Inspired by both personal history and intellectual curiosity, researcher Molly Scott examines the impact of bodily disconnect on responses to touch in those who have experienced trauma.

Marie Cuvelier explores how the temporal logics of hospitalisation are subtly resisted in Gareth Greenwell's 2025 novel Small Rain.

Arya Ray discusses new directions emerging from the one-day international workshop 'The Senses and Medical Humanities,' held at Durham University in February 2026.

Bradford Stucki explores how the social construction of academic culture contributes to mental distress amongst University students and staff, and how the same processes can be directed towards care.

Chris Bowlby considers the nature of legacy and grief as he reflects on preparing his son Ewan's work for publication after his death.

Monesha L. and Sathyaraj Venkatesan examine how Indian digital comics frame mental health as a shared social condition, extending health humanities beyond the clinic and into the textures of everyday life. The post-pandemic period

Lucyl Harrison weaves together the poems and life of Larkin with train journeys taken by both her and the novelist Yiyun Li.

Megha Manjari Mohanty reviews Art and the Critical Medical Humanities, edited by Fiona Johnstone, Allison Morehead, and Imogen Wiltshire (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026), exploring how the volume positions art as a methodological tool for rethinking medical knowledge and care alongside cultures of illness and health.

Yasmin Shafei explores the language of nineteenth-century Egyptian citizens’ petitions and points to its significance for the development culturally sensitive mental health interventions today.