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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans with a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 31 Mar 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Squeeze

    Nirvana

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Wow

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Keep The Customer Satisfied

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
    • Columbia.

  • Hue and Cry

    Labour Of Love

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • Vanessa Paradis

    Be My Baby

    • Vanessa Paradis - Vanessa Paradis.
    • Remark.

  • American Authors

    Best Day Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
    • 001.

  • Helen Shapiro

    Walkin' Back To Happiness

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Work This Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • They Might Be Giants

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

    • Snap It Up! (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Sheryl Crow

    A Change Would Do You Good

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

  • Snow Patrol

    Chocolate

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Charlatans

    The Only One I Know

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Betty Everett

    It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)

    • Unchained Melodies II (Various Artis.
    • Telstar.

  • Allen Stone

    Freedom

    • (CD Single).
    • ATO Records.
    • 001.

  • Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

    Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town

    • Country Collection (Various Artists).
    • Arcade.

  • Zac Brown Band

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔgrown

    • Jekyll & Hyde.
    • Zac Brown.
    • 001.

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Kelvin Jones

    Call You ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

    • What Have We Become.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.

  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Prince

    Sign 'O' The Times

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Markus Feehily

    Sanctuary

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • SWV

    Right Here

    • Now 26 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • One Direction

    History

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

Chris' Pause For Thought: Ruth Scott

Chris' Pause For Thought: Ruth Scott

Ruth Scott Anglican Priest and Quaker:

Earlier this year I went back to formal education - stimulating what Hercule Poirot would call my, β€œlittle grey cells”. β€˜Little’ is the operative word here. They seem to have shrunk considerably since I did my last MA! Back in January I was reading the same paragraphs in course books over and over again as I struggled to make sense of them. Scanning academic papers proved a wonderful cure for insomnia rather than stirring creative thought. Working out how to access articles and books in various on-line libraries left me feeling utterly inadequate, and trying to fit in all the studying around working full-time has made me wonder at times if I’m a complete masochist.

Thankfully, as the weeks have passed I’ve begun to get back into deciphering academic writing. The specialist language is becoming more familiar, and the more I read, the more β€˜dots’ I’m able to join up. I’ve just had to be disciplined about it all. β€˜Discipline’ is a word that generally doesn’t prompt positive responses. It has the feel of restricting freedom rather than opening up possibilities. In reality, few things that are worthwhile come without effort and commitment. If we struggle when we begin something new, it’s not a sign of stupidity or uselessness, but a reminder that it takes practice to think in new ways or develop new patterns of behaviour, whether that’s to do with studying, starting a different job, becoming a parent, building a new relationship or learning some new skill. It’s true in spiritual terms as well.

A sister in an enclosed order once told me that far from imprisoning her, the discipline of the daily routine in the convent contained her in such a way that her mind was able to fly free without her going mad. In Christian tradition the unbounded joy of new life at Easter comes only after the struggle and disciplined self-sacrifice of Lent. Understood correctly, discipline isn’t a kill-joy but the means by which we can really get to grips with, and learn to celebrate everything life has to offer.Β 

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