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Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.

Time Travels: Covenanting Martyrs and Unidentified Human Remains

Covenanting Martyrs and Unidentified Human Remains

BBC Radio Scotland - Time Travels, Covenanting Martyrs and Unidentified Human Remains

Susan Morrison mines the rich depths of Scotland's past.

From knights in shining armour to the launch of the QE2, plus some fiery modern archaeology, join Susan Morrison for another century-crossing expedition.

Comedian and history enthusiast Susan Morrison heads to Glasgow's Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons to find out from digital heritage officer Kirsty Earley what happened when only the posh could afford pain relief in childbirth and how prime minister's wife Lucy Baldwin tried to change that.

Travelling to or from Glasgow on the M8? That little church you pass at Kirk of Shotts hides a sad story from the 17th century in its graveyard. Dr Mark Jardine tells Susan about the martyr graves of the radical Covenanters and a strange find he made as a child nearby.

What happens when you find a skeleton or a skull? Archaeologist David Connolly tells Susan about the times when archaeologists call the police and the police call archaeologists.

Our World War I at home story this week is a second chance to hear Brian Taylor's story of Arthur Woodburn, the Secretary of State for Scotland who started his political career as a conscientious objector in the grim old prison which was razed to become the site of St Andrew's House.

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