Adam was born and raised in Edinburgh, with the city playing a major role in spurring his love of history and classical architecture. These passions were honed further at the University of Dundee were he graduated with distinction, achieving a First Class MA in History and Politics. Since graduating he has travelled across Scotland to experience everything his country has to offer in a pursuit to better understand the Scottish identity. Although his expertise remains on Scotland, Adam has an enthusiastic appreciation of affairs occurring around the globe and takes particularly keen interest in how seemingly disparate events are in fact deeply intertwined.