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Sara Cox sits in for Chris with a Whole Wower of top tunes this Bank Holiday. Plus cyclist Chris Froome and music from Noel Gallagher's headline performance at Biggest Weekend.

Sara has a Whole Wower of top tunes this Bank Holiday. Plus, Karthi Gnanasegaram speaks to Britain's first Giro D'Italia winner Chris Froome. There's also music from Noel Gallagher's Saturday headline performance at Biggest Weekend in Perth. Sara speaks to three Early Achievers who are meditating, fishing and out with the horses. And the daily Pause for Thought is provided by Jim Harris.

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Music Played

  • Whitney Houston

    So Emotional

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Years & Years

    If You're Over Me

    • Palo Santo.
    • Polydor.

  • New York City

    I'm Doing Fine Now

    • Temptation (Various Artists).
    • Quality Television.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Stool Pigeon

    • Cre-Ole - The Best Of Kid Creole.
    • Island.

  • Lady Gaga

    Alejandro

    • (CD Single).
    • Streamline Records.
    • 1.

  • The Coral

    Pass It On

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • ABBA

    Summer Night City

    • Abba - More Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Hold Me Like A Heaven

    • Resistance Is Futile.
    • Columbia.
    • 008.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Son Of A Preacher Man

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

  • Marshmello & Anne-Marie

    Friends

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

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

  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Henry Hall Orchestra & Val Rosing

    The Teddy Bears Picnic

    • Goodnight Children Everywhere CD1.
    • EMI.
    • 12.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • Meghan Trainor

    No Excuses

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Don't Look Back In Anger (The Biggest Weekend 2018)

  • Florence + The Machine

    Shake It Out

    • Island.

  • Armand van Helden

    My My My

    • (CD Single).
    • Southern Fried Records.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Dua Lipa

    New Rules

    • Dua Lipa.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Michael Jackson

    Billie Jean

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

  • Gonzalez

    I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 4.

  • Sigrid

    High Five

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Swedish House Mafia

    Don't You Worry Child (feat. John Martin)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 83 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team

    Buffalo Gals

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • Fatboy Slim

    Praise You

    • Now 1999 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Gabrielle

    Show Me

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

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

    • Now 27 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Home

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.

  • The Shires

    Sleepwalk

    • Accidentally On Purpose.
    • Decca.
    • 004.

  • The O’Jays

    I Love Music

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Janelle Monáe

    Make Me Feel

    • Dirty Computer.
    • Bad Boy Records.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Jim Harris, Art Historian:

Ìý

Bank holiday is like therapy.Ìý In the middle of busy and ordinary, there’s suddenly a moment for special, for the seaside, for friends, for beer in the garden, for a deep breath and a sigh of contentment.Ìý A bank holiday is good for the national psyche.

Ìý

Now I have a group of psychiatrists who I see at the Museum.Ìý Now there are many people who would say it’s a very good idea for me to see as many psychiatrists as possible, as often as I can.

Ìý

However, my psychiatrists come not for my benefit but their own.Ìý Every few weeks we choose a theme to discuss, something relevant to their practice: ageing, gender, family, anger, community.Ìý I pick images relevant to the theme, and then we talk.Ìý Last week we talked about envy.

Ìý

And, as is the way with these conversations, I immediately found myself pondering who and what I’m envious of.Ìý And once I started, it was a torrent.

Ìý

I’m envious of the psychiatrists, of their capacity for empathy.Ìý I’m envious of the skill of the Pakistani bowlers Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Amir.Ìý I’m envious of lighter faster men on lighter, faster bikes. And there are more destructive envies: of the apparently happier lives of others, of what they have, their relationships, what they are.Ìý And with envy comes discontent. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone.

Ìý

Now when the church first began, Jesus’ followers quickly established a way of living together that was extremely attractive.Ìý The story is in the Book of Acts.Ìý The let go of their possessions and shared what they had; they gave to people in need; they were generous and glad-hearted.Ìý They were the opposite of discontented.And people wanted to be like them.Ìý But, instead of getting envious, they chose to join them and live generous, glad-hearted lives too.Ìý They chose contentment.

Ìý

Now, I can’t choose to become a wily master of reverse swing.Ìý But what I can do is look at all the small wonders of my life as it is: the love of my family, the graciousness of my friends, the privilege of my work. And in all that, I can be grateful and free to be generous.Ìý I can be happy - maybe even tomorrow, when the contented, therapeutic sigh of the Bank Holiday is tragically over.

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