The Soviet government joins in condemnation of its own invasion of Czechoslovakia i...
George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev declare that the Cold War is over.
Bush and Gorbachev begin their summit in Malta.
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the Vatican.
Record libel damages are awarded to the Conservative peer Lord Aldington.
Margaret Thatcher and Anthony Meyer submit their nominations for the Tory leadershi...
Czech PM Ladislav Adamec formally announces the end of the communists' monopoly on...
Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer-songwriter Morrissey.
An irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes. With Brian Cox and Robin...
Jolyon Jenkins investigates the Moorgate tube crash of February 1975.
Clive Anderson is joined by Dara O'Briain, Adrian Noble and Ruth Wilson.
Featuring an inventor who was strangled by his own invention. Read by Toby Longwort...
Ian Peacock explores time perception. Why does time seem to speed up the older you...
Mike Thomson on Churchill's desperate efforts to keep Spain out of the Second World...
Would a new name for schizophrenia help destigmatise the condition?
Russell Davies chairs the eighth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
Michael talks to ex social worker Nevres Kemal, who blew the whistle on Haringey Co...
Peggy Reynolds investigates the layers of mystery surrounding Larkin's much-loved p...
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
Matt Frei talks to Garrison Keillor about Thanksgiving and all things American.
Supermodel Erin O'Connor explores the nature of beauty.