The Dead Duce
The strange story of the death and posthumous life of Italy's Fascist dictator, and the continuing power of the cult of his body over the Italian imagination.
Fascism
The London Plot to Kill Mussolini
Alfio Bernabei discovers evidence of a plot to kill the Italian dictator in the early 1930s.
The Spanish Civil War: If the Republic Had Won
It is often said that the 'ifs of history' are fascinating but fruitless. Here, Rob Stradling shows that a counter-factual consideration of what might have happened allows us new insights into the significance of what did happen.
Saints and Nazi Skeletons
A Jewish-born Carmelite nun murdered at Auschwitz and due to be canonised by the Pope in October, is claimed to have been betrayed to the Nazis by a high-ranking Benedictine monk.
Ribbentrop
Richard Wilkinson challenges the consensus of contempt for the Nazis' leading diplomat.
Triumph of the Will
Brian Winston casts a critical eye over Leni Riefenstahl's cinematic paean to Nazi aesthetics.
What is Fascism?
In the second instalment of a two part article, Roger Eatwell chooses between rival definitions of a slippery word
What is Fascism?
In the first instalment of a two-part article, Roger Eatwell looks at rival definitions of a slippery word.
Workers and Nazis in Hitler's Homeland
What did ordinary people in Nazi-controlled Austria really think about their native-born Führer, Adolf Hitler? Tim Kirk opens a window on a unique record of public opinion – a Gestapo equivalent of 'Mass Observation' in 30s Britain.
Futurism and Fascism
Italy's Futurists - led by Filippo Marinetti - exploded onto the European cultural scene during and after the Great War with all the garishness and fizz of some of their founder's anarchic recipes. But was the menu taken up by Mussolini and his Fascists? Richard Jensen investigates.