Cover of Murder in Notting Hill

Murder in Notting Hill

At around midnight on the 17th of May 1959, a white gang ambushed Antiguan carpenter Kelso Cochrane on a Notting Hill slum street. During the course of the scuffle, a knife was plunged into his heart. Examining the subsequent police response, Mark Olden addresses a defining moment in British race relations.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 196 pages

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