Bedlam

My own interest in Bethlem and madness came from a number of sources; the onomatopoeic clangour of the word Bedlam itself, suggesting an infernal din, like a bedstead falling downstairs, somehow echoed in the vast Victorian asylum near my childhood home, and its noisy but harmless residents, who occasionally spilled out into the streets, weeping and shouting.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

My own interest in Bethlem and madness came from a number of sources; the onomatopoeic clangour of the word Bedlam itself, suggesting an infernal din, like a bedstead falling downstairs, somehow echoed in the vast Victorian asylum near my childhood home, and its noisy but harmless residents, who occasionally spilled out into the streets, weeping and shouting.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

My own interest in Bethlem and madness came from a number of sources; the onomatopoeic clangour of the word Bedlam itself, suggesting an infernal din, like a bedstead falling downstairs, somehow echoed in the vast Victorian asylum near my childhood home, and its noisy but harmless residents, who occasionally spilled out into the streets, weeping and shouting.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

Whether that enemy bears the name Bedlam, it is nothing compared to the danger we presently face.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

Whether that enemy bears the name Bedlam, it is nothing compared to the danger we presently face.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

Whether that enemy bears the name Bedlam, it is nothing compared to the danger we presently face.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

Reading her blog Adventures in Bedlam I came across her post Three Favourite Books of All Time which got me thinking about the commonalities between reading and writing, and that perhaps there were many more layers to “writing what you read”.

Common Threads in Reading and Writing « Write Anything 2009

Now, the harshest of these tunes, musically speaking and lyrically, was a song from our last record, The Delivery Man, called Bedlam, which is a retelling of the nativity story in the reality of a modern refugee situation.

Costello and Toussaint, 'A River in Reverse' 2006

Now, the harshest of these tunes, musically speaking and lyrically, was a song from our last record, The Delivery Man, called Bedlam, which is a retelling of the nativity story in the reality of a modern refugee situation.

Costello and Toussaint, 'A River in Reverse' 2006

The name Bedlam is a corruption of the Hebrew "Bethlehem" -- meaning the House of

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