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Jad Adams

Jad Adams is a television producer and author. His books include biographies of Tony Benn, the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and Emmeline Pankhurst and of the decadent poet Ernest Dowson. His television work includes biographies of the Clintons, Lord Kitchener and characters from London’s East End. He lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros.

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Absinthe: demon drink

When alcohol is imagined as evil, absinthe, the legendary 19th century French drink of the mad and bad, plays the role of the devil. Why its links with social unrest and sexual deviance?