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Last day open 2024: Saturday 21 December.  First day open 2025: Thursday 2 January.

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Change Minds Online 2023: Ernest Preisig by David Luck

Archives, Exhibitions, History, Personal accounts

A blog on the life of Ernest Preisig, a patient at Bethlem in 1888, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2023: Elizabeth Prudence Kentish by Maria K

Archives, History, Learning, Personal accounts

A blog on the life of Elizabeth Prudence Kentish, a patient at Bethlem 1892-1894, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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About Change Minds 2023

Archives, History, Learning, Personal accounts

Across four months our participants, guided by David Luck and Amy Moffat, first researched the lives of people we found in the Victorian hospital records

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“Poet, Dramatist, Artist, Drummer:” Figgy Fox’s Documentary Feature

Archives, Art, History, Personal accounts

This story is just as much about Jackie as it is Figgy, and so the thrills of performance are juxtaposed with the struggles of motherhood

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Be a part of Change Minds 2023

Archives, History, Learning

Learn more about our Change Minds project

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The Bethlem Star

Archives, History

The Bethlem Star is at least as old as the Hospital, and dates back to the founding of the Priory

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Change Minds Online 2022: John Sibbald by a Change Minds Artist

Archives, Art, History, Personal accounts

A blog on the life of John Sibbald, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Nathaniel Lee

Archives, History, Literature

The son of a Presbyterian minister, Nathaniel Lee (born c.1649) had been educated at Winchester School and Trinity College, Cambridge

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Change Minds Online 2022: Frederick Robert Fogden, my creative response by Amelia True

Archives, Art, Exhibitions, History, Personal accounts

A blog showcasing the creative response to the life of Frederick Robert Fogden, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2022: Annie Mills Green by Leanne Evans

Archives, Art, History, Personal accounts

A blog on the life of Annie Mills Green, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2022: Emma Peters by Deirdre McGale

Archives, Art, Exhibitions, History

A blog on the life of Emma Peters, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2022: Sarah Jane May by Amy Moffat

Archives, Art, Exhibitions, History

A blog on the life of Sarah Jane May, a patient at Bethlem 1888-1889, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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