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Beauty for Ashes

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Beauty for Ashes
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  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 45 - Afghanistan, Earthquakes; and the Blooming Australian Desert

    17/08/2026 | 56 mins.
    This week we look at the Solar Eclipse; Earthquakes in Colombia and Indonesia; Is there famine in Gaza?  Islam in Tajikistan;  Country of the Week - Afghanistan; Islam in the US and the UK; Swedish injustice;  Ireland's anti-semitism grounds planes; German swimming pool apartheid; Australia's Maoist school children; Miatta Fahnbulleh's private school hypocrisy; fraud within the UK education,  health and justice systems; Edwina Currie suggests government provided brothels for illegal immigrants; Italian works of art recovered; Ritchie Blackmore feud with Deep Purple ends after 33 years;  Top ten classical - no. 9;  the death of Jason Arday; The great Isaiah Scroll; good news from Australia about the environment; Song of the Week - where do you go to my lovely? Feedback; 'prophetess' Katie Souza claims that her eggs have been harvested by Aliens; the Final Word - Psalm 63. 

    with music from  Elton John; Carole King; Aryana Sayeed ;  Pink Floyd; Don McLean; Deep Purple; Shostakovich;   NEEDTOBREATHE;  Peter Sarstedt;  and Wes Bayliss.
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 44 - Against the Wind - Hungary, Starkey and Liddle

    10/08/2026 | 54 mins.
    IN this weeks podcast  we look at David Starkey's analysis of what went wrong with the UK;  Delhi push for EV's;  Irish anti-semitism; Canadian Granny euthanised without consent; Country of the week Hungary;  The Cambridge fantasy; The Green rape apologist;  the Democrats move to the lunatic left in Michigan; Unsung Hero; the death of Rod Liddle; Top ten classical - no. 10 Brahms; China's population history;  AI Generates virusus ; Cutting down the Ecuadorian Amazon to save the Amazon; Song of the Week; Feedback; Benny Hinn; John Lennox; and the final word from Titus. with music from Jethro Tull, Mohammed Rafi, Marta Sebestyen; Hungarian Reformed Church; Bryan Ferry; Brahms; the Kinks; Bob Seger; and the Gaithers.
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 43 - Oxford, Cambridge, Fauci and South Korea

    04/08/2026 | 53 mins.
    This week we look at the craziness going on in some of the worlds top universities - including the Ceuta invasion; Country of the Week - South Korea;  The Oxford Union Islam debate; Humza Yousaf on Islamic dominance;  Police and Schools encourage Isalmism;  Boy George supports Israel;  The Walter Mitty world of Prof Jason Arday;  Left Wing Terrorism;  Women v. Men in sport; the death of Bill Oddie;  Fauci's silence; Bill Anderson on Bureaucracy; Feedback and The Final Word - Matthew 12:36-37 - and Johnny Cash's most important song. 

    with music from The Proclaimers; Johnny Cash; Supertramp; Boy George; BTS; The Blues Band; Coldplay
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 42 - The Faroes, Trumps Billions and the Odyssey

    27/07/2026 | 56 mins.
    This week we look at Lucy Powell's view of education; Elon Musk v. the Economist; Injustice in Finland; Two tier policing re BLM protestors; Country of the Week - the Faroe Islands; Trump makes billions in first year; the weird world of Woke; Islamist attack on Pride in Berlin; Gil and Hartig - the Smithsonian; Stirling Pride and the Churches; The UN appoints dictatorships to supervise human rights; NGO's funded by governments; more than 1,000 men in NSW 'become' women;  The ABC promotes sexual violence against Gina Reinhardt, and adultery; Megan Rapinoe and Sophie Cunningham; Kevin Keegan; Christopher Nolan's Oydssey; Classical composers and Murray Campbell; What's causing the heat in Europe?  Cairngorm fires;  Feedback; Why is there a 'no religion' campaign for the Australian census?  and the Final Word - the Lord's Prayer. with music from Chuck Berry; Eivor; Dire Straits; Tchaikovsky; The Spinners; John Mayer Trio; Etta James and the Latvian people.
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 41 - The Yackandandah Special!

    20/07/2026 | 43 mins.
    This week we look at whats going on in the world through the eyes of the Yackandandah mens camp!  Including Starmers farewell; the UK bans Paivi Rasanen; the World Cup ends; Josh Kerr breaks world record; Country of the Week - South Africa; Jillian Spencer vindicated;  Amnesty International against Human Rights; Scottish teacher banned for answering question about abortion;  Reproductive violence taught at University training course;  Sam Neill dies;  Feedback;  Niall Ferguson admits failure on anti-semitism; the Church of England fails on anti-semitism;  and the Final Word; with music from Chuck Berry, the Battlefield band, POD, the Soweto Gospel Choir, JJ Cale,  ZZ Top, the Wurzels, the J Geils Band, and the Byrds
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About Beauty for Ashes
David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective - this podcast was known as Quantum of the Wee Flea.    Now it has been turned into a radio programme with Rhema FM.   
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