Beauty for Ashes

Quantum 293 - Who By Fire? Islamism, Gemini and Black Nazis, Cannibalism and more

This week we look at Islamism in Britain; Lee Anderson;  Charlotte Church; Scott Morrison; Google, Gemini and Black Nazis; Canada and 'Gender inclusive de mining; the Argentinian economy; Gaza and Biden; Ukraine and Navalny; Coal Exports from Australia; Mary Poppins; Cannibalism; Abortion in the UK; Marrying a Hologram; Fertility confusion; Guinness Records for Sale;  John Lennon's Bullet;  The Unfaithfulness of Ian Blackford;  Justin Currie and Parkinsons; SEEK - do you believe in talking snakes?  Young Sheldon and the Fine Tuning Argument; Psalm 43 with music from Vivaldi, Leonard Cohen, Mark Knopfler, Bach, John Lennon, Del Amitri, Psalm Singers.

Quantum 292 - Once in a Lifetime - including Navalny, Mongolia and US justice....

This week we look at the courage and Christianity of Navalny;  Mongolia; France outlaws vaccine criticism; Islamist intimidation in the House of Commons; Steve Wright no more; Fani WIllis, Mark Steyn and US justice; Virgin Island; John Lewis's Identity; Dr Phil on Trans; BBC promotes male 'breastfeeding'; Multiple Sclerosis Society bans elderly woman for saying men can't become women; Lyles and the Lion; The Lying Celebrity Vicar; Rave in the Nave; and the funeral of Glen Millburn with music from Talking Heads, The Hu, Del Amitri, Borodin, Planxty; Jean Baptiste Lully and Corey Voss

Quantum 291 - Super Bowl, Superstar

This week we examine the news/culture through the eyes of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift - including John Cleese; French farmers; Sensationalist weather reporting; Rotterdam's coal imports; genocide in the Congo;  500 Christians murdered in Nigeria; The Rohingya; Country of the week - Indonesia; Biden's memory;   Boris Johnson, Tucker Carlson and Ukraine;  Rafah, hostages and billionaire Hamas leaders;  Parental Rights in Canada; Clare Rewcastle Brown and Malaysia; Messi upsets China; Comedian expels Jew from theatre; the Aromantic flag; trans male sures for return of genitals from fridge; British countryside is racist; Peta and carousel horses; Doctor who calls for Hammersmith to be 'Jew free' is not racist; trans Anglo Saxons; Crossroads church kicks bible into touch; Regis banqueting; and SEEK - the Iphone Bible; with music from Taylor Swift, Bryan Ferry, Pink Floyd; Mahler; Albinoni and Sons of Korah

Quantum 290 - Ecocide, Genocide, Transocide, Geordicide

This week we look at the positives about Scotland, King Charles's Cancer; EU caves into farmers; Biden and 'Mitterand'; Nicky Haley in Nevada; Michelle O'Neill; Corruption in the EU parliament; Ecocide;  the growth of BRICS; El Salvador's NAyib Bukele; James Marriot on egalitarian, elitist, education; Woke Comedy; 'Gas the Jews', BBC 'Holohoax' employee fired; Police ban singing Christian songs outside church; Newcastle ban lesbian Terf;  'Don't tell them Pike'; The misinformation of Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard; Environment Agency bans 'mother and father';  Electricity; The Church and fake asylum seekers; SEEK 22; with music from Big Country, the Wurzels, Led Zeppelin; Simon and Garfunkel; the Magpie Geordie; Lindisfarne;  OMD; and the Spooky Mens' Chorale. 

Quantum 289 - The Scottish Special

This week we look at the history, culture, and politics of Scotland.  There are lessons for all of us in seeing how Scotland has changed, been blessed and declined.   We look at Scottish influence on the world; from psalms to paganism; Braveheart; the history of Scotland;  John Knox; Education; Abortion; Sir James MacMillan; The Chief Apologises; Woke Scotland; Nicola Sturgeon; Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre; Pregnant Men; Conversion Therapy; Authoritarian Scotland; The New Highland Clearances; Eilish McColgan and Andy Murray; the decline of the Church; and hope for the future.With music from the Peat Bog Faeries, Slim Dusty, St Peters Free Church, the Battlefield Band; Sir James MacMillan; the Average White Band; Deacon Blue; RunRig; Nazareth; and Steph Macleod. 

Quantum 288 - The Promise or the End of America?

This week we look at the most chilling political campaign in recent decades; Chinese censorship and Dr K in the UK; No human rights says Harari; Jo Pheonix wins Trans discrimination case; the ignorance of anti-Semitism; Bach's Coffee Cantata;  Port Talbot - a casualty of Net Zero; 'Drill Baby Drill"; Norman Jewison 'Fiddler on the Roof"; Russell Brand; IHOPKC, Mick Bickle, John Paul Jones and eating grass in St Andrews; SEEK 21 - the Book of Job; I know that my Redeemer Liveth...with music from the Beatles, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Bach and Handal

Quantum 287 - What really matters - including Denmark, Dawkins, Coffee and TB Joshua....

This week we look at volcanos in Iceland; climate change as the word of the year; the Panama Canal; Country of the Week - Denmark - immigration policy, religion, Babette's Feast, economy;  Taiwanese, Bangladeshi, Azerbaijani, Russian, American and North Korean elections;  John Cleese on liberalism;   Five Coffee facts;  Turks arrest Israeli footballer; Gary Linekar calls for ban on Israel in football; South Africa suspends cricket captain because he is Jewish; The World at War; Religion and Wars;  Richard Dawkins, Atheists and Augustine; 'Prophet' TB Joshua; SEEK 20 and Nothing Else Matters with music from Jefferson Airplane, the Danish National Anthem, Neil Young, U2 and BB King, Dire Straits, Dave Alvin, the Who and Metallica...

Quantum 286 - The Year of Elections

This week we look at beating Tetris; Cyclones; Proof of higher temperatures 2,000 years ago; the Scottish hybrid electric ferry; Taiwan; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Somaililand; Dutch Immigration; The US election and Donald Trump; Rewriting Robin Hood; One Life;  Covid origins; Choosing your religion and sex in the NHS; David Warner; JPR Williams; The Kaiser; David Soul; The Hairdressers who ask 'is it ok if I touch you?; Firefighters and gender; the Aztecs; Konstantin Krisin and 'Latinx'; Massacre in Nigeria; Rev Deanna Dudley; Bob Akroyd; SEEK 19 - Other Holy Books; 10,000 Reasons....with the help of Bach, Robert Plant and Patty Griffin, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, the Beatles, the Corries and Matt Redman

Quantum 285 - A New Beginning - Predictions for 2024

A new year means a new beginning - and a revamp for Quantum.   This week we look at Nostradamus predicting an earthquake in Japan; upcoming elections in the US, UK, Germany, France; immigration in Denmark; wars in Ukraine, Yemen, Israel, Lebanon; Claudine Gay resigns; Progressive media and the return of Ted Lasso; The trans bubble bursts in the US; England will win Euro 2024; Novak speaks Chinese; Luke Littler and the rise of darts; The Oscars go full woke; Munroe Bergdof represents British women;  the importance of Augustine; Pope Francis and Argentina;  with my Spotify top 100.....including music from Del Amitri, Bach, Christy Moore, Alena Cherny, Gustav Holst and 1,000 Israeli musicians and singers....

Quantum 283 - That was the Year that was - 2023

This week we review the major stories we covered in the past year - including Nicola Sturgeon; King Charles; The Voice; Geert Wilders; Ukraine; Climate Catastrophising; Trans fightback; Harvard Collapse; AI; Israel/Gaza - with sport (Australian cricket); Music (Taylor Swift) and Culture (Oppenheimer) and the Church (Tim Keller)....and the poetry of Joshua Luke Smith.   With help from Status Quo, Tina Turner, Armin Van Buren, Beethoven and Taylor Swift.