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The article offers information on Mary Edith Barnes, a British artist, writer, and mental health activist. Topics include the significance of the crucifixion motif in Barnes' artwork and its relation to her mental health, her involvement with RD Laing's therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, and the role of creativity and religious belief in her recovery from schizophrenia.

AbstractThis paper explores how everyday aesthetics shape and are shaped within dementia care settings. The authors draw upon research that explored the significance of clothing and textiles in care home settings, to identify the varied and complex aesthetic experiences of people with dementia. The study was carried out using a series of creative, sensory and embodied research methods working with people with dementia and care home staff. Findings demonstrate that aesthetics are important in care homes at a number of levels. People with dementia discussed personal aesthetic preferences and demonstrated such preferences through embodied practices. Attending to aesthetics facilitated moments of togetherness between people with dementia and care home staff, creating person-centred encounters outside task-orientated conversations. This paper supports the importance of everyday aesthetics within dementia care settings and demonstrates that greater attention should be paid to this, to reconsider and enhance not only the look and feel of care homes and everyday items, including clothing, but also dementia care practice more broadly.

Communication is increasingly recognized as a core skill for veterinary practitioners, and in recent years, attention to communication competency and skills training has increased. To gain an up-to-date assessment of the current state of veterinary communication skills and training, we conducted a survey among veterinary practitioners in the United Kingdom and United States in 2012/2013. The questionnaire was used to assess the current state, relevance, and adequacy of veterinary communication skills among veterinary practitioners, to assess interest in further training, and to understand perceived challenges in communicating with clients. There was an overall response rate of 29.6% (1,774 of 6,000 recipients), with a higher response rate for UK-based practitioners (39.7%) than practitioners in the US (19.5%). Ninety-eight percent of respondents agreed that communication skills were as important as or more important than clinical knowledge. Forty-one percent of respondents had received formal veterinary communication skills training during veterinary school, and 47% had received training post-graduation. Thirty-five percent said their veterinary communication skills training during veterinary school prepared them well or very well for communicating with clients about the health of their pets, compared to 61% of those receiving post-graduate training. Forty percent said they would be interested in further veterinary communication skills training, with the preferred methods being simulated consultations and online training. While there has been increased emphasis on communication skills training during and after veterinary school, there is a need for more relevant and accessible training.

The article reviews the exhibition "Letting in the Light," featuring the illuminated work of 35 artists at The Grove center in Stratford in London, England until March 24, 2016.

A photograph is presented depicting the "I spit on life" painting by Canadian Ukrainian William Kurelek painter.

The article reviews a theatrical performance by artist James Leadbitter, also known as the vacuum cleaner, depicting the radical ideas of Ronnie D. Laing, performed at the Freud Museum, London, England on September 29, 2015.

The article reports on the art installation video titled "The Zone," by filmmaker David Bickerstaff and Dr. Victoria Tischler of the University of Nottingham.