The Centre for Mad Culture UK launched in October 2025 with a mission to provide a dedicated space for those with living and lived experience of madness – a space for knowledge-sharing, creative activities and community-building. This substack publication extends our reach and invites readers to engage with mad culture as a valuable aspect of human experience and creative expression.
We want this space to be a vibrant playground of ideas and expressions, as well as a headquarters for mad activism that resists the oppression of sanism and psychophobia. Our goal is to transform society’s response to madness, away from fear and containment, and to instead invite curiosity and mutual learning.
what to expect
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Free subscribers will receive news about the Centre for Mad Culture UK as well as occasional taster access to creative content from our community.
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Paid subscribers will receive access to all creative content from our community including reflective posts; fiction, poetry and artwork; videos and podcasts; as well as access to the comments and discussion area.
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Paid subscribers who enroll as Friends of Mad Culture UK will additionally receive a merchandise pack of stickers, bookmarks and postcards.
how to contribute
We invite and welcome contributions from within the mad community and from our friends and allies. To find out more and to send us a pitch, please get in touch.
