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Wimbledon is back!

Sue Barker celebrates her twenty fifth anniversary hosting Wimbledon and trail composer Matt Miller tells Chris about his tennis themed creation.

Sue Barker tells Chris about tactics, dealing with John McEnroe, and giving Chris a wink back in 1996, as she celebrates 25 years hosting the tournament. Cool composer Matt Miller shares the inspiration behind his ace audio masterpiece, the Sounds Like Wimbledon trail. Vassos reports live from the sunny courts and chats to Anthony Davies, the head of food and drink at the All England Club and Wimbledon. He oversees everything from strawberries & cream to the star players' restaurants! The Top Tenuous is a toast to all things Sue Barker. Father Brian D'Arcy has the daily Pause for Thought, exploring how the events in our lives shape who we are.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 2 Jul 2018 06:30
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  • The Rolling Stones

    Start Me Up

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
    • 7.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (feat. St. Vincent)

    • Threads.
    • The Valory Music Co..

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Baby Driver

    • Top Of The Morning With Terry Wogan.
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Bruno Mars

    Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The La’s

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Let You Be Right

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Rod Stewart

    Baby Jane

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Beatles

    I Want To Hold Your Hand

  • Snow Patrol

    Empress

    • Wildness.
    • Polydor.

  • Kula Shaker

    Govinda

    • Kula Shaker - Kollected: The Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • Kula Shaker

    Hush

    • Kula Shaker - Kollected: The Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

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

  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Low

    • Raise Vibration.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Summer Breeze

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • The Osmonds

    Crazy Horses

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Paloma Faith

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Cry Pretty

    • Cry Pretty.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Robbie Williams

    Candy

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (feat. Nina Persson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • James Arthur

    You Deserve Better

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Dear Prudence

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

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

When I left home at 17 to begin training for the priesthood, I didn’t realise what a tough journey it would be. Material possessions were taken from us, watches, pens, even our clothes. We were sent to bed after 9pm every night and got up again to pray at 2 a.m. We barely got enough to eat, weren’t allowed to read a newspaper or listen to radio and Television wasn’t heard of.

The world outside the monastery was judged to be an evil place. I was even given a new name to signify the new person they were asking me to become.

It was bad psychology and worse theology because it was telling God he made a mess of creation.

Yet they believed they were right and the rest of the world was wrong. First lesson: Beware of those who never question their beliefs.

Such a false spirituality would have destroyed me if I’d let it. After a year I was lucky enough to go to university. That was my saviour. I learned to think for myself and, more importantly, to become responsible for my own life-choices.

I realised I’d never become who I wanted to be if I kept blaming everyone else for who I am now.

We learn something from everyone and everything that passes through our lives. Some of those lessons are painful, some frustrating but all of our experiences are priceless because if you want to learn, you’ll find a way; if you don’t you’ll find an excuse.

Life is 20% what happens to you and 80% how you react to what happens to you. Maybe that’s why I’m often amazed to find there are years of my life that I cannot remember yet there are some moments I can never forget.

Rumbling through some of those moments here’s how I’ve changed. I’ve stopped trying to please everyone; living in the past; being afraid to be different and beating myself up over mistakes I’ve made. And I’ve stopped presuming my generation has all the wisdom.

Most importantly, I’ve stopped saving pleasures for some special occasion in the future.

Being alive today IS a special occasion.

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