Asylums, madhouses, mental hospitals – Bedlam: the names given to institutions for the mentally ill have changed almost as much as our attitudes. Writer, curator and cultural historian Mike Jay talks about changing perceptions of mental illness since the 17th century.

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Getting even: How Geoffrey Bawa – architect to the world – was inspired by envy of his brother’s garden.

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From sinuous curves to machine-age lines, the shape of Art Deco sculpture held up a mirror to its turbulent age.

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The new, expanded 'Valparaiso' is a haunting visual evocation of Chile's Pacific Coast port, as well as a philosophical handbook for spiritually enlightened living.

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For the 50th anniversary of Tom Phillips’s first encounter with the novel 'A Human Document', which he transformed into 'A Humument', the artist explained his half-century-long endeavour.

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