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Richard Ashcroft joins Chris with news of a new single, album and tour. Plus Peter Frost-Pennington with a guide to Muncaster Castle and Rev Kate Bottley with a Pause for Thought.

Richard Ashcroft chats to Chris for the first time ever, with news of a brand new single, album and tour! King of the castle Peter Frost-Pennington gives us a guide to his fab fortress Muncaster Castle, plus everyone's favourite Reverend from TV's Googlebox, Kate Bottley delivers our Pause For Thought.

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Tue 23 Feb 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Sheryl Crow

    A Change Would Do You Good

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • The Corrs

    I Do What I Like

    • White Light.
    • Atlantic.

  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure聽

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • T. Rex

    Jeepster

    • Electric Warrior (Deluxe Edition).
    • A&M.
    • 3.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Something to Talk About

    • (CD Single).
    • Xl Recordings.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Bryan Adams

    Do What Ya Gotta Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 006.

  • U2

    Pride (In The Name Of Love)

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • The Shires

    Friday Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Tommy James & The Shondells

    Mony Mony

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

  • Lukas Graham

    7 Years

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Midnight Oil

    Beds Are Burning

    • (Single).
    • Sprint Records.

  • KT Tunstall

    Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Coldplay

    Hymn For The Weekend (feat. 叠别测辞苍肠茅)

    • A Head Full Of Dreams.
    • Parlophone.

  • Madonna

    Don't Tell Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Maverick.
    • 16.

  • Blue 脰yster Cult

    (Don't Fear) The Reaper

    • Chart Show Ultimate Rock - Various.
    • Hit.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Black Dog

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Freeez

    Southern Freeez

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll: 1980 (Va).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 6.

  • Will Young

    Love Revolution

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • James

    Nothing But Love

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 001.

  • The Jam

    Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

  • All Saints

    One Strike

    • (CD Single).
    • London Records.
    • 1.

  • Jake Bugg

    Trouble Town

    • Jake Bugg.
    • MERCURY RECORDS.
    • 8.

  • INXS

    Never Tear Us Apart

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Revered Kate Bottley, Vicar of the churches of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill:

I wasn鈥檛 sure really what to expect on my first trip to the Holy Land a few weeks ago, and but what I did think might happen didn鈥檛 and what I didn鈥檛 think might happen, did. I thought being a woman priest in a notoriously conservative religious place I might find some problems. After all here in the UK when I鈥檝e been dog collared up in uniform I have had some less than kind comments and looks from people who are strongly against women priests, so I expected that in Jerusalem that would be multiplied. Not so, in fact the exact opposite. I felt like something of a wonderful novelty. Firstly at security where they wanted to know more about the collar round my neck than anything I might have in my bag or pockets. Later a crowd of Spanish Roman Catholic pilgrims outside the Holy Sepulchre wanted selfies, they鈥檇 never heard of Gogglebox or Radio 2, Chris, but just loved the idea of a woman priest, 鈥楬ow longer must my church wait?鈥� said one. But it was in the Garden of Gethsemane that I found the biggest affirmation for my ministry.

There I met a group of nuns who spoke no English and I in my ignorance couldn鈥檛 even figure out what language of theirs I was failing to speak. I locked eyes with one, I smiled and she grinned, she came over put her hands on my cheeks and beamed at me, without saying a single word, I understood exactly what she was saying and I burst into tears.

Experts tell us that 90% of communication is nonverbal, not what we say but what we do. Jesus was a master of communication, verbal and nonverbal, he even healed people without saying a word and one time just from someone touching the hem of his cloak.聽 Catching a stranger鈥檚 eye and smiling doesn鈥檛 always come naturally and of course just as we risk being misunderstood with our words we risk being misunderstood with our nonverbal communication too, but after my experience in Gethsemane with the smiley nun I think it鈥檚 a risk worth taking. The smiling nun not only made my day she made me feel valued and affirmed, just with a simple smile. So if I catch your eye on the tube on my way home today and grin at you, you will smile back won鈥檛 you?聽

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