Business is booming [Porter’s Bell]

The Porter’s Bell [a film by Peter]: Peter’s sculpture will be a ringing attack on a culture where “disorder” has reached into every aspect of everyday human life. Roy Porter … Continue reading Business is booming [Porter’s Bell]

‘MENTAL CURES BY USE OF DRUGS’

This, from the Birmingham Daily Post, Wednesday 4th May 1955, is one of the first UK reports of Serotonin ‘imbalance’ causing/leading to mental health disorders. It was written by “a … Continue reading ‘MENTAL CURES BY USE OF DRUGS’

A very uncertain guide

A passage from “A Far Cry From Kensington” by Muriel Spark.

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This is not an attack upon science. It is a film that seeks the wonderful libraries that may be found at the end of corridors. How truthfully can scientific method … Continue reading The caption is wrong