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Chris chats to king of the keys Jools Holland about returning to Radio 2 and a new Later series. Plus, psychologist Ben Ambridge explains if left-handed people are more creative.

Chris chats to king of the keys Jools Holland about returning to Radio 2 tonight, the 50th anniversary of The Monkees TV show and what happened to their car! We find out if left handed people are actually more creative from psychologist Ben Ambridge. We discuss Archers and Ambleside, hear your Later...With Jools Holland Top Tenuous claims to fame and Dr Jim Harris provides the daily Pause for Thought.

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Mon 12 Sep 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • OneRepublic

    Kids

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

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

  • Blur

    Charmless Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Food.

  • Adele

    Rumour Has It

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Love Shine Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome Records.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Lips Are Movin

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

  • The Moody Blues

    Go Now

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

  • John Newman

    Ole

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Elton John

    Your Song - Radio 2 In Concert 11/09/2013

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Emeli Sandé

    Next To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Ward Thomas

    Guilty Flowers

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Sting

    I Can't Stop Thinking About You

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    In The Country

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • The Who

    The Kids Are Alright

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã©

    Irreplaceable

    • B Day.
    • RCA.

  • Van Morrison

    Too Late

    • Keep Me Singing.
    • Exile.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.

  • ZZ Top

    Legs

    • Rancho Texicano: The Very Best Of ZZ Top.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Betsy

    Lost & Found

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Communication Breakdown

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Justin Bieber

    Sorry

    • Purpose.
    • Def Jam Recordings.
    • 4.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Dr Jim Harris

Art Historian

Ìý

Like most English people, I'm excellent at saying sorry.Ìý Sorry is almost never the hardest word.Ìý It’s a piece of cake. I can do the unnecessary sorry when no-one is upset.Ìý I can do the polite sorry that suggests someone else’s fault is my own.Ìý I can do the ridiculous sorry which means that something appalling has happened to me but I still feel the urgent need to apologise.

Ìý

The thing about saying sorry is that I do it all the time – except when I actually should - when I’ve hurt someone, or when I’ve messed up either by doing something properly wrong or by not doing something right. It’s on my mind now because last week I had my annual review meeting at work and I found myself remembering with a cold shudder all the people I’d let down over the course of the last year, usually by promising something I could never deliver, or by not doing simple things that would have made everyone’s life easier.

Ìý

These were not great sins, but an accumulation of little things, habits of life - and the problem is that they are too numerous and often too far in the past to go back and say sorry for. ÌýBut they still stick in my mind and gnaw at me a little every day.

Ìý

So it’s worth remembering a story in John’s Gospel in the Bible, when Jesus was confronted by an angry mob, who wanted him to condemn a woman they regarded as sinful.Ìý Now the question wasn’t whether the woman had done something wrong - it seems that she had - but what Jesus thought she should do in response. ÌýJesus didn’t demand an apology to try to satisfy her accusers. ÌýHe simply told her to go, and not do it again.

Ìý

Ìý

The key then, perhaps, is not how effusively or publicly we apologise, but how committed we are to doing things differently in the future.Ìý In other words, I reckon that if I’m going to start making things right, it isn’t about what I say - it’s about how I change my behavior.Ìý And that means at work, at home, in my family, among my friends and every day with my colleagues. Now that is a lot harder than saying sorry. ÌýBut in the long run, it’s a lot more effective.

Ìý

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