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Lessons in pumpkin carving

World Record pumpkin carver Dave Finkle discusses how to sculpt a scary scene, and Carol Kirkwood forecasts live from the weather centre for the first time.

World Record pumpkin carver Dave Finkle tells us how to sculpt a scary scene.

Little Ola let us all know about her first ever synchronised swimming lesson, prompting memories of the show Chris presented live from a hot tub in 2008...!

Carol Kirkwood brought us a forecast live from the weather centre for the first time...

And the Top Tenuous featured listener stories of 'advanced ticket' sales

Today's show is dedicated to anyone who knows what they're putting in the water down in Southampton, and now Bournemouth, as both their teams have scored 8-0 victories over the last week...

And today's show is entitled: a bad leader makes you think they can do anything; a good leader makes you think you can do anything!

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Mon 27 Oct 2014 06:30
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  • Gabrielle Aplin

    That's All

    • Sounds Of The 80s.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Baccara

    Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • The Bangles

    Manic Monday

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Beatles

    I Wanna Be Your Man

    • With The Beatles.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • The Contours

    Do You Love Me

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Bing Crosby

    Swinging on a Star

    • Swingers (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • The Ivy League

    Funny How Love Can Be

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1965.
    • Premier.

  • Tom Jones

    She's A Lady

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Beryl Marsden

    Breakaway

    • EMI Records Ltd.

  • Olly Murs

    Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy)

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

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Lou Reed

    Vicious

    • Lou Reed - NYC Man.
    • BMG.

  • Rumer

    Dangerous

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Tie Me Down

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.
    • 1.

  • Semisonic

    Chemistry

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.
    • 001.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

  • Status Quo

    Rockin' All Over The World

    • Aquostic (Stripped Bare).
    • Rhino.
    • 016.

  • Stereophonics

    I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio

    • Smash Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Cat Stevens

    (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.

  • The Stylistics

    Sing Baby Sing

    • The Very Best Of The Stylistics.
    • H & L.

  • Sweet

    Love Is Like Oxygen

    • (Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Meghan Trainor

    All About That Bass

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

  • The Turtles

    Elenore

    • Sunny Afternoon - Sound Of The 60's,V.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Who

    Be Lucky!

    • Who Hits 50.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Brian Wilson & Various Artists

    God Only Knows

    • (CD Single).
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music.
    • 4.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea, crossbench peer:

On Saturday, my family and I returned from Hyderabad in India – where we held the Navjote ceremony of our younger two children.Β  This was their initiation into the Zoroastrian Faith.

Zoroastrianism is an ancient religion – indeed, the first monotheistic religion – introduced by the Prophet Zoroaster around 1500BC.

When he was born, unlike many babies, the Prophet Zoroaster was born laughing! Β 

Today – the Zoroastrian Parsis (the refugees who came to India from Iran when they were expelled around one thousand years ago) number around 69,000 out of India’s total population of 1.25 billion. As Mahatma Ghandi noted, "in numbers, Parsis are beneath contempt, but in contribution, beyond compare."

Zoroastrianism is a religion based on righteousness, good thoughts, good deeds and doing good in this life – and the Parsis have always been renowned for the charitable nature.

I am proud to say that it is a community that has excelled itself in basically every field - from business to the law, to the professions, to music!

The famous composer Zubin Mehta is a Zoroastrian Parsi, [and as we’ve heard] so was Queen’s Freddie Mercury!

The theme for Faith in the World Week is the healing power of music.Β  And Parsi prayers have their own sort of music – chanted in the ancient Persian languages.

Whenever I hear the priests give the prayers in such a beautiful and harmonious way, it not only makes me feel nostalgic, but it also gives me a powerful impact via the incantations and constant changes of tone and manner in which they are virtually sung. Not for nothing are the scriptures of Zoroastrianism – the Gathas – also called the β€˜Hymns of Zarathustra.”

This was more apparent than ever at our children’s Navjote, where six priests were on stage with the youngsters, chanting the prayers and watched by hundreds of family, friends and guests.

My children are usually used to singing in English – but having trained and practiced for weeks in advance, they were able to perfectly pronounce these ancient words and prayers – reciting them along with the priests. I thought back to when I had to read the complicated ancient names in Verse 12 of Book of Nehemiah at a church service – but I would have to multiply that by ten to reach the complexity of the names of the Ancient Zoroastrian Persian Prayers!Β  I felt so emotional and proud of my children.

The Navjote represents their entry into the faith - and I know they will see themselves as the latest link in an unbroken chain of achievement stretching back through the centuries to the times of the Prophet Zoroaster.

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