Exhibition - Hooked: 500 Years of Addiction / Cafe Portrait, Portrait Gallery

Never been in the Physicians Gallery before so somewhere new. Entrance is free and the building is wheelchair accessible with lifts and plenty seating. Doesn't have a cafe unfortunately so plan to go along to Cafe Portrait afterwards (5 mins walk) with possibly a look around the Portrait Gallery if time and energy allows.

£1 donation on the day towards Meetup fees appreciated.

From heroin to gambling, from alcohol to love, HOOKED explores the history of addiction. It invites you to consider the stereotypes attached to addiction and how all of us can be vulnerable to it.

Exploring pills, drink, snuff and cigarettes, we uncover the many faces of addiction and the many attempts to combat it. We explore the dark origins of substance addiction in the western world – rooted deeply in colonialism and slavery.

This exhibition contains some racist and xenophobic historic materials.