This weeks Beauty for Ashes includes the Murrell/Sturgeon scandal in Scotland; Ireland and Iran; The British Museum cancels Israel; Country of the Week – Cambodia; Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner wants to protect pregnant men; Pride returns to Sodom and Gomorrah; The racist death of Henry Novak; Transgender Extremist who plants bomb in Melbourne spared jail; the Pope on AI; Newcastle Knights; Married at First Sight; Top ten guitarists – no. 6 Jimmy Page; Feedback; Iain McGilchrist on the need for Christianity; Jesus turns up on the Gold Coast; and the Final Word – Genesis 11:5-9 – with Bachman Turner Overdrive; Sinn Sisamouth; Preah Ang La Hor; Mike Zito; Kraftwerk; Led Zeppelin and Dave Henderson
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Catch up on last weeks episode here – Beauty for Ashes 33 – Freedom!
Some Recommendations from a listener….
“Windows of Heaven” presentation | Ken Boa. Think this is deeply moving and would be very good to share with anyone facing hardship or bereavement. P.S. You need to see this fullscreen: –
https://www.kenboa.org/windows-of-heaven/
A Faith Under Siege Documentary (2025) A very moving film about the persecution of evangelicals in Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E4gJWdsyAA
‘last thing’ Trump wants as disaster looms | Sir Bill Browder. Please seek out and listen to Bill Browder, whenever get a chance. I believe he is, just about, the most insightful interpreter of Russian and Ukraine matters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvJQyzjKWYQ
Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol – Some Things That Should NOT Have Been Forgotten! Harrowing, but a must watch. This is IN OUR TIME, ongoing, and not so far away… Have to ignore some of the language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niQX4vCn5V0
Silicone Curtain: Jonathan Fink interviews Jason Jay Smart. I’d say two of the most acute and reliable explicators on Russia/ Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDLT6cx-OqU
Hope you can get chance to watch, and these are of some use to you
I kept quiet last week. While strictly a Rockabilly artist, I took your inclusion of Carl Perkins as a glimmer of hope for your revival. Then this week. In the 70’s every kid who crossed the threshold of Biggars music store in Glasgow, tried out the guitars with Stairway to Heaven. It took over from House of the Rising Sun. Allow me to free up some of your busy schedule in the coming weeks.
5 Slash 4.Keith Richards 3.Eric Clapton 2. Albert Lee 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan.
You may never know the extent of the self sacrifice involved in my inclusion of number3.