Jad Adams
@jadadamsauthor.bsky.social
Writer. Most recent books: Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives; Cafe Europa (novel); Madder Music, Stronger Wine, The Life of Ernest Dowson
Looking forward to going to Glasgow tomorrow to speak at a conference about the amazing Gabriela Cunninghame Graham - writer, traveller, mystic, socialist.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Looking forward to going to Glasgow tomorrow to speak at a conference about the amazing Gabriela Cunninghame Graham - writer, traveller, mystic, socialist.
Had a scary time at the Phoenix Theatre in London watching Ghost Stories and reviewed it for Plays to See playstosee.com/reviews/uk-r...
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Had a scary time at the Phoenix Theatre in London watching Ghost Stories and reviewed it for Plays to See playstosee.com/reviews/uk-r...
Day two of my blog tour for Choice of Darkness - one four star and one five star review so far. #choiceofdarkness
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September 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Day two of my blog tour for Choice of Darkness - one four star and one five star review so far. #choiceofdarkness
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Saw Oscar Wilde's rarely-performed 'Vera or The Nihilists' @brocjacktheatre, his only serious play, and I reviewed it for @playstosee, 'a rare chance to see an important piece of theatre history' history.https://playstosee.com/reviews/uk-reviews/london/vera-or-the-nihilists/
#theatre
#theatre
September 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Saw Oscar Wilde's rarely-performed 'Vera or The Nihilists' @brocjacktheatre, his only serious play, and I reviewed it for @playstosee, 'a rare chance to see an important piece of theatre history' history.https://playstosee.com/reviews/uk-reviews/london/vera-or-the-nihilists/
#theatre
#theatre
A four star review of Choice of Darkness from Lady J Reads www.instagram.com/lady_j_reads/
'I could almost see Henry slipping from the detective's hands time and time again.
Will Frank ever find enough evidence?
Will he ever get his redemption?'
#choiceofdarkness tinyurl.com/fuzwwwsj
'I could almost see Henry slipping from the detective's hands time and time again.
Will Frank ever find enough evidence?
Will he ever get his redemption?'
#choiceofdarkness tinyurl.com/fuzwwwsj
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A four star review of Choice of Darkness from Lady J Reads www.instagram.com/lady_j_reads/
'I could almost see Henry slipping from the detective's hands time and time again.
Will Frank ever find enough evidence?
Will he ever get his redemption?'
#choiceofdarkness tinyurl.com/fuzwwwsj
'I could almost see Henry slipping from the detective's hands time and time again.
Will Frank ever find enough evidence?
Will he ever get his redemption?'
#choiceofdarkness tinyurl.com/fuzwwwsj
Just days to the official launch of Choice of Darkness with my tour. #choiceofdarknessbook
September 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Just days to the official launch of Choice of Darkness with my tour. #choiceofdarknessbook
I talk about the decadent poet of love and death Ernest Dowson at Kirkdale bookshop, Sydenham, on Thursday 10, commemorating his 125th anniversary and my biography of him. kirkdalebookshop.com/madder-music...
April 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I talk about the decadent poet of love and death Ernest Dowson at Kirkdale bookshop, Sydenham, on Thursday 10, commemorating his 125th anniversary and my biography of him. kirkdalebookshop.com/madder-music...
'They are not long, the weeping and the laughter'...I'll be talking about decadent poet Ernest Dowson at Kirkdale Bookshop on Thursday 10, promoting the updated reissue of my biography for the 125th anniversary of his death day.
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#booksky #decadence #1890s
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#booksky #decadence #1890s
April 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
'They are not long, the weeping and the laughter'...I'll be talking about decadent poet Ernest Dowson at Kirkdale Bookshop on Thursday 10, promoting the updated reissue of my biography for the 125th anniversary of his death day.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/Kirkdale-Boo...
#booksky #decadence #1890s
www.ticketsource.co.uk/Kirkdale-Boo...
#booksky #decadence #1890s
Just under a month to go to the Benn Legacy Conference @uniwestminster 11-13 April. www.thebennlegacy.co.uk
The first event is a conversation between Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn and Melissa Benn on Friday 11 Tickets free but you have to book www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jeremy-and... #UKPolitics
The first event is a conversation between Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn and Melissa Benn on Friday 11 Tickets free but you have to book www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jeremy-and... #UKPolitics
March 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Just under a month to go to the Benn Legacy Conference @uniwestminster 11-13 April. www.thebennlegacy.co.uk
The first event is a conversation between Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn and Melissa Benn on Friday 11 Tickets free but you have to book www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jeremy-and... #UKPolitics
The first event is a conversation between Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn and Melissa Benn on Friday 11 Tickets free but you have to book www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jeremy-and... #UKPolitics
Just over a month to go to the Benn Legacy Conference www.thebennlegacy.co.uk 11-13 April There are still places available. £20 for the full conference or £12 per day. The event with Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn & Melissa Benn on Friday evening is free but you have to book #UKPolitics #UKHistory
March 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just over a month to go to the Benn Legacy Conference www.thebennlegacy.co.uk 11-13 April There are still places available. £20 for the full conference or £12 per day. The event with Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn & Melissa Benn on Friday evening is free but you have to book #UKPolitics #UKHistory
Trump has made the US an international laughing stock. Well, who could have predicted that?
February 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump has made the US an international laughing stock. Well, who could have predicted that?
'They are not long, the weeping and the laughter' Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson now on sale, direct from www.jadadams.co.uk/legal-notice or from Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836540213.
February 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
'They are not long, the weeping and the laughter' Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson now on sale, direct from www.jadadams.co.uk/legal-notice or from Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1836540213.
Good to spend some time with Matt Chorley on his excellent @bbc5live.bsky.social afternoon programme, talking about my re-released Tony Benn biography, now out from @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social. Everyone wants to talk about Tony Benn and principled politics, can't think why. #politics
February 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Good to spend some time with Matt Chorley on his excellent @bbc5live.bsky.social afternoon programme, talking about my re-released Tony Benn biography, now out from @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social. Everyone wants to talk about Tony Benn and principled politics, can't think why. #politics
What would Tony have made of all this? My biography, fully updated, is re-released for his centenary. www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/tony-b...
January 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What would Tony have made of all this? My biography, fully updated, is re-released for his centenary. www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/tony-b...
I love the Victorian re-creation because it is so much a product of its time: the erotic figures around the edges of the tapestry were simply left out by the sewers as too obscene to contemplate.
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I love the Victorian re-creation because it is so much a product of its time: the erotic figures around the edges of the tapestry were simply left out by the sewers as too obscene to contemplate.
A new book comes into the world and the universe smiles. Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson is my biography of the tragic poet. More will follow on the launch and other Dowson-related events but I had to share the joy. #Booksky #decadence
January 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A new book comes into the world and the universe smiles. Madder Music, Stronger Wine: The Life of Ernest Dowson is my biography of the tragic poet. More will follow on the launch and other Dowson-related events but I had to share the joy. #Booksky #decadence
How have I lived this long without knowing about the Weird Universe blogsite? Thank you Nicoletta Momigliano, Professor of Classics at Bristol University, for introducing me to Ancient Minoan Culture Illustrated with Barbies. #Classics
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December 26, 2024 at 8:23 AM
How have I lived this long without knowing about the Weird Universe blogsite? Thank you Nicoletta Momigliano, Professor of Classics at Bristol University, for introducing me to Ancient Minoan Culture Illustrated with Barbies. #Classics
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Wishing you a happy, #Victorian Christmas
December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Wishing you a happy, #Victorian Christmas
Last night I saw Synchronicity at the White Bear Theatre, a new play about the relationship between nuclear physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychoanalyst Carl Jung , I reviewed it for Plays to See playstosee.com/synchronicity/ #Theatresky
November 22, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Last night I saw Synchronicity at the White Bear Theatre, a new play about the relationship between nuclear physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychoanalyst Carl Jung , I reviewed it for Plays to See playstosee.com/synchronicity/ #Theatresky
Five months now till The Benn Legacy conference at Westminster University on 12-13 April 2025, commemorating 100 years since Benn's birth. The call for papers and further details are on the website: thebennlegacy.co.uk Speakers include Yanis Varoufakis and Grace Blakeley
#History
#History
November 13, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Five months now till The Benn Legacy conference at Westminster University on 12-13 April 2025, commemorating 100 years since Benn's birth. The call for papers and further details are on the website: thebennlegacy.co.uk Speakers include Yanis Varoufakis and Grace Blakeley
#History
#History
I did a piece for the online site Mainly Museums about my relationship with the Horniman Museum since childhood.
mainlymuseums.com/post/1302/th... #Museumsky
mainlymuseums.com/post/1302/th... #Museumsky
November 7, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I did a piece for the online site Mainly Museums about my relationship with the Horniman Museum since childhood.
mainlymuseums.com/post/1302/th... #Museumsky
mainlymuseums.com/post/1302/th... #Museumsky
Great new musical just opened in London: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Ambassador. I reviewed it for Plays to See, for the first time this year giving a five star review. playstosee.com/the-curious-...
#theatresky
#theatresky
November 7, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Great new musical just opened in London: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Ambassador. I reviewed it for Plays to See, for the first time this year giving a five star review. playstosee.com/the-curious-...
#theatresky
#theatresky
Just six months till The Benn Legacy conference at Westminster University on 12-13 April 2025, commemorating 100 years since Benn's birth. The call for papers and further details are on the website: thebennlegacy.co.uk Speakers include Yanis Varoufakis and Grace Blakeley
#History
#History
October 13, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Just six months till The Benn Legacy conference at Westminster University on 12-13 April 2025, commemorating 100 years since Benn's birth. The call for papers and further details are on the website: thebennlegacy.co.uk Speakers include Yanis Varoufakis and Grace Blakeley
#History
#History
Just under seven months now till The Benn Legacy conference at Westminster University on 12-13 April 2025, commemorating 100 years since Benn's birth. The call for papers and further details are on the website: thebennlegacy.co.uk #History
September 20, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Just under seven months now till The Benn Legacy conference at Westminster University on 12-13 April 2025, commemorating 100 years since Benn's birth. The call for papers and further details are on the website: thebennlegacy.co.uk #History
Saw Kim's Convenience at the Riverside Studios and reviewed it for Plays to See, 'a welcome sight in London as we don’t see much Korean culture on stage, despite the economic and political importance of the country.' playstosee.com/kims-conveni... #Theatresky
September 14, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Saw Kim's Convenience at the Riverside Studios and reviewed it for Plays to See, 'a welcome sight in London as we don’t see much Korean culture on stage, despite the economic and political importance of the country.' playstosee.com/kims-conveni... #Theatresky