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It's your letters!

Chris chats to Fergus Fleming about the new Bond book based on letters from Ian Fleming. Plus, Britain's first ever olive farmer Neil Davy joins him on the phone. And Sarah Joseph presents the Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 5 Oct 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Fever (feat. Michael BublΓ©)

    • If I Can Dream.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 14.

  • Sylvester

    Do Ya Wanna Funk

    • Flair Disco & Dance Party Hits (Various Artists).
    • BMG.
    • 11.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It?

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Coldplay

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • ABBA

    Waterloo

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 019.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    The Austerity Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 001.

  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • The Casuals

    Jesamine

    • Heartbeat - Forever Yours.
    • Sony.

  • Bryan Adams

    Brand New Day

    • Get Up.
    • Polydor.

  • The Feeling

    Never Be Lonely

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Sam Smith

    Writing's On The Wall

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Lulu

    The Man With the Golden Gun

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • Olly Murs

    Up (feat. Demi Lovato)

    • Never Been Better.
    • Epic.
    • 004.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Monday, Monday

    • The Mamas & The Papas - 20 Greatest H.
    • MFP.

  • Sonny & Cher

    The Beat Goes On

    • Cher - The Greatest Hits.
    • Wea/Universal.

  • Squeeze

    Happy Days

    • Cradle To The Grave.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.

  • Prince

    Little Red Corvette

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rachel Platten

    Fight Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Pretty In Pink

    • Teenage Kicks (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Ryan Adams

    Bad Blood

    • 1989.
    • Blue Note.

  • The Proclaimers

    Letter From America

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

Chris' Pause For Thought: Sarah Joseph

Chris' Pause For Thought: Sarah Joseph
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

How do you inspire someone to work harder? This was the theme of a school open evening I attended recently.

The answer it would seem was to tell the children that they would earn more money if they ditched their games console and social media habit for their textbooks. Graphs were put up informing the children and parents of the financial benefits of GCSES, A Levels and ultimately degrees. And even degrees have their hierarchy. Apparently degrees from certain select universities are worth Β£7,600 more per annum in your starting salary. There was much talk of how to build the CVs of young people so that they could face a "harsh and competitive world". In addition, a humiliating YouTube video was shown of a child opening her A Level results on national TV and not getting the grades she needed to go to her first choice university.

I could not have gotten out of the place fast enough - and neither could my daughter. Rarely have I felt so demotivated. Work harder?! I needed to lie down, sleep and recover!

Do we really want to give the next generation the message that money and fear are what matter? Whilst they have their place in life's jumble of experiences, they rarely encourage true and lasting motivation. People are what matter. Study after study shows that if you inspire people to care for those around them, and have a meaningful purpose in life, then they will diligently dedicate themselves to the endeavours ahead of them.

The Prophet encouraged learning. He called the road of learning a road to paradise, the scholar greater than the soldier, and the knowledgeable superior to the devout. Yet it was never about money. It was about building better people. For me, education should light a fire within us to improve us, and help our world. If our young people are told it is just about grades or more money what are we building for our future? I see the hard work and dedication of teachers, but I also want to help the culture around education to be one that supports the spiritual, emotional and mental well-being in our children, rather than terrify them that the so-called wrong grades will lead to humiliation and lifelong failure.

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