To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having autonomy or control over one's life. In the 19th century, becoming an adult was celebrated as… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
We live in an age of generational turmoil. Baby-boom parents are accused of clinging on to jobs and houses which they should be freeing… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations. — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
Political biography is in the doldrums. No one wants to read 800 pages or so of cradle-to-grave dead politics, especially if it's familiar stuff… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
'Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent. — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
The main reason why historians have skated over the relationship of Victorian PMs with the press is that they haven't been looking for it.… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
“A 1970 survey of dreams about Queen Elizabeth II found that people continued to dream about Queen Victoria seventy years after her death, so… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged that secrets are toxic and break up families. — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
Romantic love came under attack, first from the Freudians and then from the neuroscientists, who said that being in love was a chemical reaction… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
