DrSonnet

dated 1272 AH (1855-6 AD)

جائزة الأكاديمية الملكية الاسكتلندية للأفكار المتغيرة. لعام ٢٠٢٦.

Hospitalised by Christine Roychowdhury

https://www.artandbailey.co.uk/

Royal Scottish Academy RSA Changing Ideas Prize 2026

Changing ideas is a charity that funds initiatives addressing human Rights and social injustice and supports public interest campaigners.

Hospitalised won the inaugural 2026 prize.

The work depicts an image made famous by potter Josiah Wedgwood

“And I tried hard to be proud of my service but all I could feel was shame and racism could no longer mask the occupation. These were people. These were human beings. I’ve since been plagued by guilt anytime I see an elderly man, like the one who couldn’t walk and we rolled onto a stretcher, told the Iraqi police to take him away. I feel guilt anytime I see a mother with her children like the one who cried hysterically and screamed that we were worse than Saddam as we forced her from her home. I feel guilt anytime I see a young girl like the one I grabbed by the arm and dragged into the street.

“And I tried hard to be proud of my service but all I could feel was shame and racism could no longer mask the occupation. These were people. These were human beings. I’ve since been plagued by guilt anytime I see an elderly man, like the one who couldn’t walk and we rolled onto a stretcher, told the Iraqi police to take him away. I feel guilt anytime I see a mother with her children like the one who cried hysterically and screamed that we were worse than Saddam as we forced her from her home. I feel guilt anytime I see a young girl like the one I grabbed by the arm and dragged into the street.

-Part of Mike’s powerful testimony