creative practice – the polyphony

Conversations across the medical humanities

Gartnavel Royal: An Asylum and an Inspiration

Writer Gillean McDougall reflects on Gartnavel Royal Hospital, NHS archives and family history. The old Gartnavel Royal Asylum, a well-known landmark in the West of Glasgow, sits on a busy arterial road leading out of the city. Built in 1843, […]

Neurology Meets Geomorphology: “Panarchy (2): Rivearthings”, a Performance Project

Theatre practitioner Rachel Clive discusses a performance project which explores crossovers between neurology and geomorphology. Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly, should proceed in the first place to consider the seasons of the year, and what each of them […]