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Facebook's 20th anniversary: ​​3 billion people connected around the world. A lot has changed since Facebook emerged 20 years ago, in 2004. From a modest social network created by students in a Harvard dorm, it has transformed into a gigantic platform for global connection between billions of people. We celebrate and analyse how it has changed the world.

What IS going on with God and Christianity these days. Beryl and Pete have the answers.

Did Jesus make a mistake or is it that we ar out of step. An interesting analysis of current trends.

WIth Cocaine being found in the US White house home and offices of its president, can we now say that the wolrd if falling apart, officially? With noone being held accountable can we say that integrity in public life has completely evaporated? Is the cocaine part of Hunter Biden's private stash? Beryl and Pete give informed comment and opinoni.

Is Taiwan the real China?

Dying, that is the last thing I shall do.

The Church of England bishops and members of the recent General Synod meeting (held on the 6th to 9th February 2023) upheld the concept of endorsing, affirming, blessing, and celebrating same-sex relationships. This is dangerous because it is at odds with the traditional view and the the accepted doctrines of the church. Here Pete, after an intro by out Station Manager Norman Polden, interviews Andrew Harrison. Andrew recently wrote an article addressing this issue, asking the crucial question: what does the BIble say on this topic?Andrew's article has been posted in full here on Pete's blog.Listen right through to the end this is a fascinating episode with specific conclusions. What is your view? Comment below.

There's a slimmed down monarchy in England, how is that looking?

Impartial and cool is the western culture style, but is that the only way?

In a great success story for a union, traffic wardens are getting big pay rise. Is this good news?

President Xi's parting words to Vladimir Putin: caught by the camera at the end of a state dinner ending his visit to Moscow last week, might appear spontaneous, but they were surely rehearsed.“Right now there are changes, the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years,” Xi told Putin through an interpreter. “And we are the ones driving these changes together."Is this friendlieness between these two powerful countries, at odds with the US and the west, good or bad for world peace?

Should our museums celebrate every culture? Or should national museums celebrate the culture they are in?

How come the BBC, the offical broadcaster in the UK, bowed to the woke agenda of one of its employees? Are they a bunch of pussies?#Lineker

Ofcom has found the Mark Steyn programme which aired on GB News on 21 April 2022, in breach of our broadcasting rules when he was simply passing on govenrmnet statisitics. How far should the the reach of #Ofcom extend?

#KateForbes, one of the leading candidates to become Scotland's new First Minister, risked destroying her leadership campaign on the day it was launched after declaring she is against gay marriage.Scotland's Finance Secretary, who on Monday officially announced her candidacy to replace Nicola Sturgeon, said she would have opposed the equal marriage law passed by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) in 2014.Ms Forbes was not an MSP at the time the legislation passed through Holyrood. Wouldnt it be great to have a commited Christian as a leader?

Did Putin want all of Europe?

Beginning with street interview Pete has been asking the controversial all important question for years: what does #jesus mean to you?

The #LSE has stated that the academic session names #Michaelmas Term, Lent Term and Summer Term will be amended to Autumn Term, Winter Term and Spring Term, respectively. Additionally, Christmas break has been changed to Winter break, while Easter Break has been renamed to Spring Break. This decision was made by the School Management Committee following consultations and discussions which took place last term. Is this the beginning of a slippery slope?

The martyrs of Small Heath, a football story,

A #sermon that made an impact, controversial indeed.

In this advanced technology era, social media is fast becoming a prominent part of everyone's life especially young adults. Many of these individuals spend vast amounts of time on various platforms which exposes them to various vices. How can we fight back against the pernicious and pervasive influence of social media?

In the midst of a cold snap this winter where are the much vaunted effects of CO2 carbon dioxide emissions and #globalwarming when you need them?

Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The name was adopted from Latin adventus "coming; arrival", translating Greek #parousia. In the New Testament, this is the term used for the Second Coming of Christ. But it begins by not thinking about Christmas at all - weird but strangely satisfying.

What's all this about praying for the dead? That's not Christian surely? Beryl and Pete investigate.

When governments lean towards socialism they end up evil. Discuss.

A sudden big freeze could be on its way to the UK before Christmas and it could catch Brits off-guard and unprepared after one of the mildest Autumns ever recorded. What is the Christian response?

The Festival is a commemorative event dedicated to all those that have served and sacrificed from Britain and the Commonwealth. This years event was broadcast on TV - it seemed to be more about poetry and inclusiveness than the Gospel - how Christian was it and how Christian should it be?

The ex-archbishop Roawan Williams opined recently that the church needed to be edgy on climate change. But is that right, should the church be edgy?

The era of Charles III, ie now, is looking to be historic. Lets set it in context.

The Church of England leadership are encourging local churches to discuss the book Living in Love and Faith. It is on same sex relationships, is ‘Living in Love and Faith' just a way to force compromise?

One of the main tenets of Christianity is that people are encouraged to join: to become Christians? But what exactly does that entail? Does it involve baptism? How about being filled with the Spirit? And how does the sinner's prayer fit into it? Beryl and Pete delve deep into this important topic.

There is growing evidence that parts of Islam's holy book are derived from pre-existing Christian Aramaic texts that were misinterpreted by later Islamic scholars who prepared the editions of the Koran commonly read today. Was all of Islam originally Christian? Join the conversation and leave a comment below.

Met Police apologises to Christian preacher Hatun Tash an ex muslim and pays £10,000 in damages after she was wrongly arrested at Speakers' Corner having been subject threats and physical intimidation by Islam enthusiasts. Who is in the right?

Its war ever justified? The just war theory is a largely Christian philosophy that attempts to reconcile three things: taking human life is seriously wrong. states have a duty to defend their citizens, and defend justice. It has been adapted into a modern concept of just war in United Nations documents.Zelensky and Putin are both leading countries into war, but is it a just war?„Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won: the bravery of my troops hitherto saved me from the greater evil; but to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expens of so many gallant friends, could only be termed a heavy misfortune but for the result to the public.“ — Was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, right?

The question of how "The Crown" Netflix series is to depict the fatal Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana and her boyfriend, maybe fiancé, Dodi Fayed (Khalid Abdalla)may finally be getting answered. “The exact moment of the crash impact will not be shown,” a Netflix spokesperson told The Sun this week. But is any depiction of her death a step to far, is Britain still mooring? And what of her sons?

When we hear of how poor deluded people in history were taken in by obvious lies, we can forget that we do the same today...

New Bishops, Anglican but NOT Church of England to evanglisee England? What is going on? There is a sort of method in the apparent madness.

We just can't get it right with our politics, but is it all the fault of us the electorate? Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, all Prime Minister in the past few months, are an expression of a British political disease...

Political leaders in the UK are more likely to be religious believers than the population at large sometimes, as in the case of Blair and Thatcher, say that it is the driving force in their lives. But what of our current political leaders? Do they go to church? Are they Christian? What is the idea?

As Prince Harry reveals his memoir is entitled 'Spare', he has evoked the phrase 'heir and the spare', which dates back to the 12th century. How does the work out in practice? And is it fair?

In the past Britain sent many missionaries to convert the heathen. Do we now need missionaries ourselves. Look at what's happening...

Eco-churches are all the rage, and encouraged in the Church of England by Dioceses. What is an eco-church and how exactly does it support gospel work?

In the conflict between Ukraine and Russia there is an assumption expressed in much of western media that Russian is bad because it does not hold to the west's cultural values. But is that right? Why should others adopt our values and not vice versa? Is Russia more Christian than us?

An ex catholic monk has had a gay wedding - is his wedding a sacrament?

Having bought the book "The New Puritans" by Andrew Doyle Pete take's its central thesis, that the west has a new religion of Woke-ism and asks Beryl, does this mean we in the West are the bad guys, and not Russia et al?

It's widely reported that Giorgia Meloni now voted in as the prime minister of Italy, fascism has returned to Italy. But is this right? What's happening to politics?

This has to be one of the biggest deceptions perpetrated: the existence of demons, evil spirits, are for the most part screened out of church history. What is the truth about demons? And what can be done about these infernal beasts?

If the second Elizabethan era drew to a close on the 8 September, the second Carol or Carolean age began on Saturday 10 September with the accession of Charles III. Prior to that we – or more accurately our ancestors – have lived through Georgian, Edwardian and Victorian times to name but a few of the various ‘ages' in England, branded by the sovereign at the time.What will this new Carolean age be like?

The sexual revolution was a disaster, and the main losers in the aftermath of it in todays world are women. Beryl and Pete discuss.Please comment below.

Radio is very popular and far from dying out it is by some metrics the most popularly consumed audio content. Beryl and Pete take a victory lap.