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Sam Neill talks about his ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two show New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Island. He may know his dinosaurs, but does he know his birds? And we hear about the oldest gooseberry show.

Sam Neill talks about his beautiful ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two show New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Island, he may know his dinosaurs but does he know his birds? Plus we hear about the oldest gooseberry show and how to grow a giant fruit! We've a Monday on a Tuesday with International Radio 2 calling! It's a village fete food glory Top Tenuous and Minister Leslie Griffiths provides the daily Pause for Thought.

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  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Parachute

    • Stay Together.
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Just Like Honey

    • Emperor Norton.

  • Adele

    Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

    • 25.
    • XL.

  • R.E.M.

    Losing My Religion

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • 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.

  • Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Vaults

    Midnight River

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 009.

  • Snap!

    Rhythm Is A Dancer

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

  • One Direction

    History

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

  • The Walker Brothers

    The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

    • The British Invasion: The History Of British Rock, Vol. 7 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 3.

  • Deacon Blue

    The Believers

    • (CD Single).
    • Ear Music.
    • 001.

  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor

    Murder On The Dancefloor

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Hungry Heart

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • ABC

    The Flames Of Desire

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

  • Crowded House

    Weather With You

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.

  • Alanis Morissette

    You Oughta Know

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Listen To The Music

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • The Very Best Of Randy Crawford.
    • Dino.

  • The Jam

    That's Entertainment

    • The Jam: The Singles 1980-1982.
    • Polydor.

  • Josef Salvat

    Closer

    • Night Swim.
    • Sony Music.

  • Gregory Porter

    Don't Lose Your Steam

    • Take Me To The Alley.
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Bitty McLean

    It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)

    • (CD Single).
    • Brilliant.

  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.

  • The Divine Comedy

    Catherine The Great

    • (CD Single).
    • Divine Comedy Records.

  • The Wonder Stuff

    The Size Of A Cow

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • The Beach Boys

    Wouldn't It Be Nice

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

Chris' Pause for Thought: Leslie Griffiths

Chris' Pause for Thought: Leslie Griffiths

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A man who thought I was an all-work-no-play kind of guy once asked me accusingly what recreations I had. He expected me to reply that I hadn’t got any and that would prove his point - my work-life balance was out of kilter. I suppose I could have bought off his implied criticism by pretending to be a stamp collector or a potholer or a belly-dancer perhaps. In my childhood, I’d been a lepidopterist. In my youth, I’d played lots of rugby and cricket. But, at the time this question was put to me, I had no such hobbies or pastimes. However, I did my best to answer his question. I identified three things - β€œfun and friendship spiced with occasional moments of solitude.” That stopped him in his tracks. Friendship is a blessing that money can’t buy and fun is one of its principal by-products. But what about solitude? Surely that’s as un-cool as you can get.

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It was the picture of Pope Francis at Auschwitz that brought all this to mind. He chose to go into that frightful place alone. He didn’t want a guide to show him around. He just wanted to dwell on what his senses were telling him. Words could only cheapen the experience. And so, with journalists and supporters all around him, cameras clicking and eyes fixed upon him, he retreated into the only unoccupied space available, the deep recesses and caverns of his mind. And there he must have wrestled with demons as he contemplated the horrors of the past and of the present too.

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Solitude isn’t loneliness. You need no passport to enter it. It’s where you’ll find a peace that passes understanding and the courage to face yourself honestly and without fear. β€œBe still and know that I am God” the psalmist said; Jesus took that one step further, suggesting that God is the ground of our being and knows us deep down in our innermost selves.

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My recreations really do re-create me – they’re a tonic, a pick-me-up, and I couldn’t do without any of them.

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