Max Adams

John Martin and the Prometheans

Max Adams looks at the works of the artist John Martin, his radical schemes to improve Victorian London, and his broad circle of friends at the forefront of political and cultural change in the first half of the 19th century.

Published July 19 2006

Humphry Davy and the Murder Lamp

Max Adams investigates the truth behind the introduction of a key invention of the early Industrial Revolution.

Published July 20 2005

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.