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Sara Cox sits in and is joined by comedian Jason Manford who stops by ahead of performing in Guys and Dolls at Royal Albert Hall. Plus there's the Half Wower.

Sara Cox sits in for Chris and is joined in the studio by comedian Jason Manford who stops by ahead of his performance in Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall, whilst in the middle of his 184 date Muddle Class tour. Plus there's the Half Wower with music from the likes of Coolio, Groove Armada and Def Leppard. We early from three marvellous mid-week Early Achievers including Jackie in Didcot who's been up since 5.50am making super-healthy banana, oats and chocolate cookies! Karthi Gnanasegaram is joined in the Sports Locker by World Men鈥檚 Conker Champion Stuart Campbell and write Remona Aly has today's Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Oct 2018 06:30

Music Played

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It? (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Rita Ora

    Let You Love Me

    • Phoenix.
    • Atlantic.
  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.
  • Marshmello & Bastille

    Happier

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Whitney Houston

    How Will I Know

    • The Best Of.
    • Arista.
  • Hozier

    Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Jocelyn Brown

    Somebody Else's Guy

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.
  • Clean Bandit

    Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Soul Limbo

    • Cafe Latino (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Shawn Mendes & Zedd

    Lost In Japan (Remix)

    • Shawn Mendes: The Album.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Big Yellow Taxi

    • Joni Mitchell.
    • Reprise.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.
  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Tiggs da Author

    Run (feat. Lady Leshurr)

    • Bridget Jones's Baby O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.
  • Groove Armada

    I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Remix) (feat. Gram鈥檓a Funk)

    • Fatboy Slim - The Greatest Hits (Why Try Harder).
    • Skint.
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Gut.
  • Coolio

    Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.)

    • (CD Single).
    • Tommy Boy Music.
  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.
  • Freeez

    I.O.U.

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Rod Stewart

    Look In Her Eyes

    • Blood Red Roses.
    • Decca.
  • Cheat Codes & Little Mix

    Only You

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.
  • Sigrid

    High Five

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • The Cure

    The Love Cats

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.
  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat

    • Guys & Dolls - Reprise Repertory Thea.
    • Reprise.
  • Tom Walker

    Angels

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.
  • Thompson Twins

    You Take Me Up

    • Ultimate No 2 Hits Of The 80's (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.
  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Barbra Streisand

    Don't Lie To Me

    • Walls.
    • Columbia.
  • Naughty Boy

    Should've Been Me (feat. Kyla & Popcaan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Al Stewart

    On The Border

    • Year Of The Cat.
    • Esoteric Recordings.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

听From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:

Last weekend, I was at a massive Asian party and the room was lit with blinging shalwar kameezes, glitzy sequins, yards of silk - everyone was dressed to the nines, when an enormous dog plodded in from the rain - shaggy, soaked and wanting to say hello to all the guests. It was anarchy. Aunties bolted in different directions to save their saris. Kids burst out in uncontrollable laughter. My mum fled the scene in panic, all thought of her grandkids forgotten.

It鈥檚 not unfair to say that quite a few Muslims aren鈥檛 the biggest fans of dogs. Despite this, our canine friends have had some great PR in Islam. I recently came across a book composed in Baghdad that goes back 11 centuries. It鈥檚 entitled, 鈥楾he superiority of dogs over many of those who wear clothes鈥 and it features a collection of stories and poems bemoaning the decline in human behaviour, and celebrating all things dog.

It was written by dog sympathiser, Ibn al-Marzuban, and in one story he tells the tale of two men returning from war, when one of them steals the other鈥檚 possessions and throws him in a stream, leaving him to die. A dog finds this poor soggy guy, and brings him a loaf of bread every day until he regains his strength. Thanks to the noble dog, the man survives, takes the dog home and wraps it lovingly with his own cloak.

I think the expression 鈥榞one to the dogs鈥, has a positive spin in a case like this. But amid the pressures in the age of 鈥楪eneration Me鈥, there is a risk that some of us homo sapiens becoming less caring, less giving, less human. But who knew, I鈥檝e only to look at a neighbour鈥檚 labrador to understand how to be a better person.

Rumi, the 13th century Muslim scholar and poet compares the longing a worshipper has for the Divine to the love of a loyal dog. 鈥淟isten to the moan of a dog for its master,鈥 muses Rumi. 鈥淭hat whining is the connection. There are love dogs.听 Give your life to be one of them.鈥

When I can鈥檛 find greatness in others of my species, I鈥檒l look for the love, the loyalty, and the lessons in our four legged friends.

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