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Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Apr 2017 06:30

Music Played

  • Paul Simon

    Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 2.
  • James Blunt

    Bartender

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Randy Newman

    You've Got A Friend In Me

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

    Wired For Sound

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.
  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.
  • U2

    Vertigo

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • LP

    Lost On You

    • (CD Single).
    • Vagrant Records.
    • 002.
  • Rick Astley

    This Old House

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management GmbH.
    • 004.
  • Ben E. King

    Spanish Harlem

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.
  • Clean Bandit

    Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Right Said Fred

    Deeply Dippy

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Justin Bieber

    Sorry

    • Purpose.
    • Def Jam Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Belinda Carlisle

    We Want The Same Thing

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.
  • Imelda May

    Should've Been You

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
  • The Contours

    Do You Love Me

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sanctuary Records.
  • Johnny Hates Jazz

    Shattered Dreams

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Junior

    Mama Used To Say

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
    • Parlophone.
  • The 5th Dimension

    Up, Up And Away

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

    Blister In The Sun

    • Slash/London.
  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

    • (CD Single).
    • DGC.
  • Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie

    In My World

    • Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie.
    • East West.
  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.
  • The Four Seasons

    Big Girls Don't Cry

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 7.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Julia Neuberger, Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue

I鈥檝e just been in Sicily for a few days- a beautiful place, with fantastic food, and the most amazing history. It鈥檚 had the Romans, the Vandals and the Goths, it鈥檚 had Byzantine and Islamic rule, but it鈥檚 also ruled itself at various times and it鈥檚 now part of Italy, but has a very distinct culture and feel.聽 You can tell it鈥檚 had lots of immigrants- from North Africa, from Turkey, from northern Italy, from Greece, and of course we know that it鈥檚 had lots of emigrants, seeking work in other parts of Italy but also here in the UK and in the United States. It鈥檚 been a wealthy state and then an impoverished one. And it鈥檚 a land of lemons, pasta and Arab style aubergines, as much as of great buildings and wonderful Greek temples.

But what鈥檚 most remarkable is the fact that it has been home to so many different peoples for many thousands of years, all of whom have left their mark on it in food, building styles, and the language - and that this seems normal to the Sicilians. They all know that they are something of a mixture, and that few of them can claim descent from the original Sicilians. They also relish that fact, and love their mongrel identities, as they welcome migrants from Africa who have been arriving in huge numbers.

Sicily is not without its problems- crime, poverty and corruption have loomed large at various times. But it does rejoice in being an island of many peoples and cultures.

We know it鈥檚 rare to find such a celebration of diversity outside great cities. Yet Sicily has it. 聽Sicily is a place to hold up as an example of how a melting pot can work, and how the mixture creates a new culture in itself. 鈥淏ehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!鈥 said the psalmist. He was right. It can be wonderful. And Sicily, which has always been a country of mixed peoples, proves it.聽

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