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Chris gets a guide to the 2016 Invictus Games from Prince Harry and UK team captain David Wiseman.

We roll out the red carpet to welcome real life royalty as Prince Harry and UK team Captain David Wiseman join Chris Evans to give us a guide to the 2016 Invictus Games. Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick comes to the rescue with an answer to a question making all the papers - 'Do Dogs Hate Cuddles'? Our Top Tenuous takes us back to His Royal Highness with your desperate claims to the fame of 'Chinese Takeaway by Royal Appointment' and Anglican Priest and Quaker Ruth Scott provides us with our Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Apr 2016 06:30

Music Played

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It?

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Rod Stewart

    Walking In The Sunshine

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 001.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Foxy Lady

    • Are You Experienced?.
    • Polydor.
    • 13.
  • Gwen Stefani

    Make Me Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 1.
  • One Direction

    Story Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
  • Neil Diamond

    America

    • Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer.
    • Capitol.
  • Thomas Rhett

    Die A Happy Man

    • Tangled Up.
    • Valory.
    • 4.
  • The B鈥52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.
  • The Byrds

    Mr Tambourine Man

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • Santana

    Anywhere You Want To Go

    • Santana IV.
    • Santana IV Records.
    • 001.
  • Guns N鈥 Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.
  • The Killers

    Human

    • Day & Age.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • David Bowie

    Heroes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Finley Quaye

    Your Love Gets Sweeter

    • New Hits 98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Mayer Hawthorne

    Love Like That

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.
  • Terence Trent D鈥橝rby

    If You Let Me Stay

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • Donny Osmond

    Puppy Love

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
    • Domino.
  • Roxette

    Joyride

    • Roxette Hits!.
    • Capitol.
  • Edison Lighthouse

    Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.
  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 15.
  • Steve Mason

    Alive!

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
    • 001.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Hong Kong Garden

    • The Best Of Siouxsie & The Banshees.
    • Polydor.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Spinning Around

    • Now 46 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Chris' Pause For Thought: Ruth Scott

Chris' Pause For Thought: Ruth Scott
Chris' Pause For Thought: Ruth Scott


鈥業 love you more than insulin.鈥 So ran the last line of my 19 year old son, Tian鈥檚, touchingly appreciative birthday greeting to his Dad this week. It鈥檚 not your average anniversary salutation yet it spoke volumes to Chris. We need insulin to control our blood sugar levels. As a Type 1 diabetic Tian鈥檚 body can鈥檛 make it. To stay alive he鈥檚 been injecting artificial insulin four times a day since he became ill at the age of 8. There鈥檚 no cure, but the injections mean he can live life to the full - something the gospels say we鈥檙e all called to do. Tian鈥檚 comparison of love and insulin caught my imagination. Like insulin love is life-giving. It enables us to stand tall, open up and open out. When we鈥檙e down it lifts us. When we鈥檙e lost in life鈥檚 complexity and confusions, love finds us and helps us get back on track. When we get out of balance and behave 鈥榦ff the wall鈥 it helps restore equilibrium so we can break self-destructive behaviour patterns. Like insulin, love can鈥檛 work unless we鈥檙e open to its power in our lives. At times Tian has struggled with the discipline of using insulin. Occasionally he鈥檚 forgotten an injection and, as a result, has become ill, sometimes life-threateningly so. Love too, has its disciplines. The people in my life who鈥檝e loved me no matter what, have given me the safe space to get to grips with all that makes me less than human in my thoughts and actions, and to recognise and respond more effectively when I鈥檓 in self-destruct mode. At such times their love might feel constraining or challenging and I react against it, just as Tian sometimes kicks against his need for insulin. But the love remains, waiting quietly, however difficult I am, until I鈥檓 able to see what a fool I鈥檓 being. None of us are perfect people but love is what enables us to live and work with our imperfections and to make the most of our lives. As Tian noted in his special birthday greeting to Chris, it鈥檚 a priceless gift worth celebrating.

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