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Countryfile's John Craven and Conductor Jules Buckley

Chris catches up with John Craven ahead of Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace and meets Grammy award-winning conductor Jules Buckley on Great Job Wednesday.

Chris catches up with John Craven ahead of Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace and finds out what's instore including pond-dipping, quizzes and the circus group who will re-enact the Countryfile opening titles. On Great Job Wednesday, Chris meets Grammy award-winning conductor Jules Buckley who went from learning to play the trumpet aged nine to waving his baton at ten Proms! Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by world title winning GB swimmer Adam Peatty. Chris asks for your tenuous links to Pacha in Ibiza after hearing the night club celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Vicar Dave Tomlinson has the Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 2 Aug 2017 06:30

Music Played

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Come On Eileen

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • The Killers

    The Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • All Saints

    Pure Shores

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 8.
  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • George Ezra

    Don't Matter Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Roman Holliday

    Don't Try To Stop It

    • Back To The Eighties (Various).
    • Music Club.
  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.
  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Garbage

    Stupid Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Mushroom.
  • Jackie Lee

    White Horses

    • This Is The Return Of Cult Fiction (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 24.
  • Rag’n’Bone Man

    As You Are

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 002.
  • The Fizz

    Dancing In The Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • MPG.
  • Slade

    Cum On Feel The Noize

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • James Bay

    Hold Back The River

    • Hold Back The River EP.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Shania Twain

    Life's About To Get Good

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury Nashville.
  • They Might Be Giants

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

    • Snap It Up! (Various Artists).
    • CBS.
  • Paramore

    Hard Times

    • After Laughter.
    • Fueled By Ramen.
  • The Cure

    In Between Days

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.
  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Arcade Fire

    Everything Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Jam Story.
    • Universal.
  • Scarlet

    Independent Love Song

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • TLC

    It's Sunny

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • David Guetta

    When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • The Kinks

    All Day And All Of The Night

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 23.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson, writer and Vicar of St Luke’s Holloway in London:

As a vicar who fully embraces same-sex relationships, I have just been asked to discuss with leaders of different religions how I reconcile this with my faith tradition.

 It’s an invitation I can’t resist, not simply because of my passion for the topic, but because I welcome every opportunity to talk and debate with people of different faiths and opinions. More importantly, to build friendship. We will never fully agree; I can’t even do that with my wife, but love and friendship is based on mutual respect, not total agreement. 

 One of my happiest priestly days was when I jointly conducted a Muslim-Christian wedding with an imam. The couple who each took their faith seriously wanted no compromise; each tradition was to be properly represented. The day was a magnificent convergence of religions, cultures and families. When my imam colleague introduced the Muslim part of the ceremony – charming everyone with warmth and humour – he spoke of a recent visit to his home town in Africa where the first thing he did was help build a church.

Apparently, the Christian community was struggling to complete its building project, so he mobilised his Muslim friends to purchase materials and set about the task. When I chatted with him after the wedding, he said: ‘That’s what it’s about, Dave. We are brothers and sisters, we love one another.’

 Many people’s vision of religion was transformed that day. The congregation which included Muslims, Christians, and people of no faith witnessed a spectacle of religious harmony – the celebration of a multi-faith marriage, the warm working partnership of priest and imam, the mingling of different traditions, and the demonstration that God belongs to no one and everyone.

 For years, I have taken part in interfaith discussion. We argue and debate and shake our heads at each other. We also laugh and joke and tease one another. And then share some ‘interfaith’ sandwiches and talk about families or football or television.

 I’d hate to live in a world where everyone held the same beliefs, followed the same religion, thought the same way. How tedious, and narrow our understanding of life would be.

 It isn’t our differences that divide us, but our inability to accept and celebrate those differences – then share a nice cup of tea.

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