Modern

3rd May 2021

The Psychiatric Asylum was once the main form of mental health care in the UK, housing tens of thousands...

19th April 2021

William Tuke (1732 – 1822) was one of the pioneers of mental health treatment in the UK in the...

15th March 2021

It was a bleak November in 1942, when a tall woman with striking features and a slight limp was...

22nd February 2021

Psychiatric asylums were the globally-dominant form of mental health care for over a century. Generally located on the urban...

15th February 2021

While there are some names in LGBTQ+ history which are famous, there are many that are not. In this...

8th February 2021

While there are some names in LGBTQ+ history which are famous, there are many that are not. In this...

7th December 2020

I skirted around this question in my last blog. There I argued the benefits of historical TV dramas in...

19th October 2020

After the defeat of France in June 1940, Britain alone and faced the might of the armed forces of...

28th September 2020

Historical computer games, much like historical films, are perhaps entitled to a little ‘artistic licence’. The obvious example being...

21st September 2020

During the Second World War, Walt Disney became closely associated with the American propaganda effort. One character in particular...