Blog - In The Spotlight

The credibility of a certain infamous quote is called into question...

A tweet from UK Parliamentary Archives leads Colin Gale, Bethlem Museum Archivist, on an unexpected journey.

For this final installation of "Bethlem's Boardroom," our volunteer focuses on the figure in the corner of the photo...

Continuing our look at the historic boardroom, our volunteer this time focuses on the shields that line the walls.

This is the last in a series of posts which has been running throughout 2013 called Telling Admissions.

Enjoy the last in this current series by exploring the experiences of Angus Mackay during his admissions to Bethlem.

Later this month we will bring In the Spotlight, our series of blog posts on ‘famous’ Bethlem and Maudsley patients, to a conclusion. However...

Read the penultimate article in this current series.

Continuing our 'In the Spotlight' series, this month we look at the story of Christopher Long.

This month's 'In the Spotlight' focuses on Edward Oxford and his attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria.

This month we focus on the stories of two artists, one of whom was a resident at Bethlem and the other who is often mistakenly thought to have been resident her

Following on from last month, we now explore the stories of more relatives of well-known people.