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Sara is joined by David Baddiel to tell us about his fourth children's book Birthday Boy and the latest leg of his My Family: Not the Sitcom tour. Plus there's the Half Wower.

Sara is joined by David Baddiel live from Monmouthshire to tell us about his fourth children's book Birthday Boy ahead of the next leg of his My Family: Not the Sitcom tour. We hear the fibs our listeners tell their children including Jacqui from Manchester who tells her kids their eyes change colour when they're lying. Plus there's thirty minutes of back to back hits in the Half Wower with hits from Basement Jaxx, Bobby Brown and Kenny Loggins. Karthi Gnanasegaram is joined in the Sports Locker by powerboat champion and James Bond stunt woman Sarah Donohue. Writer and Vicar Dave Tomlinson has the mid-week Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 30 May 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Long Train Runnin'

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Hold Me Like A Heaven

    • Resistance Is Futile.
    • Columbia.
    • 008.

  • M People

    Moving On Up

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • Mink DeVille

    Spanish Stroll

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Shakira

    Whenever, Wherever

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Years & Years

    If You're Over Me

    • Palo Santo.
    • Polydor.

  • Alicia Keys

    Fallin'

    • Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor.
    • J.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Wall Of Glass (The Biggest Weekend 2018)

  • The Temptations

    Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Gabrielle

    Show Me

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

  • John Fred & His Playboy Band

    Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

    • Hits Of The 60s, 70s & 80s (Various).
    • Kenwest.

  • Calvin Harris

    This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • KISS

    I Was Made For Lovin' You

    • Endless Love (Various Artists).
    • Mercury.
    • 4.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Bingo Bango

    • Glamour (Various Artists).
    • Warner Stategic Marketin.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • David Morales, The Face & Juliet Roberts

    Needin' U

    • (CD Single).
    • Manifesto.

  • Bobby Brown

    Every Little Step

    • Now 15 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sigrid

    High Five

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Take That

    Could It Be Magic

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds

    Three Lions

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • All Saints

    Rocksteady

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Spice Girls

    Say You'll Be There

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Feeder

    Just The Way I'm Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.

  • The Shires

    Sleepwalk

    • Accidentally On Purpose.
    • Decca.
    • 004.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Odyssey

    Going Back To My Roots

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought
From Dave Tomlinson, writer and Vicar of St Luke's Holloway in London:
When I handed out pens and gave my congregation two minutes to drawGod, the horror on certain adult's faces was matched only by thechildren's unabashed fervour.
My favourite was a little girl's drawing of a cat with a massive grin.Seven-year-old Daniel began by drawing clouds, then paused andhanded me the paper blank side up. When I made to turn it over, he said,'No Dave, that side. It's air. God is air.'
That's pretty sophisticated thinking for a seven-year-old. And it comesvery close to my idea of God. I can't be doing with the bearded man inthe sky. To me, God is much more like the atmosphere that surroundsand fills us supporting all life on earth. It doesn't belong to any species,race or religion, and there's no matter what we call it, or even whetherwe believe it exists - we are sustained just the same.
That's how I see God - the Life Force in all that exists. Religion is how wecomprehend and interpret this. Science is another way, but the two arenot in conflict.
In the church calendar, tomorrow is the feast of Corpus Christi - whenthe church gives thanks for the sacrament of Mass or Holy Communion.A sacrament is a material thing - like bread, wine or water - whichChristian's believe conveys God's presence.
To me, the whole idea that God is present in a pinch of bread and a sip ofwine at communion only makes sense if the whole earth, the entireuniverse is a sacrament - if God lives in every loaf of bread, every glassof wine (or cup of tea), if every raindrop, every blade of grass, everysmile or tear is sacred gift. It's not religious ritual which ultimatelyhelps me to sense God, but the attentiveness and gratitude I try to bringto every part of life.
So you know what: I have no difficulty recognising God in a grinning cat,or the wagging tail of a dog, or a reassuring kiss from the missus, or inthe urban woodpecker gracing our birdfeeder.
People will argue interminably about religion; I reckon the importantthing is to treasure the sacredness of ordinary life, of days and momentsand the people who help fill them.

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