Europe

Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery on March 2nd, 1978.

Anthea Gerrie explores a remarkable excavation, a Roman surgeon’s house in Rimini.

Suzanne Bardgett, director of the Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, reports on this ambitious new facility which opened in October.

Andrew Boxer considers explanations for France’s disastrous foreign policy between the wars.

Julius Ruiz evaluates Franco’s role during the conflict.

A century ago international anarchists were causing public outrage and panic with their terror tactics. Matt Carr considers the parallels with al-Qaeda today.

Continuing his series on how cartoonists have seen events great and small, Mark Bryant looks at the impact of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth orbit and a Soviet triumph in the Cold War.

Alan Farmer assesses the personal responsibility of the Führer

Neil Pemberton and Michael Worboys tell the fascinating story of how rabies – a disease that still kills thousands worldwide every year – was eradicated from Britain.

Lucy Riall discusses the life and career of the Italian nationalist and soldier Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the circumstances by which he became the first celebrity of the modern political age.