Exhibition: The Golden Age of Melancholy, Royal Society of Medicine Library: A new exhibition of historical medical literature opens today at the Royal Society of Medicine, offering a glimpse into the many ways in which melancholy was understood during the early modern period (1550-1750). With increased attention on mental health in recent decades, melancholy or depression […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at a new exhibition Rooted Beings, at Wellcome Collection, London, from 23rd March to 29th August 22, exploring the restorative and health-giving properties of plants and fungi through artists’ projects and historical botanical collections. Many of us think of plants as useful things for us to use for food, medicine, […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘Essentially Grey’ a new exhibition of pictures by Hanna ten Doornkaat at The MUSE Gallery, London which explores how colours influence our mood and emotions Research has shown that environment and calming colours influences the speed of patients’ recovery. Your emotions and mood are influenced by the colours around […]
A new exhibition ‘Aspects of Age’ opening this week at the Royal College of Nursing reflects how the way we care for older people has changed, over two centuries, shifting from institutional to home care, from the workhouse and asylums of the Victorian era to the hospital and care home and beyond. Dawne Garrett, RCN […]
A thought-provoking new exhibition at the Royal College of GPs examines the upsides and downsides of drug-based medicine A thought-provoking new exhibition ‘What Once was Imagined’ (WOWI), at the Royal College of GPs, until May 31st, is a medical art collaboration between two friends, artist Susie Freeman and College Fellow Dr Liz Lee. Together their […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at a new exhibition – ‘Blood: Life Uncut’ revealing the essential, expressive and visceral nature of blood at the Science Gallery, London from 12th October. “Blood is the thing that unites us, that allows any blood donor to save the life of another human. But it can also transmit infection […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner explores ‘Voyages, the Science Museum’s haunting new maritime photography exhibition which creates epic drama from historic model ships Marcel Proust wrote, ‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.’ Voyages, a new exhibition which is being shown at the Science Museum, in Kensington until 25th […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner meets 100 Robots at the Science Museum’s major new exhibition which explores humanities 500 year quest to recreate ourselves in mechanized form. How long ago do you think the first robot was made? 50 years ago? 50? 100? Think again. In reality the history of robots goes back at least 500 years. ‘Robots’ […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at a new exhibition – ‘Electricity: The spark of life’ at the Wellcome Collection from 23rd February. Light is as important as the food we eat and the water we drink. Today about 1.1 billion people around the world still lack access to electricity and therefore have no proper lighting […]
A doctor’s eye view of the great fire of London: 350 years ago: Battling with Flames, the plague and noxious fumes – 1666 At the Royal College of Physicians, London, until 16th December, To fetch out the fire: reviving London 1666, marks the 350th anniversary of the devastation of the nation’s capital, taking a doctor’s […]