Furiously Mad: 300 Year of Legal Insanity

HOMEWARD BOUND phew what a whirl wind trip. For two days i have done and experianced many things that possibly i will never again, here are a few of the highlights: holding a book 313years old. learning it is possible to cure madness by seething rosemary in wine and letinging the patient receieve the smoke at his nose and keep his head warm. being told off in the british library for leaning over a table. i was asked if i could sit on a chair instead because my skirt was short (it is not that short!) Being made to laugh by anette so many times because of her hilarious randoms and cheeky nature. medical records only started being taken in 1766 how colin at bethlam archives holds so much info in his brain about mental health institutions and care if i never see another sandwich and latte for a few weeks i shall be happy. and many many more things that right now my brain cannot process cos it is so full of words images and sounds. but now i have a big problem concerning my own art work. medical records!! i am building stories for a performance based on medical records from 1485 but there arn’t any!!!! will anyone guess? will my cover be blown? join us at the peoples history museum early march for FURIOUSLY MAD to find out! blogging has been fun i might carry on but first i want to get home and spend time with my lovely husband and amazing son. a man on the train has just shown me his scars from breaking both bones in his leg so i showed him my stanley knife scar. i love this world trae