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Sara Cox sits in for Chris and gets us ready for the weekend with the Whole Wower with top tunes from the likes of Destiny's Child, DJ Casper and Oasis.

Sara Cox sits in for Chris and gets us ready for the weekend with the Whole Wower with top tunes from the likes of Destiny's Child, DJ Casper and Oasis. We hear from three fabulous Early Achievers including Big Dan in Sheffield who's been up since 5am cooking a chilli ahead of his boys, beers and biking weekend. Karthi Gnanasegaram has the weekend sports preview. Art Historian Dr Jim Harris has the final Pause For Thought of the week.

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Fri 19 Oct 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

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

  • Rod Stewart

    Look In Her Eyes

    • Blood Red Roses.
    • Decca.

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Johnny Come 91热爆

    • Fine Young Cannibals.
    • London.

  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Tom Walker

    Angels

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

  • Deniece Williams

    Let's Hear It For The Boy

    • History Of Dance Music Vol.2 (Variou.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Vera Lynn

    We'll Meet Again

    • The Very Best Of Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Barbra Streisand

    Don't Lie To Me

    • Walls.
    • Columbia.

  • Queen

    Bicycle Race

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 4.

  • Shakira

    Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Blossoms

    Charlemagne

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

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

  • Gina G

    Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit

    • Now 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Liquid Gold

    Dance Yourself Dizzy

    • NOW Yearbook 1980 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 40.

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

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

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • Shawn Mendes & Zedd

    Lost In Japan (Remix)

    • Shawn Mendes: The Album.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Destiny鈥檚 Child

    Bootylicious

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Communards

    Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • DJ Casper

    Cha Cha Slide

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Diana Ross

    Chain Reaction

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Nelly Furtado

    Maneater

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 64 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Rita Ora

    Let You Love Me

    • Phoenix.
    • Atlantic.

  • Michael Jackson

    Wanna Be Startin鈥� Somethin'

    • The Essential Michael Jackson.
    • Epic.
    • 7.

  • Coldplay

    God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Hozier

    Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Climie Fisher

    Love Changes (Everything)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Squeeze

    Is That Love?

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Jim Harris, Art Historian:

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When I was young I used to run cross-country. I was part of a great team.听 We won races.听 We took home trophies.听 I was not, however, a great runner.听 I was the makeweight in a team full of talent.

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My brother Bill, on the other hand, was a proper sportsman.听 He played cricket and rugby and hockey and he was really good at them, like our Dad had been.On Saturdays, Dad liked to watch Bill bat, or play scrum half; and every once in a while he鈥檇 come with me to a race.听 For him, I suspected, this was not an agreeable task.

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One week, as we drove home from some muddy wood or other he said to me, 鈥榊ou know, Jim, I love to see you run鈥�.听 And he paused. And I guessed there was going to be a 鈥榖ut鈥�. And there was.听 鈥業 love to see you run - but the thing is, I don鈥檛 see much running.听 You go off into the woods.听 Half an hour later you come back. It鈥檚 just not that much fun鈥�.听 And I smiled.听 Because what I heard was that Dad loved to see me run.

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Last week I spent a day with a brilliant bunch of RE teachers in Cornwall.听 We talked about worldviews and cultural difference and shared attitudes to ethical questions 鈥� like whether it鈥檚 ever ok to lie.听 To my surprise the consensus was that yes, sometimes it is 鈥� because sometimes the unvarnished truth, frankly, is just not kind.

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Before he died, Jesus taught his friends about what was going to happen to him.听 But in the Bible it鈥檚 interesting to see what he focused on.听 It wasn鈥檛 the horror of being crucified, but peace: 鈥楶eace I leave you; my peace I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled鈥�.

Now that sounds very much like Jesus was being economical with the verit茅.听 But he wasn鈥檛. He told the truth but it was a kind truth that his friends could bear.

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My Dad was truthful about the joys of watching cross-country. But the little kindness about loving to see me run made the truth ever so much easier to hear.听 So it鈥檚 not really that lying is ok, but I reckon the RE teachers are right: in a fight between brutal honesty and kindness, kindness should always win.

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