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From 'Chewin' the Fat' to 'River City', one of Scotland's best-known comedy actors, Karen Dunbar, joins Cathy Macdonald to talk about growing up in Ayr, sexual identity, and her diverse acting career.

As Sistema Scotland celebrates its 10th birthday, we look at the achievements of the Big Noise orchestra that's transformed the lives of some of those living in Scotland's poorest areas; with Jennifer Nicholson, a teacher who has been there from the beginning, and two young Big Noise musicians, Annie McCaskell and David Church.

Empowering, connecting, dangerous and out of control - these phrases have all been used to describe the internet. Ahead of Safer Internet Day, Jess McBeath, an online safety consultant, student David Chipakupaku, and mother of two teenagers Joanna Hyman, discuss how safe a space the internet is for our young people.

On February 5th 1918 the American troop-ship Tuscania was sunk by a German U-Boat seven miles off Islay, only to be followed by another tragedy 8 months later, when the troop carrier Otranto sank in a collision to the west of the island. More than six hundred lives were lost in total. We hear how this small remote community rallied in response, with stories collated by writer Les Wilson in his book 'The Drowned and the Saved, When War Came to the Hebrides'.

As Minimalist February gets underway, Cathy speaks to friends Fiona Stewart and Ely Wapler who are undertaking a daily decluttering challenge during the month, and hoping that whilst they get rid of 'stuff', they'll be creating space for more important things - which actually aren't 'things' at all.