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David Attenborough

Chris speaks to naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough about his new programme Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur, plus a recipe for the best hot chocolate ever.

Chris speaks to national treasure Sir David Attenborough about his new programme 'Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur'. Mystery Guest and cocoa connoisseur Jennifer Earle gives us her top tips on how to make the best hot chocolate ever and Father Christopher Jamison has a fab 500 words-inspired Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Jan 2016 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Slade

    Cum On Feel The Noize

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Elle King

    Ex's And Oh's

    • Love Stuff.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • The Clash

    Bankrobber

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Elton John

    Blue Wonderful

    • Wonderful Crazy Night.
    • Mercury.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    All Along The Watchtower

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Dear Future Husband

    • Title.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Neil Sedaka

    Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen

    • The Very Best Of Neil Sedaka.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • David Bowie

    Lazarus

    • Blackstar.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Corrs

    Bring On The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Meat Loaf

    I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • Castle.

  • Charlie Puth

    One Call Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Was (Not Was)

    Walk The Dinosaur

    • (Single).
    • Fontana.

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Barenaked Ladies

    One Week

  • Hot Chocolate

    Every 1's a Winner

    • Hot Chocolate - Their Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • One Direction

    History

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
    • 13.

  • Hue and Cry

    Labour Of Love

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sly Fox

    Let's Go All The Way

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Earl

    Good Witch

    • (CD Single).
    • Good Witch Recordings.

  • The Drifters

    Saturday Night At The Movies

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

  • Richard Hawley

    Tonight The Streets Are Ours

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Christopher Jamison, Benedictine Monk:


This week we鈥檙e thinking about the 500 Words competition and I鈥檓 so thrilled at the thought of all the creativity that this will unleash. Last year鈥檚 winners clearly worked hard to produce some amazing stories. But some people think great stories or great poems just come in flash of inspiration but the reality of a great piece is 10% inspiration followed by 90% perspiration. A great idea is just the starting point and honing it into the right shape can be laborious. I鈥檝e written a couple of books, books about wisdom rather than stories, although ancient wisdom is often best conveyed through stories. The idea for my two books both came from the questions people asked me when they came to stay in our monastery guest house. They were good questions: one woman asked: why I鈥檓 always so busy? Another wanted to know are monks happy? These and other excellent questions became the starting point for a chapter. Sometimes the best way was just to write very quickly with rough sentences and then chip away the dross until something good emerged, like carving an image out of stone. Has it been worth all the hard graft? Definitely, but the real satisfaction comes from the unexpected places where my books end up and the unexpected comments people write. For example, a prisoner telling me how much a book has helped him. Or somebody saying they鈥檝e come back to faith in God. I had no idea that once you鈥檝e published a book it has life of its own. I have created something much bigger than me that affects people in ways I could never imagine. The purpose of writing, I鈥檝e come to realise, is not to be an inspired author. A good writer is someone who enables other people to be inspired. Good luck 500 worders!

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Jan 2016 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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500 Words

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