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Author, presenter and retail expert Mary Portas joins Zoe to talk about her new book 'Rebuild: How to thrive in the new Kindness Economy', and there's more on The Big Bee Challenge

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Zoe is joined by Mary Portas to talk about her new book, George Hassell aka Green Fingered Geogre gives some more insights into Radio 2's Big Bee Challenge and there's a musical number to celebrate Showtunes Day.

Retail expert, author and presenter Mary Portas made her mark on the fashion retail world when she worked at Harvey Nichols as creative director. After making her name transforming Harvey Nichols into a global fashion destination, Mary launched Portas, her own creative company, with the mission to transform businesses into brands, places and spaces people want in their lives. 鈥� She鈥檚 been a regular on our TV screens, presenting 鈥楳ary Portas: Secret Shopper, 鈥楬ow To Shop With Mary, Queen of Shops鈥�, 鈥榃hat Britain Buys鈥�, Mary, Queen of the High Street鈥�, and 鈥楳ary鈥檚 Bottom Line鈥�. Her new book Rebuild鈥� is about how we can do it right and how it鈥檚 possible to build healthy businesses that do more good for the people, as well as the planet.

George Hassell was the first ever RHS Young Ambassador and has built up a following online as Green Fingered George. He catches up with Zoe as the deadline for Radio 2's Big Bee Challenge garden design competition looms closer. For more information on Radio 2's Big Bee Challenge visit this website /programmes/p09j4g1m.

It's also Showtunes Day, and Zoe plays one of her favourite musical numbers from the stage or screen.

Along with Clare Rumacres 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 a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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Tue 29 Jun 2021 06:30
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Music Played

  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Beverley Knight & Mark Knight

    Everything鈥檚 Gonna Be Alright (feat. London Community Gospel Choir)

    • (CD Single).
    • Toolroom.

  • Phil Collins

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • TLC

    Waterfalls

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Mirrors

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Sigrid

    Mirror

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Company Of A Chorus Line

    One

    • A Chorus Line.
    • Sony Classical.

  • The Coral

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • ELO - Out Of The Blue.
    • Jet.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Bad Habits

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Nathan Evans

    Told You So

    • CD Single.
    • Polydor.

  • The Supremes

    Baby Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Calvin Harris

    By Your Side (feat. Tom Grennan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Ashford & Simpson

    Solid

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Europa

    All Day And Night (feat. Madison Beer)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Marshmello & Jonas Brothers

    Leave Before You Love Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

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

  • New Order

    World In Motion

  • Justin Bieber

    Anyone

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.

  • SL2

    On A Ragga Tip

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.

  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Goldfrapp

    Ooh La La

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Griff

    One Foot In Front Of The Other

    • One Foot In Front Of The Other.
    • Warner Music.
    • 1.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I鈥檝e been really enjoying the running story on bees on the show.听听I discovered a couple of things about them that nobody told me when I was young.听听

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For example, they are excellent security guards!听听I had a friend who was restoring a small castle and the local lads kept turning up at night, vandalising the bits he was rebuilding, and breaking into the container where he stored his tools and materials.听听He tried everything 鈥� signs threatening all sorts of dire consequence, CCTV 鈥� nope, didn鈥檛 deter them.听听He was, however, a bee keeper so he hit on a brainwave 鈥� he moved his hives to the site. Well, the听lads never bothered him again!听听

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But the thing that fascinates me is that, apparently, bees can see ultra-violet light.听听They see colours that we can鈥檛.听听And, naturally, the flowers have evolved to emit those colours to attract them.听听So, when we see a yellow flower, it鈥檚 not really yellow 鈥撎齠or the bees听it鈥檚鈥� well鈥� blubalubalub 鈥� something we can鈥檛 see.听听And that鈥檚 the real colour, the yellow we see is irrelevant, it鈥檚 the blubalubalub which is its true colour.

听

Which, naturally, got me thinking.听听See this religion stuff that I believe in鈥ot everyone believes there鈥檚 a God, or that prayer has any effect, or even that there might be ghosts or anything beyond what we can see or figure out.听听But if the bees can see something beyond the human spectrum, and live their lives based on that, then maybe it鈥檚 not such a daft thing to have a faith, to believe in things we can鈥檛 entirely see or prove, to live life based on spiritual values; like trusting God, praying, living simply, giving stuff away, believing in life after death, forgiving your enemies鈥ove鈥o name but a few.

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And, of course, what I believe 鈥� and what I鈥檝e found - is that this spiritual dimension, seems to me to be every bit as real as the things I see and experience in the usual four dimensions, and like the bees I try to live my life based on what I see there.

听

Bees!听听They鈥檝e been overlooked, undervalued and turn out to be essential for life on the planet 鈥� hey! 鈥� that鈥檚 got me thinking again about faith!

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Jun 2021 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2