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Brussels on Edge
Correspondents' stories. In the wake of the attacks in Paris, nearby Belgium has been portrayed as a dysfunctional place with failing state structure…
10 years, 8 months ago
November in Paris
Foreign correspondents' stories. In this programme, Kevin Connolly talks of the dogged durability that got Parisians out to work again in the days af…
10 years, 8 months ago
The Smell of History
Analysis, observation, writing, storytelling. In this edition, the smells of a city's chequered history are resurrected in a shop in Serbia's capital…
10 years, 8 months ago
The Smell of History
Analysis, observation, writing, storytelling. In this edition, the smells of a city's chequered history are resurrected in a shop in Serbia's capital…
10 years, 8 months ago
North of Timbuktu
Fifty nations are contributing 14-thousand people to peace-keeping in northern Mali - and their abilities are being severely tested. The tourists hav…
10 years, 9 months ago
An Audible Gasp
Insight, wit and story-telling from reporters worldwide. In this edition, Gulf governments get paranoid as tensions pile up on their doorsteps and we…
10 years, 9 months ago
Turkey on Edge
What has happened to Turkey? Not so long ago it was held up as a model of Middle Eastern harmony, a successful mix of Islam and democracy. Mark Lowen…
10 years, 9 months ago
The Comedian President
Guatemalans, united by anger against violence and a political system riddled with corruption, have chosen a comedian to be their next president. Jimm…
10 years, 9 months ago
History's Long Shadow
Reporters' stories. In this edition: Kevin Connolly goes for an evening stroll in Jerusalem observing that the triumphs and disasters of the past are…
10 years, 9 months ago
A Murder at Number 48
Reporter despatches from far and wide. In this edition: Alastair Leithead on the wave of violence in the African state of Burundi connected to the pr…
10 years, 9 months ago