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The Open and holiday packing tips!

Chris is joined by Vassos and legendary golfer Peter Alliss who are live from the 146th Open at the Royal Birkdale in Southport and get packing tips from viral star Rachel Grant.

Vassos is live from the 146th Open at the Royal Birkdale in Southport he's joined by the legendary golfer Peter Alliss who tells us about his history with the tournament and who to keep an eye out for this year. Chris gets packing tips from travel expert and viral star Rachel Grant whose online videos have been viewed over twenty million times! Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by US golf commentator Jay Townsend and today's Pause For Thought comes from vicar Dave Tomlinson.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 20 Jul 2017 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Level 42

    Something About You

    • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Shania Twain

    Life's About To Get Good

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury Nashville.

  • John Travolta & Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Summer Nights

    • Grease (Original Movie Soundtrack).
    • Polydor.

  • Arrested Development

    Mr Wendal

    • Arrested Development - Greatest Hits.
    • Emi Gold.

  • Taylor Swift

    Shake It Off

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • NOW 100 Hits 80s No.1s (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • George Ezra

    Don't Matter Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • EMF

    Unbelievable

  • The Shires

    Beats To Your Rhythm

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

  • Vanity Fare

    Hitchin' A Ride

    • I Live For The Sun: Complete Recordings 1966-76.
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • The Killers

    The Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Zac Brown Band

    Jump Right In

    • (CD Single).
    • Southern Ground.
    • 1.

  • Paul McCartney

    Flaming Pie

  • Bryan Adams

    You Belong To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Whole Lotta Love

    • Early Days.
    • Atlantic.
    • 13.

  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Bailamos

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Pack Up

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Paul Weller

    Woo S茅 Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

  • Typically Tropical

    Barbados

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Motors

    Airport

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Queen

    Hammer To Fall

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Blondie

    Too Much

    • Pollinator.
    • BMG Rights Management.
    • 010.

  • Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    A Big Hunk o' Love

    • The Wonder Of You.
    • Sony Music.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson, writer and Vicar of St Luke鈥檚 Holloway in London:

We are now officially in the wedding season. I do take weddings in the winter too; one of the most atmospheric was a gothic-style ceremony in a dimly lit church in the depths of December. The bride wore a black velvet dress, the groom a full-length leather coat 鈥� and they went to Transylvania for their honeymoon!

It鈥檚 49 years since me and the missus stood in front of the altar (I was about ten at the time!) I proposed the third time we met and she was 7 months pregnant on the day! Little wonder no-one thought it would last. But here we are! And my top-tip for a long and happy marriage is simple: friendship.聽

But it鈥檚 not just about romantic relationships: friendship is arguably the greatest feature of all human existence 鈥� having people who makes you laugh, who tell you the truth even when it hurts, who know the song in your heart and sing it back to you when you鈥檝e forgotten the words.

I love it that the Quakers call themselves 鈥榯he Society of Friends鈥�. Sadly, friendship is a much-underrated quality in religious thought. Which is why I was delighted to meet a Quaker RE teacher who said she built 鈥榯he art of making friends鈥� into her RE curriculum. She believes friendship is the heart of all religion 鈥� at the heart of being human 鈥� a spiritual practice everyone can follow, regardless of belief or creed.

My wife who has a more grounded, less complicated approach to faith than me often says religion is simple: you just need to be kind, compassionate and friendly to people. Which is pretty much what Jesus taught when he said that the only requirement is for us to love God 鈥� by showing love to others.

I think of friendship as love in action. It isn鈥檛 always easy. We haven鈥檛 got through 49 years of marriage without a few scrapes.聽 But every day presents a wealth of opportunities to practice, to get better at it 鈥� with kindness and consideration, laughter and tears, apologies and forgiveness.

It鈥檚 my job to take weddings, but couples create marriage in the glorious humdrum of their daily friendship. I just get to help them tie the knot 鈥� and toast them with a glass鈥r three!

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