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Kevin McCloud and Liverpool's Grounds manager David Roberts

Chris chats to Kevin McCloud about the latest exciting designs at this year's Grand Design Live and grounds manager David Roberts shares how he maintains Anfield's football pitch.

Chris chats to design expert Kevin McCloud about the latest trends in home design during this year's Grand Designs Live including Japanese toilets, bi-folding doors and bird boxes' with cameras. Grounds manager David Robert shares how he keeps Liverpool's football pitch perfect. Japanese Wonder is today's Top Tenuous topic. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by cyclist Laura Kenny and today's Pause for Thought comes from Anglican Priest and Quaker Ruth Scott.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 9 May 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.

  • Paloma Faith

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Christopher Walken

    I Wan'na Be Like You

    • The Jungle Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 23.

  • Tom Robinson Band

    2-4-6-8 Motorway

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Rick Springfield

    Jessie's Girl

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Cam

    Diane

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Backstreet Boys

    I Want It That Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.

  • Louis Armstrong

    We Have All The Time In The World

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • The Beat starring Dave Wakeling

    How Can You Stand There?

    • (CD Single).
    • Here We Go Records.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Tina Turner

    The Best

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Steve Winwood

    Valerie

    • Pure Rock Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Ariana Grande

    no tears left to cry

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Get Off Of My Cloud

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Whitney Houston

    I'm Every Woman

  • Gina G

    Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit

    • Now 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    Ferry 'cross The Mersey

    • The Hits Of 1965 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Anne-Marie

    2002

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Whitesnake

    Here I Go Again (Remix)

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Guns N鈥� Roses

    Welcome To The Jungle

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Geffen.

  • Snow Patrol

    Don't Give In

    • Wildness.
    • Polydor.

  • The Vapors

    Turning Japanese

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Ruth Scott, Anglican Priest and Quaker:

Over the last week or so our back garden has been an archaeological dig. Our house, along with others in the street, was built on the site of the medieval Hyde Abbey where the remains of Saxon King Alfred, his wife and son were interred. Until the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII, the Abbey was a popular pilgrimage destination.

In true Time Team fashion we鈥檝e had three deep trenches dug in our garden, revealing what seems to be the remains of a section of abbey wall. To be honest I can鈥檛 make head nor tail of what鈥檚 been unearthed. A rock that I thought was a bit of garden detritus to be discarded, filled the archaeologist with excitement. He recognised it had been brought over from the Isle of Wight, and shaped by human hand to become part of the abbey cloister. He waxed so lyrical you could almost hear the medieval monks singing Morning Prayer. His knowledge turned the meaningless lump of stone into a treasure linking us to the people of our past. Two things strike me.

Knowledge, in this case, of archaeology, opens our eyes to whole new worlds, unfolding story upon story that in ignorance we鈥檇 otherwise miss. Thank God for the curiosity that keeps us asking questions! Secondly, how we see the world says more about us and our degree of awareness than it does about the world. In Christianity, Jesus often urged his listeners to see things in a different way, to go beyond blind ignorance and to change their limited perceptions. In difficult circumstances this learning to look at something with 鈥榥ew eyes鈥� can often help us cope better.

To take a personal example - me working with my present illness - I could see myself as a victim of cancer or I can choose to see cancer and its treatment as a pilgrimage; a journey of challenge, reflection and travelling through unfamiliar psychological landscapes with the possibility of new discoveries and deeper understanding - just like the pilgrims who, all those centuries ago, travelled in faith to the abbey at the bottom of our garden.聽

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