The TV historian, 56, reflects on the debt he owes to his determined mother, the history of guns, and why the next series of The Celebrity Traitors should be just as good as the first one…

10 MARCH

When Sue Dawson lost her partner of 50 years, she thought the future they’d planned together had vanished forever. Instead, through grief, she found unexpected strength – and a whole new way of living

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In 2001, the suicide of Big Country ’s Stuart Adamson shocked music fans all over the world. How had the man once lauded by DJ John Peel as ‘Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix’ ended up taking his own life? In an exclusive extract from a new book, we look at the inside story of their debut album The Crossing .

When Alvina Menzies’ life unravelled, it was in silence that she found answers. Now she’s helping others…