Daniel Whittall

Mother Country – Britain’s Black Community on the Home Front 1939-45

Daniel Whittal reviews a book on the Second World War experiences of Britain's black communities, by Stephen Bourne

Published January 19 2011

Mother Country – Britain’s Black Community on the Home Front 1939-45

Daniel Whittal reviews a book on the Second World War experiences of Britain's black communities, by Stephen Bourne

Published January 19 2011

Colonial Fascism: Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia

In October 1935 Mussolini’s Fascist Italian forces invaded Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) at a crucial moment in the run-up to the Second World War. Daniel Whittall looks at the complex issues the invasion raised in Britain and the responses to it, especially from black Britons.

Published September 22 2010