On the Road to Bridget Jones: five books that define each generation
Blake Morrison on boomers, Chris Power on Gen X, Megan Nolan on millennials and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé on Gen Z … which books shaped your generation?
October 2018
Top 10s
Top 10 books about psychiatry
Spanning unusual cruelty and extraordinary kindness, authors from Pat Barker to Janet Frame explore an unsettling branch of medicine
December 2017
Other lives
Zbigniew Kotowicz obituary
Other lives: Author and university tutor with a gift for friendship
April 2017
Mad to Be Normal review – hippy psychiatry
Mad to Be Normal review – Tennant returns as a very different doctor
December 2015
The politics sketch
Whip his shadow cabinet? There's nothing Corbyn would like more
John Crace
War in Syria is becoming overshadowed by the conflict within the Labour party, but it’s amazing what a little re-education can do
November 2015
The Divided Laing review – study of the psychiatrist's inner streetfighter
Patrick Marmion’s ambitious play about the commune created by RD Laing in the 1960s leaves the audience deeply divided
May 2015
David Tennant to play 'acid-Marxist' psychiatrist RD Laing in biopic
Controversial doctor advocated the use of LSD and encouraged patients at his east London residential centre to embrace their so-called madness
April 2015
Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey Lieberman review – genial and triumphalist
This history of (American) psychiatry by a high-ranking insider is ultimately too partial and limited in scope
January 2014
Sally Vincent obituary
Journalist and incisive interviewer who could coax and charm even the most reluctant of subjects
August 2013
A book that changed me
The rebellious psychiatrists who helped me see beyond the myths and stigma of mental illness
David Shariatmadari
David Shariatmadari: A book that changed me: A work by RD Laing and Aaron Esterson answered my childhood questions about the nature of madness
December 2012
Turner prize 2012: Elizabeth Price is a worthy winner in a vintage year
In a strong field, the artist's video dealing with a terrible 1979 fire in Manchester stood out as a painful, complex and honest work
October 2012
Turner prize 2012 – review
Three out of the four artists on this year's shortlist are strong, original and vividly intelligent, writes Laura Cumming
Turner prize 2012: Adrian Searle looks at the shortlist - video
Guardian art critic Adrian Searle finds madness and mayhem at Tate Britain, home of the 2012 Turner prize exhibition
Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet?
Immerse yourself in Spartacus Chetwynd's daft performances, Paul Noble's filthy drawings, Elizabeth Price's terrifying video and Luke Fowler's film about schizophrenia, urges Adrian Searle
September 2012
Kingsley Hall: RD Laing's experiment in anti-psychiatry
The residents of RD Laing's Kingsley Hall – in pictures
September 2011
Response
RD Laing's ideas on psychiatry are neither irrelevant nor unfashionable
Bruce Scott
Response: His emphasis on patient care and choice has much to teach us about mental illness, says Bruce Scott
