Cold War
How the Big Stick, spy balloons and Thurso played a key role in the Cold War
January 6, 2024
My Cold War childhood: Northern historian on fear of nuclear winter and being ‘blown to smithereens’
April 10, 2023
Unearthing the Cold War experiment where spy balloons were sent from Evanton to the Eastern Bloc
February 10, 2023
George Mitchell: There are airports and there are airports…
November 26, 2022
Scott Begbie: Cold War dreaded hand of Armageddon is back on all our shoulders
September 28, 2022
Protect and survive: When Scotland was braced for nuclear war in the 1980s
March 1, 2022
David Knight: Putin’s dangerous game could escalate into all-out war by accident
January 30, 2022
Chris Deerin: Nuclear threat was nothing compared to the eco-anxiety today’s children face
October 11, 2021
Premium Content
Paul Dukes: Aberdeen University Professor and Russian history expert dies aged 87
October 5, 2021
Secrets of Slains: Delving into north-east coast’s captivating past
July 14, 2021
Aberdeen firm creates Russian signs after urgent request from Tetris film crew
February 24, 2021
Aberdeen firm creates Russian signs after urgent request from Tetris film crew
February 24, 2021
Military maps show how the German and Russian armies knew all about Aberdeen
February 15, 2021
Council reveals Aberdeen filming locations of Tetris as raft of road closures announced
February 9, 2021
Readers’ Letters: Time for world to join together
February 4, 2021
Scott Begbie: All The President’s Men… the good, the bad and the horrific
November 12, 2020
RAF Edzell: Remembering the lost Cold War spy base in North Angus
September 22, 2020
How the north-east of Scotland became a target for the Stasi at the height of the Cold War
September 2, 2020
Scott Begbie: When the Cold War threatened a fiery Armageddon to end mankind – and banging tunes
June 25, 2020
The Moray boy who grew up to become a Cold War spy
May 3, 2020
The spy and the politician: New programme explores very different paths chosen by Islanders Donald MacLean and Iain Macleod
December 23, 2019
St Kilda: ‘Some see it as a sad place, but I marvel at its incredible vibrancy and beauty’
November 25, 2019
RAF squadron looks to oil and gas sector to bolster ranks
June 13, 2019
How the Russian Army drew up plans for Aberdeen invasion in 1980s
October 16, 2018