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Out goes the silverware display, in comes the History Wall
Francis Maunze, the College Archivist, discusses the changing display in Prescot Street from the silverware collection to the new History Wall.
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Dr John Conolly's 228th birthday: compassion in psychiatric care
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses unveiling of the new English Heritage blue plaque to Dr John Conolly on the site of Hanwell Asylum.
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Hot cross buns on Good Friday – then and now
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the rising cost of inpatient care in the early 1920s and reflects on how that compares to our current funding landscape....
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International Women's Day: Dr Elizabeth Casson, 100 years on
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Casson (1881-1954) and her pioneering use of occupational therapy.
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Pauper lunatics were not paupers
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the term pauper lunatic and how stigmatising language affects care.
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'A curious dance round a curious tree': Charles Dickens’ visit to a mental hospital, Christmas 1851
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses Charles Dickens' 'A curious dance around a curious tree,' which records his visit to St Luke's asylum at Christmas.
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From gaslighting to electricity, to gaslighting and social media
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the history of gas lighting in asylums and gaslighting in the more modern sense of emotional manipulation.
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Asylums and cricket: the gentleman’s game
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses asylum cricket pitches.
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Water towers: icons of the asylums and mental hospitals
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses asylum water towers.
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Asylum chapels: an uncanny sense of déjà vu?
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses her trips to visit some Victorian and Edwardian asylum chapels.
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Even in death, patients and staff were never quite equal: exploring asylum cemeteries
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses her trips to visit some Victorian and Edwardian asylum cemeteries.
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Where have all the asylums gone?
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses her trips to visit some Victorian and Edwardian Asylums and offers advice on how to study the history of these sites ...
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