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Kevin McCloud and Clowns

Kevin McCloud calls Chris to talk about the new series of Grand Designs and his live show in Birmingham. Plus, we learn the meaning behind Cock a Snook with clown Holly Stoppit.

Kevin McCloud calls Chris to talk about the new series of Grand Designs, including the twins who built houses side by side! Plus he tells us about taking his live show to the NEC in Birmingham. We learn the meaning behind Cock a Snook and the benefits of being a clown with Holly Stoppit. The 麻豆官网首页入口's Golf Correspondent Iain Carter joins Vassos in the Sports Locker, we head back to clowns with your desperate claims to their fame in the Top Tenuous, and Rabbi Julia Neuberger provides our Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 11 Sep 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Kylie Minogue

    A Lifetime To Repair

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Queen

    Flash

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Keane

    This Is The Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

  • Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

    Promises (feat. Jessie Reyez)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • The Stylistics

    Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

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

  • Paul McCartney

    For You

    • Egypt Station.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • Ne-Yo

    Closer

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
    • 6.

  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.

  • Boy George & Culture Club

    Let Somebody Love You

    • Life.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Amii Stewart

    Knock On Wood

  • Cat Stevens

    (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.

  • Baltimora

    Tarzan Boy

    • A Time To Remember: 1985 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Ryan Paris

    Dolce Vita

    • The Holiday CD - Various Artists.
    • CBS.

  • The Beat

    Tears Of A Clown

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

  • Carrie Underwood

    Love Wins

    • Cry Pretty.
    • Capitol Nashville.

  • Holly Valance

    Kiss Kiss

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 4.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

    • Sounds Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Josh Groban

    River

    • Bridges.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Beatles

    Octopus's Garden

    • 1967-1970.
    • Apple.
    • 5.

  • KT Tunstall

    Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Julia Neuberger Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

After this broadcast, I鈥檓 off 鈥榦n the road鈥� with one of my rabbi colleagues, to visit some of our housebound members and blow the shofar- the ram鈥檚 horn- for them, for the second day of Jewish new year. We won鈥檛 blow it as well as our shofar blower at the services yesterday who managed a full four minutes for the final blast, with people holding their breath as his puff gradually ran out. But at least they will get to hear the haunting sound of the New Year, calling us Jews to account. For the tension in synagogue during the day is quite considerable, the level of concentration very high, and you can feel how important people feel it is to be there, to meet their fellow congregants, to be part of the community once again.

The centrepiece of the service, the reading from the Torah, is from Genesis, the story of the binding of Isaac. For Christians this is the sacrifice of Isaac. But for us Jews, the whole point is that God doesn鈥檛 want Abraham to sacrifice his son, that the angel says 鈥楽top!鈥� There鈥檚 a ram caught in the thicket behind you. You can sacrifice that.鈥� The message is that human sacrifice is wrong- and, ultimately, all human life is sacred. That鈥檚 why our toast is 鈥楲鈥檆hayyim鈥�, 鈥榯o life鈥�, when we drink. That鈥檚 why we think you must do everything to preserve life.

But it also means we can鈥檛 put out of our minds the atrocities and killing of people world-wide. And for us in Europe we need to remember the desperate migrants who are trying to reach our shores, whom Europe does not want, and the huge number of them dying- 1,530 feared drowned so far in 2018- in their attempt. If 鈥榣鈥檆hayyim鈥� is to mean anything, it must be to save the lives of these desperate people, children amongst them. This Jewish New Year, as migrants are largely forgotten, we need to remember them, and fight for their lives. L鈥檆hayyim. To life. Happy New Year.

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