Slavery, Women’s Suffrage and the American Civil War
As calls for women’s suffrage gained momentum following the Civil War, an uncomfortable racial faultline emerged dividing white suffragists from their African-American sisters.
Jad Adams
How the Suffragettes Went Global
Jad Adams considers the actions of the militant British suffragette movement and its far-reaching impact on the global struggle for female suffrage in the 20th century.
Concorde: Flight of the Imagination
Jad Adams looks back to a time when, wracked by industrial decline, a nation embraced the world’s first supersonic airliner.
Gandhi: A Man Out of Time?
Jad Adams goes in search of the sometimes elusive legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the 'Father of the Nation'.
The Nehru-Gandhi Family’s Tryst With Destiny
India cast off the monarchy in 1950, but the Nehru-Gandhi family have become republican royalty. How did one dynasty take centre stage in the world’s largest democracy?
Homes in the Country?
A recent government initiative suggests Britain is failing in its policies towards children in care. Jad Adams explains how similar concerns a hundred years ago lay behind the development of the first children’s ‘village homes’.
Orsini: Striking a Blow for Freedom
Jad Adams traces the momentous and paradoxical consquences of a failed assassination attempt.
Was Kitchener Gay?
Jad Adams weighs the evidence for Kitchener's rumoured homosexuality.