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'.
One Family’s Tryst With Destiny
As India celebrates six decades of independence on this year, Jad Adams examines how, in the world’s largest democracy, one family has come to take centre stage in politics, as if by divine right.
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.