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Madness singer Suggs chats to Zoe about his Radio 4 programme, Love Letters To London. It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of your puzzling questions.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Madness singer Suggs chats to Zoe about Lover Letter To London, his Radio 4 programme where he shares his memories of the city and what it means to be a true Londoner.

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of your puzzling questions. Today Anna Elf and Andy Elf answer why is Friday 13th considered unlucky, are book worms real and why do Canadian airport codes begin with the letter 'Y'?

Zoe learns about nautical archaeology from listener Alex Denny who is channelling his inner Indiana Jones as we ask what job you want to do when you were younger?

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, a daily Pause For Thought from Vicar Paul Oxley and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 15 May 2019 06:30
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Music Played

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Taylor Swift

    ME! (feat. Brendon Urie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Laura Branigan

    Self Control

    • Now 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sam Smith & Normani

    Dancing With A Stranger

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Mary Mary

    Shackles (Praise You)

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Holding Out For A Hero

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

    I Don't Care

    • No.6 Collaborations Project.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Someone You Loved

    • Breach.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.

  • 10cc

    Life Is a Minestrone

    • The Singles.
    • Mercury.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Sixteen

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Shakespears Sister

    All The Queens Horses

    • London Records.

  • U2

    Desire

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Straight Ahead

    • In The Heart.
    • BBR.
    • 006.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Love Is On The Line

    • Singing To Strangers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Madness

    House Of Fun

  • Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella

    Polaroid

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

    • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Lauren Daigle

    You Say

    • Look Up Child.
    • Centricity Music.

  • Usher

    U Remind Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Mabel

    Don't Call Me Up

    • High Expectations.
    • Polydor.

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • George Benson

    Give Me The Night

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 1.

  • Change

    Searching

    • 100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties.
    • Connoisseur.

  • James Morrison

    Feels Like The First Time

    • You're Stronger Than You Know.
    • Stanley Park Records.

  • Whitney Houston

    Million Dollar Bill

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Paul Oxley, vicar of St Mark鈥檚 in Milton Keynes:聽
My mate Steve recently told me about his new hobby: Bee-Keeping. I listened politely, wondering how often he gets stung and if he had ever tried one of those bee-beard things. But then he caught my attention with news of something horrible which he hoped to avoid. Steve said that sometimes an unexpected cold-snap can be deadly for the hive. The sudden drop in temperature causes the bees to hunker down in small groups for warmth. But if the group鈥檚 too small, or the cold weather lasts too long, the bees don鈥檛 make it. The heart-breaking thing is that they will usually die just centimetres away from food in their hive which would have helped them survive.聽
Beekeepers call this 鈥渋solation starvation鈥� As he said this I was captivated. I think I鈥檓 prone to something similar! To varying degrees, all of us have to struggle for mental wholeness. I鈥檝e never wrestled under the weight of depression or felt the nagging presence of lurking anxiety, but I have, like most of us I guess, been struck by days of doubt, worry or grief and that unnerving sensation that everyone else is doing life better than me. Often, my reaction is to hunker down alone in my mind, drink from the well of self-pity, listen to Alanis Morrisette albums and revel in isolation! One of the claims of Jesus I鈥檝e found helpful is the mysterious presence of God - available to anyone, anytime, anywhere, and is especially designed for those of us who find ourselves in need of peace, comfort or clarity.聽
One of the challenges of Jesus is to build a community defined by love, pre-emptively noticing the needs of our neighbour, so that nobody finds themselves isolated, unseen and misunderstood. And maybe this is the bit I need to hear today. At the moment I鈥檓 not afflicted by anxiety or depression, tomorrow I might be. So maybe my gift to today is to notice someone who is struggling. I can鈥檛 stop the hurt, but I can prevent isolation. Maybe in the future they鈥檒l do the same for me. This is the mark of a society which produces something truly sweet and is the kind of person I鈥檇 like to be.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 May 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2