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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...

In 1942, G. O. Chambers (visiting surgeon to the English prison system) attempted to outline the "psychology of the intentional swallower". Chambers...

Blog readers may be interested in (and may themselves wish to add) a little more comment on the “trope of the unmarried mother institutionalised...

We continue our look at why Bethlem has been located at its various sites throughout history.

In the Frame goes on holiday once again, this time to France.

With thanks to Dr Erin Sullivan of the Shakespeare Institute for writing this guest blog post.The writer Samuel Johnson once said that Robert...