Charing Cross Library’s “Matteotti Affair” exhibition revisits 1924’s anti-fascist movement

A century ago, the kidnapping and murder of an Italian politician could have prevented the rise of Mussolini, and there’s currently an exhibition about the man in Charing Cross.The location of an exhibition about an Italian is no mere convenience, as the library has a strong Italian heritage.
The building was actually built in 1891 for Samuel Addington & Co, a woollen merchant. They moved out, and in 1937, it was taken over by the Italian Benevolent Society. It became the London office