Blog - History

Find out more about Valentine's Day at Bethlem.

The Edward Adamson Festival, launching on Wednesday 12 February, is a celebration of the life and work of artist Edward Adamson (1911-1996...

Read the first of Dr Nick Hervey's blogs about a range of people who got too close for Her Majesty's comfort between 1837 and 1852.

Find out more about how Christmas has been marked at Bethlem in the past.

As part of the Mansions in the Orchard project, we've been very interested to hear from a number of current and retired mental health nurses...

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

Here's the last in our series looking at the different locations of Bethlem Royal Hospital.

This series has looked at instances of providing doctors with visual evidence so important in determining patient progress.

Several recent events have raised some interesting discussions around the history of psychiatry and psychology. Earlier this month, the Centre...

Observable evidence was thought to be crucial in documenting changes and determining recovery so drawings and later photographs could be valuable tools. The cas

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

The story of Bethlem’s four sites having been told in earlier posts to this thread, the Archivist now turns his attention to the siting of the other hospitals f