Eugen Baraga university records, Slovenia, 1919-20
I chanced upon the records of one of the first students ever to attend the University of Ljubljana
Car bombs and gangsters in Malta
I found that the Maltese talk openly about the criminals in their midst
The future of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
Gaudi’s eternally unfinished church may actually be nearing completion
Looking for Ukrainians to lead the separatist movement
Santa Claus and a dog whisperer among those leading the Ukrainian separatist movement
Take a walk in Berlin a century ago
A film of early-20th century life in the German capital so vivid it will feel like you’ve visited
In Paris, this photo is illegal
Street photography is against the law in the place in which it was born
Queen Victoria’s journals now online
The Empress of India’s 43,765 pages: a record of Britain at its peak that you can’t access for long
A.A. Gill’s magnificent defense of London
Gill — bless him — dispenses with the cheeky cockneys and pearly kings of the imaginary London
Did Gaddafi give Sarkozy 50m euros?
France’s dealings in Africa have often been sordid but Libya had seemed a break from this tradition
For those who think London’s going to hell
Good news: it has been going to hell for 50 years, since the knife fights between Mods and Rockers
A landmark moment in Turkey
The decades-long shadow play between the military and the state took a most dramatic turn last week
Norway and the loss of innocence
It was always a myth, a very Norwegian way to boast about their own modesty
A German photographer captures cathode-ray decays
I can even feel the static electricity surge when an old TV was turned off
What am I doing on a bench in Italy on Google Street View
I am writing in my journal about the Google car passing in front of me
Chikashi Miyamoto on bespoke suits and biking for children
Riding from London to Edinburgh to support the UK children’s charity The Place2Be
Diabolik fumetto ‘Il Morto che Ritorna’, Italy, 1995
Italian comic books await a Quentin Tarantino to make them cool again
Twenty weeks of WWII at The Atlantic
All sorts of visual surprises remain of one of the most documented moments in history
French diary from WWII
The cramped hand suggests a shortage of paper, the mysterious letters and numbers hint at a code
Malcolm Gladwell’s inexplicable indulgence of an anti-Semite
Was the L’Oréal founder and Nazi collaborator merely a pragmatist, as Gladwell contends?
The strange structures off Italy’s Adriatic coast
Italy’s trabocchi fishing platforms are of mythical origin. Are they related to ones in India?
Reading about Sarkozy and French nativists
French cultural insecurity eviscerates the universalism of the Rights of Man