Beauty for Ashes

We look at some predictions and trends that have come true....the dumbing down of elite Universities; Bill Maher; the rise of anti-Semitism; the lengthy war in Ukraine; Covid - lockdown and masks; the EU Empire; Why Net Zero is not going to happen; The Woke World; Kemi Badenoch v. Kate Osbourne; Ryan O'Neal and Love Story; The Photographer Graeme Hutton; Squid Game reality show; Human beings used to live longer; Church of England divorces from the Bible; SEEK 17 and Stephen Fry; with music from Fishermen's Friends, Marvin Gaye, Edwin Starr, Gary Numan, Pentatonix, and Dan Vasc

This week we look at media self-censorship in Ireland; Venezuela and Guyana; the dumbing down of Scottish and Australian teenagers; Volcanoes in Indonesia; Janita Castro; Kim Jong-Un on raising children; buying supermodel babies; Hamas on the Balfour Declaration; Islamic sermons; Harvard and Penn leaders on calling for genocide against Jews; progressive feminists silence on abuse of Jewish women; the Two Ronnies on confused sport; King Charles and the theology of climate change; Robot preachers; and cancelling Christmas in Bethlehem; with music from Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl, Cuatrombone, Brenda Lee, Status Quo, Kraftwerk, Jeremy Camp and Theocracy!

This week with the help of Status Quo we look at Climate Change (Joe Biden pumps more oil, Aussie protesters at the largest coal port in the world, green vandals cleared, Net Zero costs in the UK, Humza Yousaf at COP28) ; Ireland (Senator O'Reilly, Leo Varadkar on Israeli hostages, assaults and riots in Dublin, Conor McGregor, 'too white' Ireland, the Irish economy); Israel/Gaza (Kay Burley, American progressives supporting Hamas, Australian Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Jews in the Bin, the Chilling Owen Jones); the Woke World (Dr Who, Furries on the BBC, NHS trans row); Hypocrisy (Oxfam and Socialist teens); World News (NSW euthanasia, Kissinger's death, Ukraine, Burkina Faso) ; Church (persecution in India and the TikTok Quran fashion); SEEK 16 - the death of a child; Behold the Man..

This week we look at elections in Argentina and the Netherlands; the cease fire in Gaza; BBC coverage of Gaza; Sex education in Scotland; Scotland's Jews; closing Grangemouth; Finland's Pavi Rasanen; The Crown and the Cult of Diana; Staffordshire Police police language; the Trans Roman Emperor; the Archbishop of Canterbury and Hinduism; Australia win cricket world cup; No more lads and lasses at Newcastle FC; the rich and climate change; Guardian funding....and our featured album is Leonard Cohen's 'Popular Problems' with other music from Julie Covington and the Laughing Policeman - Enjoy...!

This week's is a special - we look at the recent big conference held in London - the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship - with contributions from Paul Marshall on capitalism; Niall Ferguson on democracy; Bjorn Lomberg on climate change; Erica Komisar on raising children; Samuel Andreyev on music; Jordan Peterson on heaven and hell; Jonathan Pageau on the supreme Good; and Makoto Fujimura on art. With music from Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen; John Lennon; Mumford and Sons; Bob Dylan and Sovereign Grace

This week we look at the Beatles new song; the White Album; Gaza/Israel; Netanyahu and the Amalekites; Ben Shapiro answering Oxford students; Australian Islamism; Cancelling Anne Frank in Germany; Met Police advisor; Ohio abortions; Swifties and BTS in Argentinian politics; featured country - Jordan; Woke bird watchers; Problematic books in Cambridge libraries; Maxwells Magic; SEEK 15 - Euthanasia; Remembrance Sunday and Abide with me.

This week we reflect on the death of Matthew Perry; Kamala Harris and AI; the rise of anti-semitism; featured country - Egypt; banning picnics; Scottish judges and women; South Africa win the rugby world cup; Seek 14 - Why is my family not Christian?; Joshua Luke Smith at the ARC conference; with music from Pink Floyd, the Cave Church, Bing Crosby and the Gettys.

This week we look at the issue of creating a brave new world - through transhumanism. Belgium's deputy PM argues for Brave New World; Argentina - country of the week; Pierre Polievre schools a journalist; Bill Maher on elitist US universities; Pauline Hanson goes progressive on SSM; Bobby Charlton; the one day cricket world cup; Ronnie Barker; Ben Shapiro and the 'A-woman' congressman; SEEK 13 - The Good Lie - and the Hiding Place; Here we Stand...With music from Lindisfarne; David Essex and Jeff Wayne; Iron Maiden; Dave Whitcroft.....

This week we hear an extraordinary testimony of a nurse in Israel; who bombed the hospital in Gaza? Is Australia racist? Misinformation about misinformation; Looking at New Zealand; Five Times August - There ain't no Rock and Roll; Tusk returns in Poland; Jailing for misgendering; Pastor Greg Locke's heresy; Andy Bathgate....with our featured album - The Greatest Hits of Simon and Garfunkel....

This week we look at the dreadful events in Israel and Gaza....how should we respond? Psalm 23; Including news from France, Afghanistan, Myanmar; Album of the Week; Rivkah Brown; Ross Greer; Banning Smoking in the UK; Net Zero being abandoned; Keir Starmer's speech; Australian Jews under attack; The Voice; Harvard's anti-Semitism; BLM supports terror; Hilary and deprogramming; Candace Owens; Lawrence Fox; The Exorcist; Neighbours; The Roman Empire; Michael Palin; The Rugby World Cup - Scotland and Ireland; SEEK 12; and Psalm 122 with music from the Cranberries, Beethoven, Led Zeppelin; and Free Church singers.