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Shower pasties and curries in the tub?

Chris talks bedtime baths, and meals! We talk to the fastest window cleaner in the world and celebrate handy men and women!

This morning, we banter about the bedtime bath, and get the selfie to end ALL selfies...curry in the tub, anyone?

We get five star reviews for handymen and women at home; while Mystery Guest Terry "Turbo" Burrows adds a sparkle to the morning with talk of cleaning windows. This neatly links us to your Top Tenuous claims to Famous Windows!

Today's fanfare star is cross-country champ Angus Hutchinson. And Rabbi Pete Tobias delivers the Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 28 Nov 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Bread

    Baby I'm A Want You

    • David Gates & Bread - Essentials.
    • Elektra.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Paul Carrack

    That's All That Matters To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Carrack-UK.
    • 001.

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

    Lost Weekend

    • Lloyd Cole - The Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Everyday Is A Winding Road

    • Top Gear Anthems (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    If You Let Me Stay

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

  • Fyfe Dangerfield

    She Needs Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

    • Singles A's & B's.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • John Denver

    Take Me Â鶹ԼÅÄ, Country Roads

    • A Song's Best Friend: Very Best Of.
    • RCA/BMG.

  • George Formby

    When I'm cleaning windows

    • Box Of Laughs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Fun.

    Some Nights

    • Some Nights.
    • Atlantic.

  • Ellie Goulding

    How Long Will I Love You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Mayer Hawthorne

    The Stars Are Ours

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Jessie J

    Thunder

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Level 42

    Something About You

    • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Back In Time

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Capitol.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.

  • New Order

    True Faith '94

    • (CD Single).
    • London.

  • One Direction

    Story Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • R.E.M.

    The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

    • R.E.M. - Automatic For The People.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Sting

    Spread A Little Happiness

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • Streetband

    Toast

    • (CD Single).
    • Logo.

  • Streetband

    Toast

    • (CD Single).
    • Logo.

  • Tina Turner

    Steamy Windows

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Urge Overkill

    Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon

  • Whitesnake

    Here I Go Again (Remix)

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

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

With Rabbi Pete Tobias.

Ìý

Well Chris, that’s a latke you’re eating there – a homemade potato pancake, which. along with the doughnuts you had yesterday, is traditional food for the festival of Chanukkah, whichÌýstarted last night.ÌýAs the Orthodox Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, explained yesterday, it’s a festival about identity, our own, and how we connect with that of others. Chanukkah often coincides with Christmas; this year, for complicated reasons to do with the lunar calendar that I won’t bore you with, it coincides with Thanksgiving in the USA.

Ìý

This is definitely a time of year for celebration. It’s getting darker here in the northern hemisphere and there are various festivals, many associated with light. Chanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights, and for the next seven nights we’ll be lighting candles. Out in the streets of our towns and cities there are lights to brighten the gloomy evenings.

Ìý

For some, however, the lights of celebration have little effect. Their thoughts are more focused on the gloom that lies behind them and waits beyond them once they are extinguished in a few weeks’ time. There are many who dread this time of year. People with no families with whom to share the celebrations, lonely individuals who feel the cold and lack the warmth of human contact. For such people, this time of year can be a depressing prospect.

Ìý

Depression and associated mental health issues are in the news at the moment as England cricketer Jonathan Trott returns from the bright glare of an Australian summer to the darkness of winter. The difficulties he is facing have brought such questions into focus, reminding us that there are many who fear December’s arrival.

Ìý

As we light our Chanukkah candles, see the pretty lights in our streets or get ready to decorate our trees, I'm going to spare a thought for those for whom this is a time not of celebration, but of trepidation. As December approaches,ÌýI'mÌýgoing to ask myself if there's something IÌýcan do to bring a little of the brightness of our festivals into the lives of those who, for whatever reason, find it difficult to see the light in the darkness that surrounds them.

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  • Thu 28 Nov 2013 06:30
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