The visionary who gave dignity to the mentally ill
A new exhibition at Bethlem’s Museum of the Mind reveals how Charles Lutyens became the trailblazer for art therapy
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A new exhibition at Bethlem’s Museum of the Mind reveals how Charles Lutyens became the trailblazer for art therapy
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