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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 259 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 11th January 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen The Promise This show is built around a simple idea that’s anything but simple: the promise. We make them lightly when we’re young, more carefully as we grow older, and sometimes with trembling hands when Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 258 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 4th January 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen 2026: The Year of Living Courageously The New Year – a moment to pause, and look ahead with a little more heart than fear. This year isn’t about grand gestures or impossible resolutions. It’s about Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 257 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 28th December 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Resolutionaries This time of the year is when we look back ruefully and plan to do things differently next year. Normally the good intentions become goodbyes before the end of January, but for a brief Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 256 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 21st December 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Hour One Seasonal songs left out in the cold. These are the songs that didn’t make it down the chimney. There was no mince pies and certainly no carrots waiting for them. They languished in Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 255 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 14th December 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Secret Santa Songs Songs you never hear at Christmas.. This week the show is devoted to seasonal songs that have never troubled the chart and yet are at least as good as anything else on Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 254With Roy StannardOn Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FMSunday 7th December 2025 3-5pmwww.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen The Songs of Billy Blake William Blake’s life and work have moved many artists, musicians in particular. His influence has crossed genres: classical, punk, and folk musicians have walked through his doors of perception. He wrote ‘Jerusalem’, ‘Tyger, Tyger’ Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 253 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 30th November 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Rock School of Thought This week we move into the mystic where philosophy meets melody – from homespun wisdom to classical reflection, from desert travellers to street prophets. Each song in this journey asks a Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 251 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 16th November 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen The Enemy in Your Head Often, we create the contours of fear, anxiety, and limited horizons in our own heads. From Declan Donovan’s reflective ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ to Talk Talk’s early cries of dislocation, we map Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 250 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 9th November 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen The Long Goodbye The Long Goodbye was a Raymond Chandler 1953 novel ‘The Long Goodbye’ is a noir classic, later adapted into a 1973 film by Robert Altman. The phrase has since become shorthand for Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 248 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 26th October 2025 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Song tales and Snail trails We trace the shimmering snail trails of sound across the musical landscape – from Martin Quittenton’s Worthing Steamhammer origins to being the man who propelled Rod Stewart into the stratosphere, Read more
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