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Take a look at our new series, which considers the role of biography in psychology.

Find out about Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin's experiences at bethlem in 1852.

The Annual Bethlem Sunfayre takes place this year on Saturday 2 July, from 12 - 5pm. As usual, there will be a host of activities, stalls and...

In this joint exhibition, between the Bethlem Art Studio and Bethlem Archives and Museum, artists combine use of the everyday and 'throwaway...

The recent meeting of London’s Museums of Health and Medicine  gave some of our staff a fascinating opportunity to explore the Science Museum’s...

'Out of the Maze' is one of Kurelek's lesser-known artworks, but is a beautiful follow-up to his popular 'In the Maze'.

Four months ago we alerted readers to the fact that Tate Britain’s Watercolour exhibition included a work by Richard Dadd entitled The Child’s...

Learn more about Theo Hyslop's 1895 publication of 'Mental Physiology'.

As previously reported on this blog, a conference in Birmingham recently explored nineteenth-century asylums. One researcher, Jennifer Wallis...

Blog readers may be interested in one or other of the following two events.First, a premiere screening of Thou Art, a film on community outsider...

This month's 'In the Spotlight' looks at the experiences of architect George Gilbert Scott Junior during his stay at Bethlem in 1883.

Readers in West London will be pleased to take note of another opportunity to see the Richard Dadd paintings exhibited at the Bethlem Gallery...