Beauty for Ashes

This week we look at the US elections; Polygamy in California; Sweden's Islamic minister for education and integration; Birminghams anti-semitism; The Congo; Nada at Ted; The Irish President on Baptism;  North Korea and Crypto Theft; Australia and the Manosphere; Main Causes of Death in Australia; More German Rules/Censorship; Traitors to Sheep; Whatever Happened to the Human Race? The Great Onion Sell Off; The Poet Bob Dylan; Feed Back; Iron Maiden and Christianity; Martyrdom; and the Final Word from Matthew 24:35....with music from Iron Maiden; Creedance Clearwater Revvial;  Fally Ipupa; Moise Mbiye; Muddy Waters; Ralph Stanley; Bach; Booker T and the MGs; Bob Dylan;  The Gettys and Matt Boswell;

This week we look at the endless cruise ends; Constitutional crisis in Poland; Deadlock in Israeli elections;  The French 'far right/left' killing;  Scotlands paid non jobs; Abortion promises in Victoria;  Country of the week - Serbia; Mbappe and Mao; Fined for letting your teenager work with you in the UK; Patrick Stewart and Walter Koenig;  Australian government Paedophile website;  Islamaphobia and Armistice Day in Tower Hamlets; 'Jew Free' in Sweden; MSF cancelled by the Swiss over abuse allegations; German raped girl accused of misgendering her attacker;  Chick-Fil-A arrives in Scotland;  Harald Bluetooth; the first personalised cancer vaccine;  Poetry - Les Murray; Feedback; Election biding war for Hindu temples in Victoria; Jordan killers named; American pastors celebrate their polygamy; and the Final Word - 1 Peter 5...with music from Fleetwood Mac; Rod Stewart; Lore Track; Dire Straits;  Ceca; Thunderclap Newman; Tim Hawkins; and   The Red Clay Strays;

This week we look at the riots in France; Heather Tomlinson v. Andrew Neil; Attack on an Australian politician; Saudi Arabian Executions; Country of the Week - Croatia; Glasgow museum wants permission from the dead mummies;  Gillian Mackay and eradicating Israel; Swedish education returns to pen and paper; an expensive San Fransisco Toilet; Snowy 2:0 price blows out; BBC Bitesize propaganda; Hamas apologist now senior BBC advisor; The Buddy Holly Story; Wisdom from Stephen PRessley; Giorgi Nemzadse;  Danish turbines v. Swedish nuclear; Fishing and Pubs in Scotland; The Scented Internet; Feedback; poetry from Leonard Cohen; a New Christian School in Cessnock; the Final Word. with music from The Clash; Scott Mackenzie;  Oliver Dragojevic;  The Bangles; Buddy Holly; Nirvana; Leonard Cohen;  Shane and Shane;

This week we look at Russian interference; The EU 'anti Russian' censorship; Why are the number of teens identifying as gay falling?  What is causing high diesel prices?  Discipline in Danish schools; Country of the Week - India; Christians demonstrate for Israel in Amsterdam; Muslim woman demands polygamy in Scotland; Mandani says Amen to death prayer; Somali rapist wins court case against NHS; County Councillor disciplined for opposing sex stall at childrens library; 100th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh; Paid to applaud; Sweden returns to cash; Fake indigenous story blocks gold mine in Australia; Poetry from Rabbi Burns; Feedback and the Final Word - with music from Boney M; CW McColl; Guns ‘n’ Roses; Ravi Shankar; Banke Stuti and Anish Masih; Mahler; Abba;  Supertramp; City Alight

This week we look at the Cockroach Party;  Trump's Diesel Deal with Russia; Houthis attack Saudi Arabia;  Pilay wins Nobel Peace Prize;  Progressives celebrate Oct 7th in Amsterdam; Humza Yousaf defends his response to Oct 7th; Andy Burnham v. Kemi Badenoch; Country of the Week - Singapore;  City Harvest Church Scandal; Dundee Girls vindicated; The first left wing terrorist in the UK? Mothin Ali, Robin Harper and the Greens;  FlyDubai attacker radicalised in Melbourne Mosque; Lucy Connolly and two tier justice again; Shabana Mahmood states that every woman travelling illegally to the UK has been raped; a teenager in Australia who raped an 18 year old walks free because he was an immigrant; Oxford City Council declares that biological sex is not scientific; Kate Blanchett interview on the BBC; Angus Young's faithful marriage; No. 1 Classical - Beethoven's sixth; The attempt to replace God at the French Revolution;  NSW Judge rules that coal plant must close; Poetry Keats  - Oh, How I Love a Summers Day; Feedback; Rev Brandon Robertson; and the Final Word - with Joshua Luke Smith.  with music from Matchbox; Black Sabbath;   JJ Lin; Sun Ho; Bryan Ferry;  ACDC; Beethoven; Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers