • Olly Murs

    You Don鈥檛 Know Love

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Higher Ground

    • Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Lily Allen

    Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Dedicated To The One I Love

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Dolly Parton

    Pure & Simple

    • Pure & Simple.
    • RCA Nashville.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    It's A Beautiful Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • T. Rex

    Metal Guru

    • Can The Glam! (Various Artists).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Killers

    Human

    • Day & Age.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Rahim Redcar

    Tilted

    • (CD Single).
    • Because Music.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Tears for Fears

    Head Over Heels

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 5.

  • 罢鈥橮补耻

    China In Your Hand

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • BE

    Into

    • One.
    • Cool Badge.
    • 4.

  • The Bees

    Listening Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Bastille

    Good Grief

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Music.

  • Skids

    Into The Valley

  • Tony Christie

    Avenues and Alleyways

    • Tony Christie - Definitive Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Elvis Presley

    Burning Love

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    The Story

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me

    • (Single).
    • Philips.

  • Dean Friedman

    Lydia

    • "Well, Well", Said The Rocking Chair.
    • Chiswick.

Chris's Pause for Thought: Ann Easter

Chris's Pause for Thought: Ann Easter

From Canon Ann Easter, Chaplain to the Queen:

Today, August 3rd, is the day that the church remembers a woman called Lydia who was a business woman, she sold purple, that鈥檚 a dye that was cultivated with some difficulty from shellfish and, according to the Bible, Lydia met St Paul and converted to Christianity; but then she let Paul and some of his friends live in her home, both before and after they had been in prison 鈥� and that was a risky thing to do. She sounds like quite a girl!

听

Lydia was probably a widow but clearly not poor, as purple was very much in demand, as much as anything because it didn鈥檛 fade like most colouring of that time; the Romans decided to use it for clothes for their Imperial court and, to this day, purple tends to signify something special 鈥� our bishops often wear purple cassocks, shirts and even socks!

听

I love purple and wear it and use it a lot, for clothes and for decoration at home 鈥� our bathroom鈥檚 violet听 - I fear it鈥檚 a throwback to my youth in the 60鈥檚 when there seemed to be a lot of purple around! 鈥� but it鈥檚 just one of the glorious colours that God gives us to enrich our lives. I think that some colours definitely cheer us up and make us feel better while others have a more calming effect.

听

The Bible doesn鈥檛 feature many women so Lydia must have been outstanding; I hope that she felt pleased and proud to supply the colour which made people look special and so feel good about themselves. I think most of us know what it feels like to have at least one particular outfit that fits us well and suits us and so helps us to be the best version of our selves 鈥� and I reckon that鈥檚 all that God wants; not perfect people, we can鈥檛 all be saints like Lydia but we can all be sparkling, colourful sinners on a road to Heaven.

听

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