'Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent. — Jane Ridley Family 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… — Jane Ridley Dead 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… — Jane Ridley Adolescence 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… — Jane Ridley Age 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… — Jane Ridley Adolescence 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… — Jane Ridley Historians Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged that secrets are toxic and break up families. — Jane Ridley Families Copy Share Image
Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations. — Jane Ridley Families 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… — Jane Ridley British people 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… — Jane Ridley Attack Copy Share Image
