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Jeff Lynne and Famous Beards

Chris Evans revisits highlights from Sunday's Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.

We're hysterical for all things Hyde Park this morning as we re-visit the highlights from R2's spectacular Sunday show!

And...are you happy with your handlebar? Have you perfected the 'Poirot'? We celebrate everything weirdy and beardy with Mandy Roberts - Chairman of The British Beard and Moustache Championships

Courageous kid Andreas Scott beat Ben Nevis and was awarded our Fanfare as a result

And Sarah Joseph reminds us, "When life throws you lemons, learn to make lemonade!".

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 15 Sep 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Adam and the Ants

    Stand And Deliver

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

  • Bryan Adams

    She Knows Me

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

  • Ryan Adams

    New York New York

    • (CD Single).
    • Lost Highway.

  • Adamski

    Killer (feat. Seal)

    • Now 17, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

    • Sounds Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • The Beach Boys

    I Get Around

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • The Beatles

    Day Tripper

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 012.

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    Anything Goes

    • Cheek To Cheek.
    • Interscope.

  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • George Ezra

    Blame It On Me

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Adam Faith

    What Do You Want

    • The Hits Of 1960 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Never Going Back Again

    • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.

  • The Four Seasons

    Sherry

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • The Kinks

    Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • The Knack

    My Sharona

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    The Chamber

    • Strut.
    • Roxie Records.

  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Mel & Tim

    Backfield In Motion

    • Soul Survivors (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Owl City

    Fireflies

    • (CD Single).
    • Island Records.
    • 1.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • Kenny Rogers

    The Gambler

    • Kenny Rogers - The Very Best Of.
    • Reprise.

  • La Roux

    Kiss And Not Tell

    • Trouble In Paradise.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Meghan Trainor

    All About That Bass

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

  • The Troggs

    With A Girl Like You

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • XTC

    Making Plans for Nigel

  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • ZZ Top

    Sharp Dressed Man

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

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I am a born optimist; and I try to find the good in everyone, and everything. I naturally look for the purpose in something; the core of wisdom to take away and learn.

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But I will confess that it is not always easy. Life sometimes throws out difficult situations which seem to go on and on. Maintaining the necessary patience, hope, and persistence over a prolonged period is definitely a test.

Μύ

My eldest daughter has been ill for almost two years. She has been in hospital for the past three months, and she’ll probably be there for at least three more. The instability produced by her illness has meant I have had to retreat from almost everything bar keeping my family strong and secure.

Μύ

β€œWhat’s the point to all this?” I ask myself.

Μύ

β€œWhy is this necessary?” I ask God.

Μύ

In my darker moments, a Shakespeare sonnet that I learned as a child has come into my head, β€œAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, and look upon myself and curse my fate.”

Μύ

Should I curse my fate? I don’t usually find that productive. I have always found it better to get on. A certain stoicism better than an excessive emotional response.

Μύ

Is heaven really deaf? I have certainly had to calm myself in order to appreciate heaven’s help: The friends who have driven 500 mile trips to be with us for an evening. The family who have dropped everything to be by our side. The doctors and nurses who have used their knowledge and skills to try to help her. The gift of faith which has been a healing for my heart my whole life. Friends, family, health professionals, faith – examples of heaven listening.

Μύ

The Qur’an reminds that God will never test a soul with more than it can bear. And knowing that has helped us accept what is happening, but it is an active, not a passive acceptance: Accepting of the situation yes; but active in striving to find a solution; active in trying to be a better person because of the circumstance.

Μύ

In the end, I have come to the conclusion that it is not the problems which are thrown at us, but how we react that is the test of who we are.

Μύ

Or as my youngest daughter likes to tell me, β€œWhen life throws you lemons, learn to make lemonade.”

Broadcast

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