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What Does a Puppy Smell Of?

Wine expert Olly Smith matches a wine to the smell of a puppy! And will it be a white Christmas? We speak to the weather man in the know about the snow...

Wine expert Olly Smith matches a wine to the smell of a puppy!

Will it be a white Christmas? We speak to the weather man in the know about the snow...

We launch the ticket giveaway to see Gary Barlow In Concert tomorrow in the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Theatre...

Little Michael from Bournemouth tells us about his cake and biscuit sale...

Our very own Colly Bird, Linda Robson gives us a festive On This Day in our 12 Days 'Til Christmas countdown...

Ben Slade from days of old on Why Don't You is our Mystery Guest...

And the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols shares some very wise words in Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 10 Dec 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

    • AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
    • Albert.

  • 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.

  • Bananarama & Fun Boy Three

    Really Saying Something

    • Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving.
    • London.

  • Gary Barlow

    Face To Face (feat. Elton John)

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

  • The Beach Boys

    Good Vibrations

    • Smiley Smile (Stereo Version).
    • EMI.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Scarlet Ribbons

    • Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.

  • David Bowie

    John, I'm Only Dancing

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Bing Crosby

    White Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Darkness

    Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Deacon Blue

    You'll Know It's Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Edsel Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Céline Dion

    Breakaway

    • Loved Me Back To Life.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Eurythmics

    There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.

  • Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews

    Baby It's Cold Outside

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • The Killers

    Just Another Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

  • Leona Lewis

    One More Sleep

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Lobo

    Me & You & A Dog Named Boo

    • Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In.
    • Old Gold.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (feat. Nina Persson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Olly Murs

    Hand On Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • John Newman

    Losing Sleep

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

  • Donny Osmond

    Puppy Love

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

    • A Day At The Races.
    • Island.
    • 8.

  • Ramones

    Baby, I Love You

    • The Ramones - End Of The Century.
    • Sire.

  • Cliff Richard

    Mistletoe & Wine

    • It's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Paul Simon

    You Can Call Me Al

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 4.

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols:

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Well, Archbishop, people say, we getting near to your busy time, aren’t we! Well, I would be a rich man if I had a fiver for every time someone said that to me as Christmas approaches. It’s not as if we clergy are like Santa, with our feet up for the rest of the year! But I know they mean well.

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Even Pope Francis is joining in the fun. In a recent teaching document about preaching he says that both people and priest can suffer from sermons: the people from having to listen to them and the priest from having to prepare them! So he encourages us to prepare well what we have to say. And, he says, don’t look as if you have just come from a funeral!

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Rather, the first thing we’ve to get across is the joy of our faith. There’s a joy in the air at Christmas, the joy of preparation and of seeing the children opening their presents. But there is also a deeper joy, a joy that isn’t so fleeting, that deepens with time. It’s the joy of knowing that the child born in the stable is the real presence of God in our midst, the joy of knowing the single most important thing for our existence: that we are loved by God!

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This knowledge is of the heart as well as of the head. And it’s often in our hearts before our heads. It comes in quiet, unexpected ways, difficult to put into words.

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One great preacher explained the joy of faith like this:

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For us Christ is everything. If you have a wound to heal, he is the doctor; if you are parched by fever; he is the spring; if you are oppressed by injustice, he is justice; if you are in need of help, he is strength; if you fear death, he is life; if you desire heaven, he is the way; if you are in darkness, he is the light.

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That’s St Ambrose of Milan from about the year 375. His words still ring true for us today and I guess he smiled as he said them!

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