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Robbie Williams In Concert Ticker Giveaway and Spitfires

Chris speaks to Cara Collard, the lucky winner of the Robbie Williams In Concert ticket giveaway and Alan James on how he made a Spitfire in his garage!

Chris surprises Cara Collard, the lucky winner of the Robbie Williams In Concert ticket giveaway, and finds out more about her family and who she'll be taking to the special show at Maida Vale! Alan James tells Chris how he made a Spitfire in his garage and kept it from his wife for three years! Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by Michael Vaughan live from India and Sarah Joseph has the Pause For Thought.

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Thu 8 Dec 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Adele

    Water Under The Bridge

    • 25.
    • XL.
    • 6.

  • Darlene Love

    Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Years & Years

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Bobby Helms

    Jingle Bell Rock

  • Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    I've Got A Thing About You Baby

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Show Me The Magic

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

  • Louis Armstrong

    Zat You Santa Claus

    • Hipster's Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Breathing Underwater

    • Long Live The Angels.
    • Virgin.

  • Mud

    Lonely This Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Boogie Shoes

    • Very Best Of KC & The Sunshine Band.
    • Chrysalis.

  • The Waitresses

    Christmas Wrapping

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Human

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Robbie Williams

    The Heavy Entertainment Show

    • The Heavy Entertainment Show.
    • Columbia.

  • Queen

    A Winter's Tale

    • Made In Heaven.
    • Island.
    • 18.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Come Fly With Me

    • The Capitol Years.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 28.

  • Faithettes

    Me And My Baby (Spend Christmas With Me)

    • (CD Single).
    • Dead Mint Records.

  • Jona Lewie

    Stop The Cavalry

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • East 17

    Stay Another Day

    • East 17 - Steam.
    • London.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    I Believe In You

    • Nobody But Me.
    • Reprise.

  • Labi Siffre

    (Something Inside) So Strong

    • All Time Classic Tearjerkers (Var).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band & Yoko Ono

    Instant Karma!

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

On this day in 1980 John Lennon was shot dead.
It is one of those 鈥渨here were you when you heard the news鈥� moments.
For me I was on my bunk bed 鈥� top deck 鈥� and the radio was on. I climbed down and ran to my mum crying. I was 9.
It seems strange to me now that I was so connected to Lennon so young, but I was a political idealist by the age of 7, and his music spoke to me. I will admit, I was an odd child, and was more interested in the issues of Apartheid South Africa than I was playing with dolls.
Lennon鈥檚 songs were background anthems to my life.
I can鈥檛 even begin to tell you how many peace marches I went on in the 80s where thousands of people would spontaneously start singing 鈥淕ive Peace a Chance鈥�.
As an adult though, I have struggled with the lyrics of arguable Lennon鈥檚 most famous solo song, 鈥淚magine鈥�
I still love it. I completely understand why it is regularly voted one of the best songs of all time, and remains an anthem for peace all over the world. Yet it鈥檚 asking us to imagine a world where there isn鈥檛 anything to divide us 鈥� no countries, no religion, no possessions-for then-hopefully-we can find peace
My question is 鈥� why can鈥檛 we all be different and still find peace?
I like going to other countries 鈥� I like hearing different languages, seeing different customs, trying to experience the world through different eyes.
I鈥檓 a Muslim, but I like the fact that there are different religions 鈥� I gain a lot from talking to people of other faiths and hearing how they understand the Divine Creator of the entire Universe.
I don鈥檛 want to see myself, and my ideas, and my way of life, repeated back to me, in endless uniformity.
I like the fact that we鈥檙e all unique.
So for me, I don鈥檛 want to imagine a world where we erase all our differences and can then live together.
I want to stand with people of all faiths, races, genders, and whatever else you want to list to divide us, and say I love that you are different to me 鈥� but we are all human beings and I will not see you dehumanised. I will not see you set upon. I will live in peace with you.听听

For me, God is One, but its Creation is Beautifully Diverse.

听

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