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The Biggest Weekend

Sara has a special announcement for The Biggest Weekend in Coventry and we speak to one of the performers, Paloma Faith! Plus there are thirty minutes of bangers in the Half Wower.

Sara sits in for Chris and has a special announcement for The Biggest Weekend in Coventry ahead of tickets going on sale. We speak to one of the performers, Paloma Faith who tells us who she dreams of performing with at The Biggest Weekend on Sunday 27th May. We speak to three Early Achievers who tell us what they've been doing since the crack of dawn! Plus there's thirty minutes of Biggest Weekend bangers in the Half Wower with music from the artists and performers playing in Perth and Coventry. Karthi Gnanasegaram is joined in the Sports Locker by British Olympic snowboarder Aimee Fuller and Monday's Pause For Thought comes from Father Brian D'Arcy.

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Mon 12 Feb 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Destiny’s Child

    Survivor

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Calvin Harris

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

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Genesis

    Land Of Confusion

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Spandau Ballet

    This Is The Love

    • The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story.
    • Rhino.

  • Cat Stevens

    (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.

  • Barry White

    You See The Trouble With Me

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Stereophonics

    Taken A Tumble

    • Scream Above The Sounds.
    • Parlophone.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Holding Out For A Hero

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

  • Giorgio Moroder

    Deja Vu (feat. Sia)

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

  • Ken Dodd

    Happiness

    • All The Songs I Love.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Toto

    Spanish Sea

    • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
    • Sony Legacy.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Pandora's Box

    • Omd - Sugar Tax.
    • Virgin.
    • 18.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Nature's Call

    • Nature's Call.
    • Dome Records.
    • 001.

  • Supertramp

    Dreamer

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Holy Mountain

    • Who Built The Moon?.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • The Beat

    Mirror In The Bathroom

    • The Beat - Beat This!.
    • Sire.

  • UB40

    Red Red Wine

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Detroit Emeralds

    Feel The Need In Me

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Agnes

    Release Me

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 2.

  • Paloma Faith

    Till I'm Done

    • The Architect.
    • RCA.

  • Fuzzbox

    Pink Sunshine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Bananarama

    Venus

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

  • Santana & Rob Thomas

    Smooth

  • Hoseah Partsch

    Paper Planes (Radio 2 Session, 08 Feb 2018)

  • Moony

    Dove (I'll Be Loving You)

    • Is Harry On The Boat? (Various).
    • Virgin.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Father Brian D’Arcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

This week has an unusual mixture of feasting and fasting. We feast on Pancake Tuesday. We fast on Ash Wednesday, which is a day of Penance and prayer at the beginning of Lent.

Lent is an old English word for spring; it’s an opportunity then to change for the better as much as it is about sackcloth and ashes.

That is why I’m looking forward to the six weeks of Lent leading up to Easter Sunday, which ironically falls on April fool’s Day this year. God does have a sense of humour after all.

I work on the principle that if I don’t change direction, I’m likely to end up where I’m heading. That’s a frightening thought.

To freshen up my approach to life, I’ve drawn up six pivotal questions to reflect upon - one for each week of Lent. These are my questions; you need to write your own.

This week I ask myself: how do I describe where my life is now and what words describe the vision of life I’d like to have?

Week two will be: What makes me happy? What paralyses me?

And then: What gift or talent do I have that I am ignoring? How can I challenge myself more?

       Followed by: How do I handle the crises of life? Fright Fight or Flight?

       Coming to the end of Lent I’ll be positive: Name one hundred beautiful things that I take for     granted.

        Lastly and looking ahead; what practical steps, after Easter will I take, to ensure I keep on changing?

I plan to use these coming weeks to make me a better person and to leave behind lazy habits and harmful addictions.

To make sure it’s not just about me though, I’m going to help the poor in a practical way; I’m going to give until it hurts.

Actually, I want to nurture my inner peace and the surest way to be at peace is to work relentlessly on forgiving myself and others. I believe that you forgive others not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace.

Forgiveness won’t change the past but the future will be happier.

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