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Gary Stringer and RAF Cadet Warrant Officer Darrell Kovac

Chris has a world exclusive from Reef, and chats to RAF Cadet Warrant Officer Darrell Kovac about inspiring the next generation of cadets.

Chris is joined by Reef's frontman Gary Stringer with the world exclusive first play of their new single 'My Sweet Love', and he reveals the surprise artist that features on the track is Sheryl Crow! To celebrate the RAF'S centenary, Cadet Warrant Officer Darrell Kovac speaks to Chris about the opportunities within the RAF and he also shares some of his incredible accomplishments so far. We dedicate this morning's Top Tenuous to Auction Triumphs, and Vassos is joined by Helen Skelton in the Sports Locker. We also Pause For Thought with Art Historian, Dr Jim Harris.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 27 Mar 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • Lissie

    Best Days

    • Castles.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Human

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • 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.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.

  • Meghan Trainor

    No Excuses

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • The Archies

    Sugar, Sugar

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Mumford & Sons

    Roll Away Your Stone

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Skunk Anansie

    Weak

  • Madonna

    Ray Of Light

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.

  • Janelle Mon谩e

    Make Me Feel

    • Dirty Computer.
    • Bad Boy Records.

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Joe Jackson

    Steppin' Out

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Stop Me From Falling

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

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

  • Then Jerico

    Big Area

    • Then Jerico - Electric.
    • Karussell.

  • James Bay

    Wild Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Meco

    Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band

    • Have A Nice Day Vol.21.
    • Rhino.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Jim Harris, Art Historian:

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It鈥檚 my dad鈥檚 birthday today.听 He was on holiday with Mum recently and had a bit of a funny turn, which involved a night in hospital before they came home.听 He鈥檚 been better since they got back, after a little rest and relaxation.听 Holidays are exhausting.

Actually, it sometimes feels like everything is exhausting and at this time of year everything and everyone is exhausted.

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I was in the garden this weekend.听 My garden is just a paved yard with pots and bamboo but I love it. Some of the plants are very old but somehow I鈥檇 rather see if they can be coaxed back into leaf and flower than replace them with something new.

Anyway, there were two reasons for venturing out.听 First, there is a lot of leafy debris lying around, which needs sweeping up. How a couple of dozen pots and some troughs of bamboo can possibly work hard enough to produce that amount of stuff every year is beyond me.

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The second was that I noticed that although the roses look great (savage pruning a few weeks ago now paying off in strong growth) the rest of the plants just seem really, really tired. Basically, they look like I feel: knackered, especially the bamboo.

Of course they do.听 It鈥檚 not rocket science: they live in a confined space; they work hard; and their food supply is limited.听 Good grief.听 They really are like me.

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Now at this time of year, as Christians tell again the story of how Jesus rose from the dead at Easter, we tend to fixate somewhat on new life.

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Fair enough, but one of the striking things that the Bible says about God is that he鈥檚 not just about new life.听 It鈥檚 not all eggs and bunnies.听 He鈥檚 about making this one better, not just at Easter but all the time. 鈥業 will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint鈥�, he says to the prophet Jeremiah, and those are words I need to hear pretty well every day.

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I reckon most of us do, and not just so we don鈥檛 end up dry and brittle like my knackered bamboo but so we can look forward to being fed and watered and refreshed.听 Because spring isn鈥檛 just for the baby lambs.听 It鈥檚 for the old sheep too.听 Happy birthday, Dad.

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