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Chris speaks to Rick Astley, plus Sue Daly from the island of Sark, otherwise known as dark sky island due to its lack of light pollution.

Chris speaks to 80s icon Rick Astley and embraces the dark mornings when he chats to Sue Daly from The Island of Sark, otherwise known as Dark Sky Island.
Today's show is dedicated to the City of Leicester, whose football team are top of the Premier League.
Today's show is entitled: "The more we judge, the less we love.".

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Mon 23 Nov 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Sweet

    Ballroom Blitz

    • The Sweet - Originals.
    • RCA.

  • Pentatonix

    Can't Sleep Love

    • Pentatonix.
    • RCA.

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • UB40

    (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 002.

  • Jo Jo Gunne

    Run Run Run

    • The Sound Of The Seventies (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Still Want You

    • The Desired Effect.
    • Mercury.
    • 4.

  • Genesis

    I Can't Dance

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Take That

    These Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Chris Farlowe

    Out Of Time

    • 99p Guarantees You 73 Minutes 22 Seconds Of Great Music!!! (Various Artists).
    • See For Miles.
    • 2.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Don't See Them

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet Â鶹ԼÅÄ Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • The Smiths

    William, It Was Really Nothing

    • The Very Best Of The Smiths.
    • WEA.
    • 6.

  • Barenaked Ladies

    One Week

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Rick Astley

    Together Forever

    • NOW - Yearbook 1988 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Rick Astley

    Never Gonna Give You Up

    • Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Someb.
    • RCA.

  • Rick Astley

    Whenever You Need Somebody

    • Rick Astley - Greatest Hits.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Rick Astley

    She Wants To Dance With Me

    • Rick Astley: Greatest Hits.
    • 7.

  • The Jam

    Start!

    • Sound Affects.
    • Polydor.
    • 12.

  • The Jam

    Start!

    • Sound Affects.
    • Polydor.
    • 12.

  • Bob & Earl

    The Harlem Shuffle

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

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • The Corrs

    Bring On The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Sam Smith

    Like I Can

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 007.

  • Texas

    Black Eyed Boy

    • Hits Zone - The Best Of 97 (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

    • NOW - Yearbook 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.
    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Elton John

    Looking Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 001.

  • Snap!

    The Power

    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.

  • Little Mix

    Love Me Like You

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Canon Ann Easter, Chaplain to the Queen:

During the Bible reading the other Sunday, a lady suddenly gasped and ran out of church. I wondered what on earth I’d done - but It turned out that when she heard a Bible story about a feast, she remembered she hadn’t turned the oven on for Sunday dinner!

Our church was built in the eleventh century and is full of beauty which I believe is intended to lift our thoughts away from the mundane and towards God and other Heavenly stuff. But sometimes we can’t help but think about what’s going on in the rest of our lives; I wonder how many people heard the prayer set for yesterday and thought ‘Christmas Pudding!’  because the prayer starts ‘Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people……’ and over the years that has become a reminder to get making those puddings so that they can be nicely rested and matured by December 25th.

On Stir Up Sunday, as we call it, we assemble the ingredients – traditionally thirteen to remember Jesus and his twelve disciples - and put them together in a big bowl and get everyone to have a stir - they say you should stir East to West like the Wise Men, but, since I’m geographically challenged, round and round will have to do - and each person makes a wish. Then the whole thing’s consigned to the steamer for six or seven hours, later to be cooled, wrapped up and put away until the great day!

I don’t think God minds if I think of worldly things while I’m in Church; quite the opposite. I think God longs for us to bring our whole selves, and our lives with all their little foibles, to ask for God’s help and blessing on them. I find I can often be stirred – and occasionally even shaken – by God giving me a nudge in the right direction.

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