MAUDSLEY LECTURE
MARCH 2023
Níall will be giving a talk on the 24th April as part of the Maudsley Lecture Series which is dedicated to exploring the links between Psychoanalysis and the the Arts. This years theme is Creativity: Between Outside and Inside. The series takes place at the Centre for Psychoanalysis in Camberwell - a new centre for clinical work, training, public events and a satellite site of the Institute of Psychoanalysis. More information about the series can be found on their website here.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PROGRESS
MARCH 2017
Below are some from the Natural History Museum site showing the scaffold ‘tunnel’ going up at the Museum. This is the framework required to lift, manipulate, and move the blue whale skull into position in a few weeks.
Though the main hall has had a sperm whale in it before, this was only around 15m long. In contrast, the blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed, is about 30m long once assembled.
Unfortunately, due to the various extensions and alterations to the Museum over time, the skull can only come in via the front doors. And – much like a very large, very heavy, very valuable sofa – it’s a case of squeezing it in at strange angles.