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Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.

Join this creative writing workshop inspired by a selection of fantastical historical accounts on subjects such as witchcraft, religious conversions and various criminal activities.

Join this practical workshop and take inspiration from items in our collections on themes such as witchcraft, allegories and foxes to develop your writing skills.

Historical texts rarely supply enough detail for a definitive diagnosis, so medical historians need to proceed with caution.

Our collections are an incredible resource for all kinds of research, whether you are an artist or writer looking for inspiration, an academic researcher, or just curious about something in our exhibitions.

From self-care to healthcare, on Friday 6 July Wellcome Collection will be transformed for its next Late Spectacular, ‘Handle With Care’, taking a thought-provoking look at the acts of care central to our everyday lives.

Sarah Bentley explores what a papier-mâché figure from Japan can tell us about how and why we remember.

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.

With the news of a sequel in development, Russell Dornan explores parallels between ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and Wellcome Collection.

In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.