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Jo Whiley, Simon Mayo and Sara Cox

Jo Whiley, Simon Mayo and Sara Cox tell Chris all about their new Radio 2 shows, plus the new voice of the station Collette Collins gives us live jingles in the studio!

Jo Whiley, Simon Mayo and Sara Cox tell Chris all about their new Radio 2 shows, plus the new voice of the station Collette Collins gives us live versions of the Radio 2 jingles! Vassos is joined in the sports locker by Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovi膰, our Top Tenuous takes in your desperate claims to the fame of famous duos and Reverend Dave Tomlinson has our Pause For Thought.

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Mon 14 May 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Steve Miller Band

    Abracadabra

    • The Very Best Of The Steve Miller Ban.
    • Arcade Records.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    She Taught Me How To Fly

    • Who Built The Moon?.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • The Detroit Spinners

    The Rubberband Man

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1976 Vol.2.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 16.

  • The Police

    Spirits In The Material World

    • The Police - Message In A Box (Cd 3).
    • A&M.

  • The Bangles

    Manic Monday

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Paloma Faith

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Talking Heads

    Road To Nowhere

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • The Surfaris

    Wipe Out

    • Teen Beat Vol.3 (Various Artists).
    • Ace.

  • The Flying Lizards

    Money

    • Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
    • Disky.

  • Gabrielle

    Show Me

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Jimmy Nail

    Ain't No Doubt

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Ariana Grande

    no tears left to cry

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Kursaal Flyers

    Little Does She Know

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • John Farnham

    You're The Voice

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.
    • 2.

  • Cam

    Diane

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Oasis

    Rock 'N' Roll Star

  • Anne-Marie

    2002

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Good Thing

    • The Raw & The Cooked.
    • London.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Dave Tomlinson,听writer and Vicar of St Luke鈥檚 Holloway in London:

听

One of my favourite weddings was between Bert and Hazel 鈥� she was 76, him 85! Bert鈥檚 first wife died ten years earlier. But he never accepted this was the end of love in his life.

听

Hazel鈥檚 son walked her down the aisle; Bert鈥檚 granddaughter was his best woman. Two years later, the happy couple moved to New Zealand to live with Hazel鈥檚 daughter. 鈥業鈥檓 off on my next adventure鈥�, he told me, grinning, 鈥榮tarting a new life at 87!鈥�

听

The poet Mary Oliver writes, 鈥楰eep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.鈥�听 No one shows me better what that means than Bert and Hazel 鈥� allow for unexpected possibilities; never say never.

听

For me, imagination is one of our greatest gifts. It鈥檚 a capacity that to one degree or another we all have and can develop, like whistling. It鈥檚 like a specific muscle in the brain that can be strengthened through practice or exercise. If we really focus, we can soon recall the smell of a sudden shower on a dry city street, or hear our grandma鈥檚 voice, or taste strawberries with fresh cream even in the depths of winter.

听

But imagination is a faculty that runs both ways: it may inspire hope and optimism, or fuel fear and anxiety 鈥� we mostly choose which to cultivate. The problem with fear is that it expands and multiplies rapidly to fill the entire space in our minds, overwhelming positive imagination; the fear is all we can think about.

听

Sometimes it鈥檚 natural to fear 鈥� being told I鈥檇 had a heart attack, eight years ago, obviously felt frightening. And sometimes we need to fear 鈥� it鈥檚 wise to be afraid of a grizzly bear if I meet one on the Holloway Road! But mostly, fear and anxiety bring unnecessary suffering.

听

鈥楰eep some room in your heart for the unimaginable鈥� reminds me about the childlikeness Jesus said we should never lose. Children always have plenty of room for the unimaginable. There鈥檚 an openness to life in children that I, for one, too easily lose amid worry, anxiety or cynicism.

听

I鈥檝e no idea where Bert and Hazel are now, but I treasure what they taught me: to exercise my positive imagination muscles, to welcome new adventures, and to ravish each day like a feast with friends.

听

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