At the foot of the stairs up to the Bethlem Museum of the Mind in Beckenham, south London, are two massive writhing naked male figures by 17th-century sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber, known as Raving Ma

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold

This World Mental Health Day (10 October), take a moment to reflect on the experiences of our ancestors who were mentally ill. How were they looked after, and where? Before the mid-18th century, the U

Dei ex machinae “I TALY HAS THE ...

Built on land bordering Queen’s Park, it was simply a wonderful and exotic place. As a five-year-old first-timer, until it closed for good (when I was 11 years old), I visited the place so many times

9 October 2025 to 22 March 2026 This exhibition presents around 150 works from 100 Nordic artists, exploring the evolution of graphic arts from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson. Nordic noir examines pr