Roy Stannard
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https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roy-stannard/episodes/The-Whole-Nine-Yards-Ep-131-30-7-23-Carried-by-the-Wind-on-Mid-Sussex-Radio-103-8FM-e27ht3q The Whole Nine Yards Episode 131 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 30rd July 2023 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Carried by the Wind Throughout the globe, both wind and our words can either connect people or send them fleeing for physical or emotional safety. They can comfort or devastate. Whether a gentle ocean… Read more
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https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/episodes/The-Whole-Nine-Yards-Ep-73-19-6-22-French-Pressing-the-French-songs-that-crossed-the-Channel-e1k5p2r With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday June 19th 2022 3-5pm French Pressings France has a great reputation for many things (revolutions, stifling bureaucracy, snails) but pop music is not on the list. Despite being the country that produced the genius of Daft Punk, the breathtaking soundscapes of Air, and eccentric sixties… Read more
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https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/episodes/The-Whole-Nine-Yards-Ep-70-29-5-22-Beauty-Not-Skin-Deep-with-Roy-Stannard-on-Burgess-Hill-Radio-103-8FM-e1j7nqa The Whole Nine Yards Season 2 Episode 70 With Roy Stannard On Burgess Hill Radio 103.8FM Sunday May 29th 2022 3-5pm www.burgesshillradio.co.uk/listenlive Not Skin Deep. Creating a false reality in photoshopped images creates low self-worth. We’ve become immune to what media portrays, and have accepted the media-defined lie about what is considered beautiful. How… Read more
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THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/episodes/Lost-Immortals-Ep-161-24-4-22-with-Roy-Stannard-and-Matt-Staples-on-Burgess-Hill-Radio-103-8FM-e1hjq3g Ep 161 24.4.22 5-7pm on Burgess Hill Community Radio103.8FM with Roy Stannard and Matthew Staples www.burgesshillradio.co.uk/listenlive Like Brighton‘s West Pier some songs survive through the years, unloved and neglected until suddenly they are re-discovered and retrieve their beauty, but in a totally different way. Like seagulls… Read more
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Why we should all be more like Nobby Read more
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Grief is the trigger mechanism built into our complicated psychology that makes us aware of the broken world around us. We don’t rejoice in suffering, we do something about it. God sacrificed his son to save a seriously messed-up world. We can assume that this was not a joyful experience. Grief can save you. Read more
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The Importance of Small Things I’m tired of the grand gestures. The overblown bows in front of an invisible crowd The forgettable pomp and unnecessary circumstance The people-pleasing patinas on public faces. I’m tired of political windbags blowing a gale The Lèse-majesté torpor and the majestic mistakes The talking up themselves And the clown princes… Read more
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An unlikely musical partnership has emerged from a chance encounter between radio commercial manager and presenter Roy Stannard and carpet estimator Nick Potter who works at the Rustington branch of Tapi Carpets. Nick Potter arrived at Roy Stannard’s house in Burgess Hill early in 2015 to measure up for a carpet fitting but the conversation… Read more
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Who is like God? Love was the father and love the mother. You arrived in December, anticipating another Christmas A reward in yourself rather than a present A pilgrimage more than a journey Because we cannot find love in ourselves Only with another And you were the purest love The world of love in… Read more
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