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What do you give a brand new knight?
A blog post looking at a handwritten postcard from Alwyn Lishman to Prof Sir David Goldberg, displayed in the RCPsych Cabinet of Curiosities.
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of our first Royal Charter
Mandy Bryant, the College Archivist, discusses the 1926 College Royal charter.
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Collecting a snapshot of psychiatry in 2026
Dr Harriet Stewart, discusses the College project to collect modern archive material through a mass observation exercise.
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Mass observation - from ‘Worktown’ to your working life in 2026
Dr Graham Ash, Chair of the History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group, discusses the College project to collect modern archive material through a mass observation exercise.
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Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life. An exhibition at RCPsych Prescot St, 17 February-12 May 2026
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new exhibition at the College: Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life.
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Hearts are for love on Valentine’s Day
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new item in the College Cabinet of Curiosities. It is Paul Wood’s Diseases of the Heart and Circulation (2nd edition, 1956)....
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New eBooks available to members in the College Library
A blog post about the ebooks bought for the use of College members in December 2025.
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Psychiatry and medically assisted dying: What has it got to do with us? Where are we up to?
Dr Jane Whittaker writes about the history of assisted dying and discusses the complexities psychiatrists face when thinking about it as a possibility today.
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Pioneers of Mental Health Care at Glenside Hospital Museum and the History of Psychiatry Conference
Claire Royal from the Glenside Hospital in Bristol writes about some pioneers of mental health care who are featured at the museum. The museum will soon host the RCPsych History ...
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Would you like your malaria by infected blood injection or directly from the mosquito?
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new item in the College Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a reproduction of a malaria jar complete with fake mosquito.
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Good for their memory and good for your soul: the art of the obituary
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the College's work on obituaries and offers some advice for authors.
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Gheel, ou une colonie d'alienes: lacks title page and imprint
A blog post about unusual model of mental health care in the town of Geel and a book in the College's antiquarian collection.
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