GeezerVisonThe World Wide Web, restored to 800 pixels of glory. |
| Home|About|Gaming cabinet|Archives|How it works|Starter sites |
GeezerVison is showing www.bbc.co.uk — BBC Radio 2 - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Oscars and The Kebab Awards Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available
Oscars and The Kebab AwardsChris speaks to the BBC's LA correspondent Peter Bowes with live Oscars reaction and we hear from the newly crowned Best Chef at the 2017 British Kebab Awards, Maz Demir. Show moreChris speaks to the BBC's LA correspondent Peter Bowes with reaction to The Oscars and the accidental awarding of Best Picture to La La Land. In other big award news, we speak to the newly crowned Best Chef at the 2017 British Kebab Awards, Maz Demir, and Chris samples one of his signature dishes. Plus we find out about Vassos' own claim to Oscar fame, the team discuss different types of milk and Father Brian D'Arcy makes a rare visit to the studio for today's Pause For Thought. Show less2 hours, 59 minutes Last on
Mon 27 Feb 2017
06:30
BBC Radio 2
Clips
Music Played
Pause for ThoughtFrom Father Brian D’Arcy, a Catholic Passionist priest: The conversation everywhere today is understandably about the winners and losers at the Oscars. I was hoping Ruth Negga would win Best Actress for her performance in “Loving”, not just because she’s Irish but because of the power of the true-life story behind “Loving”. Richard and Mildred Loving went through agonies to have their interracial marriage recognised in the United States in the 60s. Richard and Mildred had to leave their home State of Virginia and move to Washington to be married in 1958. Interracial marriage was forbidden in Virginia; five weeks after the couple returned home, police broke into their bedroom and arrested them in the middle of the night. Their crime was loving each other enough to celebrate an interracial marriage. The judge found them guilty and ordered them to leave Virginia or go to jail. For ten years they lived in Washington and cared for their three children. Encouraged by civil rights progress, Mildred wrote to Attorney General Robert Kennedy. He helped them find two young lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court in 1967. The judges unanimously ruled that State laws prohibiting mixed marriage were unconstitutional and the country’s last remaining Segregation Laws were wiped away. The Loving’s life story on film could have been full of self-righteous histrionics. Instead it’s a quiet, reserved and beautiful study of how love thrives and marriage survives under unbearable pressures. Two ordinary people, madly in love, achieved something extraordinary. They really lived out the Bible’s advice ‘hatred causes conflict but love conquers all.’ “Loving” deliberately concentrates on how an unjust, cruel law affects the day to day lives of innocent people – their relationships, where they could make their home, how they raised their children. Mildred was softly spoken, shy, demure, yet incredibly strong-willed. She was never afraid to speak the truth. She reminds us that the world is changed by people of principle who make huge contributions in unassuming ways. The Loving’s survived because they had an absolute conviction about the value of doing the right thing. They weren’t martyrs or saints, just good, decent people. The kind of people we can all be - if we so decide. Broadcast
Related Content |
| You are visitor 01402503 — GeezerVison does not store the pages you look up. Best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.7 or Internet Explorer 6 at 800×600. No cookies required. |