In episode 2 we look at the question of bias; are Jews welcome in Birmingham? Birmingham Imam instructs congregation on how to stone women; Jewish children in Germany need armed guards to go to school; Victorian police have had enough of Far Left rioters; Robbing the Louvre; ChatGPT goes 'adult'; Dundee beat Celtic; Country of the Week - Sweden; Bill Maher on Swedish immigration; Robert Irwin and LGBT symbols; Nottingham University wants to decolonise Lord of the Rings; Anglicans Split; Is there Revival in the US? Isaiah 61:1-4

with music from ABBA; 10CC; Roxette; Swedish Lutheran Chant; Steph Macleod and Celtic Worship.

Welcome to the first episode of Beauty for Ashes - in conjunction with Rhema Newcastle we are putting out a weekly radio programme and then this podcast. It will follow the same pattern as Quantum of the Wee Flea - looking at news, culture, religion, sport and music from throughout the world.

This week we look at Trump's Gaza piece; Drugs in Estonia; Indoctrination in a Dorset school; JK Rowling on Changing her mind and God; Senator Clare Chandler and Andy Cody; Country of the Week - Indonesia; the Ashes; and the Final Word from Isaiah 61 with music from the Who; the Verve; Fun Boy Three; Iwan Fals-Bongkar; Ku Nyanyi Haleluya; Booker T and the MGs; and Hillsong;

This is a special edition of the Islam special....we have removed the localised and time limited references and a bit of the music....so that it is something that can be used as an ongoing resource. Tom Holland on the incompatibility of Islam with Western liberal democracy; Douglas Murray and James Orr on Muslim immigration; Mousa Kadri; Spencer Fildes on the new blasphemy law; What happens if you leave Islam? The genocide against Christians in Nigeria; Country of the Week – Afghanistan; Israel and Gaza; Sharia Law in the UK; Islam in Australia; The Rape Gangs; Islamic Education; Christian Apologist murdered in France; The Church and Islam- Andy Bannister and Sam Green; with music from Yusuf, Karl Jenkins; Afghan Christian Worship; Bachman Turner Overdrive; Bob Dylan; and Chris Tomlin.