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Crufts 2017 and top tradesmen

Chris speaks to Clare Balding about Crufts 2017 and we show our appreciation of tradesmen across the country.

Chris speaks to Clare Balding about Crufts 2017 and her new co-host Alan Carr. We show our appreciation of tradesmen across the country from diamond drillers to kitchen fitters and everything in between! Best-selling blogging author Natasha Courtenay Smith imparts her wisdom on how to write well online. Vassos is joined by Chef de Mission for Paralympics GB Penny Briscoe a year to the day before the winter Paralympics begins in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Sarah Joseph, editor of a Muslim Lifestyle magazine, has today's Pause For Thought.

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Thu 9 Mar 2017 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.

  • Texas

    Let's Work It Out

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Scatman John

    Scatman

    • Top Of The Pops 1 CD2.
    • 4.

  • James Bay

    Best Fake Smile (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2015)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 5.

  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

    • Staring At The Sea: The Singles.
    • Fiction.

  • The Housemartins

    Happy Hour

    • Now That's What I Call Quite Good.
    • Go! Discs.

  • Betsy

    Waiting

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Black Dog

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Cascades

    Rhythm Of The Rain

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Chainsmokers & Coldplay

    Something Just Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Madonna

    Open Your Heart

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 13.

  • The Primitives

    Crash

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

  • Hifi Sean

    Testify (feat. Crystal Waters)

    • Ft..
    • Plastique Recordings.
    • 001.

  • U2

    One Tree Hill

    • Island.

  • James Blunt

    Love Me Better

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Dog Days Are Over

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • LEN

    Steal My Sunshine

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Kraftwerk

    Computer Love

  • Cam

    My Mistake

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 001.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    Hundred Mile High City

    • The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene.
    • Island.

  • David Bowie

    Suffragette City

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Marc Almond

    A Kind Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • Baha Men

    Who Let The Dogs Out

    • Who Let The Dogs Out.
    • Blacklist UK Records Ltd.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Yesterday was International Women鈥檚 Day. Some might find it strange that we need a day dedicated to 50% of the world鈥檚 population but when our parliament has to have an inquiry into the fact that women are being told to wear high-heeled shoes and dye their hair blonde just to retain their jobs, I feel it is safe to say that we still need this special day, which was marked in a variety of ways across the world.
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Yesterday鈥檚 theme was 鈥淏e Bold For Change鈥濃�攊t encouraged people to take action to speed up the pace of change, because at our current trajectory--it will take over 170 years for us to reach gender equity.
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Organisers called on all people 鈥� regardless of their gender鈥攖o join forces, to seek change at the highest levels of society, and the deepest levels of our families.
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Yesterday鈥檚 events鈥攇lobal gatherings, conferences, awards, exhibitions, festivals, fun runs, corporate events, concert performances, online digital gatherings, even strikes鈥攚ere described as a 鈥減urposeful collaboration鈥�. And men were to be seen at the events alongside women. Which for me is incredibly important and reminds me of the Qur鈥檃nic call for men and women to be 鈥渢he protecting friends of one another鈥�. Rights are not a competition. There has to be mutual care and support.
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The Qur鈥檃n also describes men and women as garments for one another. A garment beautifies, and protects, so too the Qur鈥檃nic narrative seeks to present a vision of the world where men and women support and help one another, where we recognise that men and women each have unique struggles and face their own types of injustices, and we need to help each other through them.

I pray for a world where we don鈥檛 need a day to be highlighting the injustices and problems that either gender faces. I hope we can recognise that we鈥檙e all human beings who should be caring for each other. However, until the reality matches the ideal, until we don鈥檛 get defined by our gender but by our skills, until we can exist equitably, then I am glad there is a day that helps us all reflect.听

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