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Prof Brian Cox, Rebecca Front, John Lloyd and Nerina Pallot

Chris chats to Prof. Brian Cox, Rebecca Front, John Lloyd, and Nerina Pallot plays live in session.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 31 Jul 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Whitesnake

    Here I Go Again (Remix)

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Under The Makeup

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Louis Prima, Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman

    I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

    • Disney's Greatest Hits.
    • BMG.

  • Snow Patrol

    Chocolate

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Tourists

    I Only Want To Be With You

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

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Rod Stewart

    Love Is

    • Another Country.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Tommy James & The Shondells

    Mony Mony

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

  • Mumford & Sons

    Sweet Dreams feat. Jack Garratt (Radio 2 Session, 30 Jul 2015)

  • Julie Grant

    Then Only Then

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • The Boomtown Rats

    Rat Trap

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Seasick Steve

    Summertime Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Dead Skunk Records.

  • The Shires

    All Over Again

    • Brave.
    • Decca.
    • 006.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

  • Charlie Puth

    Marvin Gaye (feat. Meghan Trainor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Beck

    Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

We have lots of foreign visitors to stay with us. Last night we had some friends from Switzerland and it was great to see them. Last week we had a family from the United States and I took them to Liverpool for a day so they could get some culture. It was funny to see them standing outside the barber shop at Penny Lane and know the soundtrack that was running through their heads. (I used to get my hair cut in that shop when I was a kid.)

What was great was that their curiosity grew as we saw the sights of my home city and wandered round the museum of curios peculiar to Liverpool. When you are actually there, questions arise that weren't anticipated from seventy miles away. It's as if you have to get on the move for curiosity to get awoken and imagination to be teased.

I think this is how children live and learn: constant undisciplined questioning and unbridled wondering about the world and taste and smell and touch and sight and sounds. They don't need telling that the world is full not only of sound and fury, but also of still small voices that penetrate the noise and tickle the soul. Sometimes, when you are in the thick of it, the fires of imagination burn only dimly; but they can't be extinguished.

This might sound odd, but I think curiosity is the key to enjoying and understanding the world. When Jesus told his bemused mates that they'd have to become like children if they were to live in his world, I think this is what he was on about. Children never stop asking questions, pointing out embarrassing truths, wanting to know "why" all the time. It does your head in, but it is in enjoying the wondering that curiosity wakes up and we go on a journey of imagination.

Well, knowing me and possibly knowing you, I guess this might just ring a bell. If, as Christians believe, we are made in the image of a curious and questioning God, then we'd better make the most of it. I'd rather be a curious questioner than a frustrated superstar who thinks he's got it all nailed.

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