East Germany elects a new leader amid fears the country is sliding into lawlessness...
We hear from a witness to the first ever execution by lethal injection in a US jail...
Katie Hickman tells how British diplomats' wives were advised to deal with their se...
Billy Kay revisits some of his archive features exploring the Scottish diaspora.
Chris Ledgard examines the work of iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Scottish history, introduced by Bill Innes.
Katie Hickman reveals how foreign menus were a challenge for some diplomatic women.
Ruth explores the losses which Darwin experienced in his life and their effect on h...
Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the Communist Party faces the threat of extinction.
Gwrthryfelwyr Cymreig ar hyd y canrifoedd. Welsh rebels over the centuries.
The climbers who stopped short of the top of one of the world's highest mountains.
Katie Hickman reveals how the British diplomats' wives coped with medical matters a...
Czechoslovakia's first non-communist majority government in 41 years is sworn in.
On 11 December 1945 the so-called 'Beast of Belsen' was executed for war crimes.
Comedian Susan Morrison investigates a 1775 guide to women in the sex trade.
Events 100 years ago in the Highlands.
Katie Hickman reveals how the diplomats' wives juggled official duties with home li...
Ruth Padel explores the way in which Darwin learned to become a writer.
The forced repatriation of the Vietnamese Boat People begins.