How blues music travelled from southern USA to the heart of British pop and rock culture.

The usual mix of contributors, reviews and jokes as Charlie peruses the news channels.

How C19th scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was beset by false starts.

Don and Betty have a weekend in Rome to check out Conrad Hilton's hotel.

A six-year-old girl living in Afghanistan wants to go to school to learn some jokes.

Simon Russell Beale visits Germany and Austria to explore the work of Brahms and Bruckner.

Andy Hamilton, Reginald D Hunter and Martha Kearney decide if experts' theories are valid.

What might it be like to be a horse? Not just any horse, but a racehorse in Ireland?

A middle aged crooner sees a woman in the audience and decides to engineer a meeting.

Profile of Dennis Wilson, the drummer in the Beach Boys, who drowned aged just 39.