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Richard Allinson sits in

Richard sits in for Chris and is joined by sketch artist Priscilla Coleman who draws the breakfast show live as part of Radio 2's Colour on the Radio week.

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Wed 18 Jun 2014 06:30
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  • Court artist Priscilla Coleman sketched the breakfast show live this morning.

  • For Colour on the Radio we consider Caravaggio's famous painting. Image ©National Gallery

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  • Lily Allen

    Smile

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    • Regal.

  • Bananarama

    Robert De Niro's Waiting

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
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  • Boy George

    Nice And Slow

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    • Very ME Records.
    • 001.

  • Danny Wilson

    The Second Summer Of Love

    • The No.1 Summer Album (Various).
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  • Neil Diamond

    Cracklin' Rosie

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
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    Budapest

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    • Columbia.
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  • Bryan Ferry

    A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

    • The Best Of Bryan Ferry.
    • Virgin.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Dreams

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
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    I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)

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  • David Gray

    Babylon

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  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Kiss On My List

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • Noel Harrison

    Windmills Of Your Mind

    • The Thomas Crown Affair - Original S/.
    • United Artists.

  • Chrissie Hynde

    You Or No One

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Behind A Painted Smile

    • Isley Brothers - Greatest Motown Hits.
    • Motown.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

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    • Reprise.

  • Paul McCartney

    Another Day

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • John Mellencamp

    Jack And Diane

    • John Cougar - American Fool.
    • Mercury.

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

  • Roy Orbison

    You Got It

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Gregory Porter

    No Love Dying

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
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  • Elvis Presley

    In The Ghetto

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

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    Start Me Up

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
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  • Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations

    I Second That Emotion

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
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    She's Not There

    • Santana - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony.

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    Sing

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    Thinking Of You

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    • Global Television.

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    I'll Take You There

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    Beautiful Morning

    • Time.
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    Say What You Want

    • Woman (Various Artists).
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    Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

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    Candy

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Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought
Father Christopher Jamison, Benedictine Monk:

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Most of central London’s big churches are so full of tourists that when I want some quiet time during the day to pray, I head to somewhere some might think decidedly secular - the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Interestingly, people these days keep much quieter in art galleries than they do in churches. There’s an impressive respectful hush, as people concentrate on the artworks and the privilege of being in the presence of such beauty. My favourite spot at the National Gallery is on the bench conveniently placed in front of Caravaggio’s masterpiece ‘The Supper at Emmaus.’ It illustrates the story of two disciples walking along depressed after Jesus’ crucifixion. A stranger joined them and his conversation lifted their spirits, so they asked him to come for supper at an inn. The painting shows the two disciples at table with the stranger and the landlord serving their meal. The moment depicted is when the stranger takes the bread and blesses it; in that instant the disciples recognised that the stranger is Jesus. One is about to leap from his chair in shock, the other spreads his arms wide in surprise.Ìý A basket of fruit, perched on the edge of the table, looks set to fall. Centre stage, Jesus sits serene. I love the details: the ripped jacket of one poor disciple; the sceptical look of the landlord still seen in pubs all round the country.Ìý But there’s more to this painting than meets the eye. The viewer becomes another person at the table. The sheer beauty of the scene invites us to step in and sit down with Jesus.

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So if you visit the Making Colour exhibition at the National Gallery you may see a middle-aged clergyman, sitting on a bench, staring at this painting.Ìý And he’s thinking, ‘sitting here, away from the noisy churches, I can almost see God….’

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