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

Blog - Patients

Black Lives in Victorian Bethlem: John Flinn

Archives, History, Personal accounts

Looking at the life of one of the first identifiable black patients in Bethlem Hospital

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Change Minds Online 2023; Henry Peardon by Finn Part 2

Archives, History, Personal accounts

A blog looking at the life of Henry Peardon, a patient at Bethlem between 1892 to 1894,presented as part of our Change Minds Project

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Change Minds Online 2023: Richard Kettle by Amy Moffat

Archives, History, Personal accounts

A blog on the life of Richard Kettle, a patient at Bethlem in 1892, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2023: Mary Ann Stephenson Jones by Emma

Archives, History, Personal accounts

A letter to Mary Ann Stephenson Jones, a patient at Bethlem in 1888, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2023: Henry Peardon, 'Love, Fear and Each Other' by Finn

Archives, History, Personal accounts

A creative response to the life of Henry Peardon, a patient at Bethlem 1890-1892, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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Change Minds Online 2023: Hannah Levy Bensusan by Sophia Gal

Archives, History, Learning

A blog on the life of Hannah Levy Bensusan, a patient at Bethlem 1893-1894, presented as part of our Change Minds project

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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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“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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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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