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Here is the second in a series of twelve posts by guest blogger Dr Nick Hervey sharing his research on a police file on ‘…Insane Persons and others who have com

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...

There’s no doubt about it - abandoned asylum buildings can be haunting, ominous places.  Read more about James Scudamore's 'Wreaking'.

This edition of 'In the Frame' comes from one of our work placement volunteers.  Rory chose “Alone” by Figgy Fox

Last week was the final week of our first display associated with the Mansions in the Orchard project (supported by the Wellcome Trust). Held...

The bad news is that I'm sorry to say that we were unsuccessful in our efforts to win the chance to work with the photographer, Rankin.  However...

As part of a new series on our blog, we are looking for your thoughts on captions for some of the artworks in our collection. We're working on...

Stray advertisements from the Journal of Mental Science.

As you'll have seen from our post last week we're in the running to win the chance to work with acclaimed photographer, Rankin.  Voting closes...

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.

On this blog over the past three years, we have briefly reviewed or referred to many works of classic and contemporary fiction that concern themselves...