Jad Adams

Jad Adams is author of Tony Benn: A Biography (Biteback). His Women and the Vote: A World History will be published by OUP in September 2014. www.jadadams.co.uk

Tony Benn and the radical socialist tradition

Tony Benn was a socialist, a radical, a democrat, and firmly rooted in the British tradition.

By Jad Adams

/ 19 Mar 2014

Absinthe: demon drink

Considering its antiquity, it is surprising that alcohol can still stimulate controversy about its social role. Historical study of the alcohol scare in this case the absinthe paranoia of the

By Jad Adams

/ 19 Feb 2004