01/07/2015
Get lively every morning with the breakfast show. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.
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Music Played
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Madonna
Material Girl
- Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
- Rhino.
- 2.
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Years & Years
Shine
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Olivia Newtonâ€John
Hopelessly Devoted To You
- Grease (Original Movie Soundtrack).
- Polydor.
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Olivia Newtonâ€John
Sam
- Back To Basics (The Essential Collection 1971-1992).
- Geffen.
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Canned Heat
Let's Work Together
- The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
- Premier.
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The Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
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James Bay
Let It Go
- Chaos And The Calm.
- Republic Records.
- 3.
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10cc
I'm Not In Love
- The Singles.
- PID.
- 1.
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Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
Don't Fence Me In
- Take A Break (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Alesha Dixon
The Way We Are
- (CD Single).
- Precious Stone Records.
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Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
- Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
- Mercury.
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Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fire
- Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
- Columbia.
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Yazoo
Situation
- Alison Moyet Singles.
- Columbia.
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Steely Dan
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
- A Decade Of Steely Dan.
- MCA.
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The Isley Brothers
Summer Breeze
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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John Newman
Come And Get It
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 001.
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Jr. Walker & the All Stars
(I'm a) Road Runner
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Gnarls Barkley
Crazy
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
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Wham!
Club Tropicana
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Wham!
Young Guns (Go For It)
- Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
- Epic.
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Jack Savoretti
Written In Scars
- (CD Single).
- BMG Chrysalis.
- 001.
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Florence + The Machine
You Got The Love (Glastonbury 2015)
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Madness
Driving In My Car
- Madness - Divine Madness.
- Virgin.
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Talking Heads
Road To Nowhere
- Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
- Now.
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Brandon Flowers
I Can Change
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 001.
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Bud Flanagan & The Band of the Coldstream Guards
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?
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The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing
- The Very Best Of The Smiths.
- WEA.
- 6.
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Kylie Minogue
Spinning Around
- Now 46 (Various Artists).
- Now.
Pause For Thought
I went to a party last weekend, on the edge of Dartmoor.  It was brilliant. Lots of old friends, more fun than I thought possible, even better than I’d hoped or expected.
The party celebrated a combined 100th birthday for the hosts, an 18th for their son and their 25th wedding anniversary. It needed to be big, because their friends are many – but their home is not. So two of those friends, who are farmers, stepped in. They have a barn. They have a field. They let us camp. They gave us a place to eat and drink and dance.
Most importantly of all, though, they made us welcome. It was the best kind of hospitality; from people I’d never even met before Saturday.
Now, I don’t have a farm or a field, just a paved yard. And I certainly don’t have a barn. I don’t even have a shed (I used to, and I loved my shed, but that’s another story) just a lean-to bike shelter by the front door.
That’s the case for many of us and it would be easy to say that we don’t have the chance to be hospitable in the way I experienced at the weekend.
But hospitality isn’t a complicated thing. It’s in a smile or a cup of tea and a biscuit. It’s in little acts of sharing as well as large.
And sharing what you have is central to what the Bible teaches us about how to live - never based on how much you own or how big your house is. Just sharing. St Paul tells us to ‘Share with people who are in need; practice hospitality’. I love that ‘practice’; we need to learn how to do it. St Peter knew we weren’t very good at it either: ‘Offer hospitality to one another,’ he said, ‘without grumbling’.Â
Which takes me back to the weekend. What was amazing, in the end, was not the barn, or the field, or the roast pork (although it was amazing); it was the spirit of it.
So thank you Sam and Felicity, and thanks Jon and Jo and Bart. I’ll remember your party not because it was grand but because it was kind and generous and loving. Which is proper hospitality.
Broadcast
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Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2
After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.
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