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Tue 13 May 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Adam Ant

    Goody Two Shoes

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 15.

  • 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.

  • Blancmange

    Don't Tell Me

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Boney M.

    Rivers Of Babylon

    • The Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.
    • 7.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

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

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Accidents Will Happen

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.

  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Elbow

    My Sad Captains

    • The Take Off & Landing Of Everything.
    • Fiction.
    • 001.

  • Paloma Faith

    Only Love Can Hurt Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 004.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Crossfire

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Four Tops

    It's All In The Game

    • The Four Tops - The Singles Collectio.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Love Plus One

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 002.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Hero

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Julio Iglesias

    Crazy

    • Crazy.
    • Columbia.

  • Julio Iglesias

    Bamboleo

  • Julio Iglesias

    Always On My Mind

  • Julio Iglesias

    Volver A Empezar (Begin The Beguine)

    • Julio Iglesias-My Life: Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey

    Going Back Â鶹ԼÅÄ

    • Going Back Â鶹ԼÅÄ.
    • Universal Music.
    • 001.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

  • Kylie Minogue

    I Was Gonna Cancel

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 003.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    Hundred Mile High City

    • The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene.
    • Island.

  • Daniel Powter

    Bad Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Kiss

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rose Royce

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Shires

    Nashville Grey Skies

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Frank Sidebottom

    Bohemian Rhapsody

  • The Smiths

    Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

    • Hatful Of Hollow.
    • Warner Music UK.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Paul Weller

    It's Written In The Stars

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Marilyn Monroe

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev Ruth Scott, Anglican Vicar in Richmond:

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A couple of days ago I bumped into Robert, the Vicar of Richmond. He was wearing new glasses and looked quite different. We greeted one another warmly. I asked him about a member of the congregation I knew was unwell. He looked at me blankly. I said the person’s full name. He looked even more perplexed, at which point I realised I wasn’t talking to Robert, but to Peter, the vicar of the next door parish in Kew. It’s yet another example of the odd way my mind seems to work these days. How is it I can remember the registration number of the car my parents bought when I was 8 years old – WNO 512F – but not the one on the car I have now? And why is it when my children and I reminisce about past adventures, the difference in how we remember these things makes me wonder if we were even at the same event? Memory is about so much more than the simple recollection of past happenings. It’s very tied up with identity and, as such, plays a crucial role in individual and communal well-being. For example, as we’ve seen in the news in recent weeks in Northern Ireland, since the Good Friday Agreement people have been grappling with how to live in a healing way with sometimes horrific memories, and to deal with unsolved historic crimes from the conflict. If a relative or friend was killed in the violence any peace of mind may be impossible unless the one responsible is brought to justice. On the other hand, as stories of personal tragedy come up again in the public arena for reinvestigation, old enmities can be rekindled and spark more violence. How do we as individuals and communities remember the past so that we are re-membered, made whole, rather than broken apart all over again? A friend in Belfast says there are no easy answers. He doesn’t expect resolution for his own pain. Instead, he says, he tries to take decisions that mean his children, and their children, will not suffer as he has done. To me that seems like a compelling and courageous starting point.ÌýÌý

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