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Paul Weller In Concert Giveaway, Tom Hanks and New Zealand Pies

Chris gives away a pair of tickets for Paul Weller's In Concert show, Tom Hanks tells us about starring in Toy Story 4 and the team try some traditional New Zealand pies.

Chris calls one lucky listener and gives away a pair of tickets for Paul Weller's In Concert show tonight with Jo Whiley. Tom Hanks tells us about starring in Toy Story 4 and the difficulty he faced recording the final scenes. Chris learns all about the New Zealand steak and cheese pie with Kiwi cook Mike Meehan and finds out what it takes to make an award-winning pastry snack. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Rugby correspondent Chris Jones. We ask for your claims to the fame of Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 and if you dare Toy Story 4 in today's Top Tenuous. Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski has Thursday's Pause For Thought.

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Thu 1 Nov 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Little Mix

    Woman Like Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Michael Jackson

    Bad

    • Michael Jackson - Bad.
    • Epic.

  • Dua Lipa

    New Rules

    • Dua Lipa.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Housemartins

    Happy Hour

    • Now That's What I Call Quite Good.
    • Go! Discs.

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

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

  • Take That

    Out Of Our Heads

    • Odyssey.
    • Polydor.

  • Reef & Gary Stringer

    Revelation

    • Revelation.
    • Ear Music.
    • 1.

  • The Script

    Hall Of Fame (feat. will.i.am)

    • #3 (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sony.

  • The Beatles

    When I'm Sixty-Four

    • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Apple.
    • 9.

  • Paloma Faith

    Loyal

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Do Your Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 12.

  • Lily Allen

    Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • The Style Council

    Long Hot Summer 89

  • Randy Newman

    You've Got A Friend In Me

    • Toy Story O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Michael Bublé

    Love You Anymore

    • Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Reprise.

  • Boyzone

    Love

    • Thank You & Goodnight.
    • Rhino.

  • Justin Timberlake

    What Goes Around...Comes Around

    • FutureSex / LoveSounds.
    • Jive.

  • The Feeling

    Love It When You Call

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • The Stranglers

    Golden Brown

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

  • Jamie Cullum

    Love Is In The Picture

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Blossoms

    How Long Will This Last

    • Cool Like You.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 6.

  • The 5th Dimension

    Up, Up And Away

    • This Is Easy (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 74.

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:

Ìý

Most of us look forward to major life events – like a family wedding – for weeks or months.Ìý Finally, the great day arrives.Ìý It’s wonderful in the moment, although it’s over in the twinkling of an eye.Ìý There are some great photos, but the occasion has passed for good into the world of memories.Ìý The build-up can be as electrifying as the occasion itself, but the morning after can feel disappointing, perhaps even a little sad.

Ìý

In the few weeks before our daughter’s marriage last week, I started to think about how the day after would feel.Ìý We sang, cried, laughed and cavorted with family and friends as we danced Michali and Yoav into their new life together.Ìý I even danced wearing a burning hat to entertain the newly-weds, a performance that fortunately requires no skill, or sense!Ìý Please don’t try this at home.

Ìý

Until I started to think about the day after the wedding, I hadn’t realised how wise ancient Jewish practice really is.Ìý For an entire week following their wedding, a bride and groom get to continue the celebrations at meals hosted for them by friends and relatives.

Ìý

These celebrations are called sheva brochos, which refers to the blessings recited at the end of each meal.Ìý They touch on biblical themes about love, inclusivism and relationships, guiding the couple into married life.Ìý And cleverly, it only becomes a proper celebration when there are new people present – people who didn’t attend the wedding dinner or any of the previous events, adding a fresh perspective every time.Ìý The celebrations enable the couple and their families to come down from the high of the wedding and gradually re-enter normal life without the next-day crash.

Ìý

Sheva brochos are always tremendous fun.Ìý The hosts provide a good meal and act are role-models for the couple as they adjust to married life.Ìý We’ve often said that newlyweds can learn from sheva brochos at our home how not to do things.Ìý Joking apart, spending time in the homes of people in happy, affectionate relationships should rub off on us all, enabling us to see the world with new eyes.

Ìý

We hosted the last of the series yesterday with a ‘Final Fling’ breakfast.Ìý By then, the wedding was a week ago, and it was time to face reality once more.

Ìý

Broadcast

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