Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism London exhibition explores how care and protest improved rights and dignity of those living with disease The Guardian - UK · May 29
Historical Jain manuscripts are leaving London’s Wellcome Collection – but not going to India The prized collection is going to Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham The Independent UK · May 19
UK museum returns 2,000 manuscripts to Jain community in landmark restitution agreement Two thousand Jain manuscripts, collected by British entrepreneur Sir Henry Wellcome and held by the Wellcome Collection in London, are being returned to the Jain community. These 15th to 19th-century texts, believed to be the largest collection outside South Asia, will be transferred to the University of Birmingham. The Times of India · May 16
UK museum to return over 2000 historic manuscripts to Jain community The Wellcome Collection in London is returning over 2,000 Jain manuscripts to the Jain community. These sacred texts, held for over a century, span centuries and cover religion, literature, and medicine. The collection will initially move to the University of Birmingham. This landmark restitution marks a collaborative effort to ensure… The Economic Times · May 15
Ageing on display: Wellcome Collection in London explores life across time in art and culture The Wellcome Collection exhibition in London explores ageing across life, using art, culture and scientific research to show how inequality shapes who gets to grow old well. Euronews · Mar 27
From Roman drains to ancient filters, these artefacts show how solutions to water contamination have evolved A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilisations have treasured – and been intrinsically linked to – safe, clean water. The Conversation · Jul 1, 2025
Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader at the Wellcome Collection: playfully enraged 4/5 1880 THAT is an exhibition about the Deaf experience and a crucial moment in history when sign language was sidelined Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2025
From gnarled hands to murder: the show exposing the world’s worst workplaces Hard Graft, an unsparing new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, showcases artworks that respond to employee exploitation, from the ruined hands of a washerwoman to the lung-damaged workers of Death Alley The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024
‘The course changed my life’: three graduates on how studying at the Royal College of Art launched their careers From curating The Cult of Beauty exhibition, to designing products for Google, RCA graduates explain how their studies led to their dream jobs The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2023
The Cult of Beauty review – delusional, divine, deadly… From wife-grinding windmills to pure gold serums, this riveting show traces humanity’s obsession with beauty through time and cultures with a keen sense of the ludicrous and the shocking The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023
‘Beauty aids often look like horror movie props’: the show lifting the lid on a £660bn industry Was a double chin really highly fashionable once? Is social media ranking your looks? And how did Iran become a nose-job world leader? We go behind the scenes at The Cult of Beauty The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2023
An exhibition about milk’s complicated history has me rethinking my morning cuppa The Wellcome Collection’s show has art and history, biology and ecology, public health, politics – and the dangers of ice-cream The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023
Milk at the Wellcome Collection review: a fascinating deep dive into the white stuff For milk-lovers and the lactose-averse alike, this exhibition is an illuminating look at the stuff of life Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2023