Searching through archives for intriguing photography and surprising stories, the makers of Archivio use historical records to provide a fresh and original perspective on the world.

This issue is dedicated to the 1990s, paying particular attention to a handful of events that took place in 1991.

In this issue:

• The story of Halim Milaqui, the captain of a merchant ship that sailed 20,000 Albanian refugees to Italy in August 1991
• Interview with the archivist of Cassero LGBTI Centre in Bologna, Italy, Sara De Giovanni
• ‘What a Year it Was’, experimental fiction by Emmanuela Carbè
• Paolo Rumiz on the emerging reality of war in Yugoslavia at the start of the 90s