History

Two stunning exhibitions at the Helmut Newton Foundation celebrate the great photographer and the city he escaped from

An empty square in the centre of the German capital gives a warning from the recent past

My first Berlin adventure began at Checkpoint Charlie. My second began in Islington

Bonhoeffer fought against exclusion and for those who couldn’t fight for themselves

A new museum in Giza reminds us of Europe’s deepest origins

The present inhabitants of Overloon and Venray definitely do not forget the battle to liberate their villages

First came a devastating flood.. then a city’s battle to save its cultural heritage

The global north needs to be building friendships with as many of our former colonies as possible

The art school embodied a renewed liberal spirit in the Weimar Republic but also had complex intersections with the Nazi Party

The photographer’s extraordinary images of ordinary lives get a new showing in her centenary year

Europe's greatest ever treasure hunt is over, leaving thousands bereft

The Frenchman won seven Grand Slam singles titles in the 1920s before becoming an innovator in the world of sportswear and tennis equipment

In Fanø, a tiny island off Denmark’s west coast, signs of the second world war endure for residents today

The Yugoslav autocrat cultivated his international statesman image aboard a yacht where he hosted celebrities and dictators

The exhibition that the artist planned finally arrives in London, 119 years late

The French photographer took half a million pictures in his life. It took only one to restore his reputation and bring him wealth and controversy

Photographer Christoph Irrgang returns to the sites where masterpieces were painted to see how much they have changed

Seventy years ago at White City, a thrilling 5,000 metres established the concept of live televised events beamed across the continent

For Generation X, it lives on in Scottish politics, culture and memory

Today, tourists in Puglia soak up the sun where Europe's last prehistoric cave lion lived

Our deepest political divide is between those who recall the dangers of nationalism and those who see it as a vehicle for self-promotion

The dark daring of the extraordinary mid-century comics artist and illustrator, Italy’s answer to Norman Rockwell

One of the first women of celebrity in the modern sense of the word, Elisabeth of Austria was a gifted, vibrant woman imprisoned by contemporary etiquette

Dani Karavan's Passages honours the memory of Walter Benjamin, who took his own life in Portbou when faced with being handed over to the Gestapo

The photographer used his camera and the city of lights as a doorway to poetry

Pierpaolo Mittica’s photos capture everyday existence in the ‘new Pompeii’ – close to the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident

A revised English version of the psychoanalyst’s texts reveals a tirade against Americans – but also a suggestion that he may have studied the president himself

The 1924 Olympics featured a future Tarzan, the men who inspired Chariots of Fire and a farewell to the man who created the modern Games.

East German athletes cheated at three Olympics and won more than 300 medals. But the price they paid was immeasurable

It is a story that might sound familiar today: 90 years ago a football final was played as the shadow of fascism began to creep over Europe

Forty years ago, striking miners were lied to about the EU’s role in closing pits. No wonder so many went on to vote Leave in 2016

The D-day landings didn’t just take soldiers to occupied Europe – they also delivered the trains and rail workers who helped to secure victory