Former wild man DJ Brandon Block has revealed he is now working for an NHS psychiatric hospital. The 48-year-old, who famously had a drunken spat with Ronnie Wood at the Brit Awards in 2000, announced ...

Bethlem Royal Hospital in London is one of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in the world -- and perhaps the only one to have endured centuries of notoriety for fetters, flogging, filth and ...

The incarcerated victims were subject to some brutal "treatments" during the Victorian era POWERFUL portraits capture what patients looked like in Britain’s most notorious mental asylum. Victorian ...

Some have suggested the red fez hat in Portrait of a Young Man may be the one worn by Richard Dadd in the Middle East before he became unwell A portrait created over 170 years ago by Richard Dadd ...

An attraction at the Perth Royal Show based on an infamous London mental health institution has been condemned and there are calls to shut it down. Debuting at this year's show, the "Bethlem ...

The name Bedlam is so evocative of chaos and madness, the real history of one of the world's oldest institutions for the treatment of mental illness often gets detached from its public presence. Led ...

KENT, England — The world’s oldest psychiatric hospital is tucked away in a gently faded London suburb. It’s true that Bethlem Royal Hospital’s current incarnation is several sites removed from its ...

For more from London's art world, sign up for our new (free) newsletter and community: Londonist: Urban Palette. The Door. In the 1970s and 80s, psychiatric hospitals were still hidden, feared and ...

James Hadfield made an attempt on George III's life, which led to him being an inmate at Bethlem for the rest of his life. Image: Etzagots via creative commons In 1800 — 65 years before the ...