Max Adams

Max Adams is a British author, archaeologist., television presenter, and woodsman. His books cover a wide range of subjects from British history, to Arboriculture, and even his own novel. He currently manages his own young woodland in the north of England and has set up a new not-for-profit partnership called "Woods for the Trees" which aims to bring together: people who would like to help cultivate healthy woodlands, with unused land that needs people's input and time... Max also co-founded, and helps to organise, an archaeological adult-education program called "The Bernician Studies Group" who, among other pursuits, have performed an archaeological survey of monastic sites in Donegal Life and career Early life Max was born in 1961 in London, to Warwick and Thelma Adams. As a boy, he lived and went to school in Twickenham. Max then moved north to study Archaeology at the University of York which led to his early career as an archaeologist. One of the excavations he was involved in was at Christchurch, Spitalfields; the findings of which he co-wrote and were published by the Council of British Archaeology. Afterwards, he spent several years as director of Archaeological Services at Durham University. TV presenter After moving to the north-east of England, Max began presenting documentaries for ITV's local television channel - Tyne Tees. Max wrote and presented "Heroes of the revolution" in 2003 which covered some of the north's industrial pioneers. In 2005, Max wrote and presented "Trafalgar's forgotten Hero"; a documentary about Newcastle born Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, which accompanied his first major historical book publication