Last Taboo of Motherhood?

This exhibition includes a series of three individual audio plays illuminating an area of women’s health which has been historically overlooked: postnatal mental illness. The project draws on research by Dr Kelly Couzens, Dr Fabiola Creed and Professor Hilary Marland, and is informed by a variety of historical sources, including first hand testimonies from and by women in twentieth-century Britain. These pieces probe vital questions about women’s experiences and the pervasive culture of silence around maternal mental health.

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People's History of the NHS

As part of the major 'Cultural History of the NHS' project, we have created a website to become a gallery and encyclopoedia of people's memories and thoughts about their personal experience of the NHS. NHS patients, staff and others are invited to contribute stories, images, jokes etc.

There was also a wide-ranging programme of events throughout the project lifetime, leading up to the NHS's 70th anniversary in 2018 and beyond.

Story of our Streets

Professor Roberta Bivins worked with Dr Sarah Richardson, Warwick students and the citizens of Coventry to research governmental and other reports on the health of Coventry and map them onto Coventry's streets. This was part of Coventry's City of Culture programme of activities.