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Giles Coren and Farmer Philip Le Maistre

Chris chats to author Giles Coren about the new book 'The Story of Food' and Farmer Philip Le Maistre celebrates Jersey Royal potatoes on its 140th anniversary.

Chris chats to author Giles Coren about the origin of coffee and shares other interesting foodie facts from the new book The Story of Food. Farmer Philip Le Maistre talks to Chris about Jersey Royal spuds on their 140th anniversary. Politicians doing sport is today's Top Tenuous topic, Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by author and endurance adventurer Sean Conway as he cycles through Russia and today's Pause for Thought comes from Senior Rabbi Julia Neuberger.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 8 May 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Carly Simon

    Let The River Run

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • New Order

    People On The High Line

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • Del Amitri

    Roll To Me

    • Twisted.
    • A&M.
    • 007.

  • 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.

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    She Taught Me How To Fly

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

  • Deacon Blue

    Dignity

    • Our Town- Deacon Blue (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band

    The Floral Dance

    • Sleepy Shores - Instrumental Classics.
    • Old Gold.

  • Gabrielle

    Show Me

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

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • New Musik

    Living By Numbers

    • Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Aztec Camera

    Oblivious

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • ΅ώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Crazy in Love (feat. JAY-Z)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Craig David

    Magic

    • The Time Is Now.
    • Insanity Records.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Hungry Heart

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Ivana Spagna

    Call Me

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.

  • Matthew Wilder

    Break My Stride

    • Love & Pride - A Kick Up The 80's: Vo.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Four Seasons

    Let's Hang On!

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 5.

  • UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro

    How Could I Leave

    • A Real Labour Of Love.
    • Universal.

  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • The Stranglers

    Golden Brown

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Catherine McGrath

    Wild

    • Talk Of This Town.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Julia Neuberger Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

It’s been a glorious Bank Holiday, with the temperatures in most of the country breaking all records since this early May Bank Holiday began in 1978. People were out in force. There were swimmers in the Thames, beaches were packed, ice cream sellers were in clover, and everyone was really enjoying good weather and feeling thankful. You could hear people saying how wonderful it was to have this after a tough winter, thankyou for good weather, thankyou for surviving a tough winter, thankyou for the pleasure in family and trips outside…..

And yet…. The weekend was marred by 5 shootings in London, with one 17 year old shot dead. Rhyhiem Ainsworth Barton was a promising young man who wanted to work with children, shot dead playing football with friends. His mother called for an end to the violence in London: "Let my son be the last and be an example to everyone. Just let it stop." The violence is terrifying, and it needs to stop.

So there’s a bittersweet ring to this joy in summer- the bitterness of pointless violence, the sweetness of warmth and light. And that’s a journey we need to take, to stop the violence. There’s a Bible story about the Israelites crossing the desert and finding undrinkable water:β€œThey went three days… and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters, for they were bitter…. Then the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" So he cried out to God, and God showed him a tree. When he threw it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.” (Ex 15:22-5) Would that it were so easy. No throwing a tree into the water for us maybe. But we can and we have to do something with God’s help. Rhyhiem Ainsworth Barton’s mother is right. It has to stop. We need to work out how to make that journey from bitterness to sweetness, from violence to peace, from winter to warmth. It won’t be easy- but until we do, every lovely day will be marred by pointless young deaths, and our consciences will be full of us not dealing with the bitterness and the violence. Bitterness in the midst of joy.

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