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This month, the Friend's Secretary has chosen to highlight Russell Barton's Potential Murderers?

One of the aspects that make the Hering collection fascinating is how much they resemble portraits, either painted or photographic, rather than institutional mu

As the new Bethlem Museum of the Mind will reflect on, Bethlem – or Bedlam – continues to loom large in the public imagination, often as a lens...

On the evening of 31 July, the MRC SGDP Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Damaging the Body seminar series will co-host a public...

Anyone who has made the trip to the Archives & Museum will know that one of the first things they are invited to do is sign our visitors’ book...

Next week, on 24th April, a new exhibition opens at the Bethlem Gallery. Peter Harry Lewis White's Gods, Devils and Dreams will run until 17...

This month we look at Adam Ant and his relationship with mental ill-health.

Today and tomorrow, the Carnival of Emotions visits the Wonder Street Fair at the Barbican. The Street Fair is part of the Wonder Season, a Wellcome...

We hope we may be permitted to add a postscript to our reviews of recently-published books concerning Edward Oxford, in order to give context...

This month the Archivist has chosen to highlight ‘Red and Blue Abstract’ on the strength of his reading of Oliver Sacks’ latest book, Hallucinations.

This month we look at Bethlem's collection of 'before' and 'after' snapshots.

Escapism, Colour & Light is a new exhibition by Matthew at the Bethlem Gallery, opening this week (Wednesday 27 March). Matthew, a current Bethlem...