<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms">Send us a text</a>It was a huge honour to get an email from Rachel Zimmerman&apos;s publicist asking if I would consider reading a pre-publication copy of her new book, Us After, and to have Rachel on the show. Us After is the astonishing memoir of Rachel and her daughters&apos; lives after the death of her husband Seth by suicide. Before you think this is all going to be very, very depressing, it really isn&apos;t. It&apos;s an incredibly important and insightful book which Rachel describes as being &quot;a little window for those people who say, &apos;I can&apos;t imagine what it must have been like&apos;&quot; because she wanted to give other people a sense it. There&apos;s family life. There are tears. There is the incomprehensible death of her beloved husband and through it so much optimism and hope and a sense of needing to move forwards. I absolutely loved Us, After and I have really, really enjoyed talking to Rachel.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms"&gt;Send us a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was a huge honour to get an email from Rachel Zimmerman&amp;apos;s publicist asking if I would consider reading a pre-publication copy of her new book, &lt;em&gt;Us After&lt;/em&gt;, and to have Rachel on the show. &lt;em&gt;Us After&lt;/em&gt; is the astonishing memoir of Rachel and her daughters&amp;apos; lives after the death of her husband Seth by suicide.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Before you think this is all going to be very, very depressing, it really isn&amp;apos;t. It&amp;apos;s an incredibly important and insightful book which Rachel describes as being &amp;quot;a little window for those people who say, &amp;apos;I can&amp;apos;t imagine what it must have been like&amp;apos;&amp;quot; because she wanted to give other people a sense it. There&amp;apos;s family life. There are tears. There is the incomprehensible death of her beloved husband and through it so much optimism and hope and a sense of needing to move forwards. I absolutely loved &lt;em&gt;Us, After&lt;/em&gt; and I have really, really enjoyed talking to Rachel.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us a textIt was a huge honour to get an email from Rachel Zimmerman's publicist asking if I would consider reading a pre-publication copy of her new book, Us After, and to have Rachel on the show. Us After is the astonishing memoir of Rachel and her daughters' lives after the death of her husband Seth by suicide.Before you think this is all going to be very, very depressing, it really isn't. It's an incredibly important and insightful book which Rachel describes as being "a little window...

Us, After

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms">Send us a text</a> Welcome to the first episode of season 8 of Bedside Reading!! I am delighted today to welcome Martin Billington back to Bedside Reading to talk about you don&apos;t have to be mad to work here, the memoir of Benji Waterhouse, NHS psychiatrist and stand-up comedian. It was great fun to hear Benji talk about his book and when I saw him live a couple of years ago and and I was really excited when the book came out that I really desperately wanted to read it. It didn&apos;t disappoint and it was really interesting to talk to Martin.  We explore the power of humour, the power of black comedy, recognition of the stresses that people, particularly those working in mental health services, are under, and the value and power of storytelling to make sense of what is going on in our lives. It&apos;s a brilliant book and I really, really enjoyed talking to Martin about it. Martin has his own podcast &quot;So what happened to us all?&quot; listen here: <a href='https://martinbillington1.podbean.com/'>https://martinbillington1.podbean.com/</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms"&gt;Send us a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Welcome to the first episode of season 8 of Bedside Reading!! &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I am delighted today to welcome Martin Billington back to Bedside Reading to talk about &lt;em&gt;you don&amp;apos;t have to be mad to work here, t&lt;/em&gt;he memoir of Benji Waterhouse, NHS psychiatrist and stand-up comedian. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It was great fun to hear Benji talk about his book and when I saw him live a couple of years ago and and I was really excited when the book came out that I really desperately wanted to read it. It didn&amp;apos;t disappoint and it was really interesting to talk to Martin.  We explore the power of humour, the power of black comedy, recognition of the stresses that people, particularly those working in mental health services, are under, and the value and power of storytelling to make sense of what is going on in our lives. It&amp;apos;s a brilliant book and I really, really enjoyed talking to Martin about it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Martin has his own podcast &amp;quot;So what happened to us all?&amp;quot; listen here: &lt;a href='https://martinbillington1.podbean.com/'&gt;https://martinbillington1.podbean.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us a textWelcome to the first episode of season 8 of Bedside Reading!! I am delighted today to welcome Martin Billington back to Bedside Reading to talk about you don't have to be mad to work here, the memoir of Benji Waterhouse, NHS psychiatrist and stand-up comedian. It was great fun to hear Benji talk about his book and when I saw him live a couple of years ago and and I was really excited when the book came out that I really desperately wanted to read it. It didn't disappoint and it ...

You don't have to be mad to work here (Benji Waterhouse)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms">Send us a text</a> It&apos;s a rewind episode today. I think lots of people have been watching the incredible season three of Heartstopper on Netflix. If you haven&apos;t, you certainly should. If you&apos;ve not discovered Heartstopper at all, you&apos;ve got such a treat if you want to binge all three series (or better still to pick up the wonderful graohic novels by Alive Oseman).  I&apos;ve chosen to bring back an episode, an episode that&apos;s actually been one of the most downloaded episodes of Bedside Reading ever,and that is me talking to GP Ellie Corso about one of the Heartstopper associated novellas:  This Winter.  This short and brilliant novella features in series three of Heartstopper as one of the episodes, I think episode five in the current series. It is such a wonderful short novel, there is so much to talk about and I think with all the Heartstopper fever we have around at the moment it&apos;s only right to bring it back. Enjoy.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms"&gt;Send us a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It&amp;apos;s a rewind episode today. I think lots of people have been watching the incredible season three of Heartstopper on Netflix. If you haven&amp;apos;t, you certainly should. If you&amp;apos;ve not discovered Heartstopper at all, you&amp;apos;ve got such a treat if you want to binge all three series (or better still to pick up the wonderful graohic novels by Alive Oseman). &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; I&amp;apos;ve chosen to bring back an episode, an episode that&amp;apos;s actually been one of the most downloaded episodes of Bedside Reading ever,and that is me talking to GP Ellie Corso about one of the Heartstopper associated novellas:  &lt;em&gt;This Winte&lt;/em&gt;r.  This short and brilliant novella features in series three of Heartstopper as one of the episodes, I think episode five in the current series. It is such a wonderful short novel, there is so much to talk about and I think with all the Heartstopper fever we have around at the moment it&amp;apos;s only right to bring it back. Enjoy.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us a textIt's a rewind episode today. I think lots of people have been watching the incredible season three of Heartstopper on Netflix. If you haven't, you certainly should. If you've not discovered Heartstopper at all, you've got such a treat if you want to binge all three series (or better still to pick up the wonderful graohic novels by Alive Oseman).  I've chosen to bring back an episode, an episode that's actually been one of the most downloaded episodes of Bedside Reading ever...

Bonus episode reboot: The Winter (Heartstopper)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms">Send us a text</a>A warm welcome today to Rebecca Henleywillis, who describes herself as a &quot;Patchwork GP&quot;. Listen on to find out what a patchwork GP is. (spoiler: I love the term and I think I&apos;m going to start using it myself fairly soon.) This is the final episode of season seven of Bedside Reading, and we are talking about Strong Female Character by Fern Brady. This is an astonishing memoir. Fern Brady is a comedian. Many of you may have seen her on Taskmaster. She is articulate. She is funny. She is capable. She is autistic.  This book explores her life, some of the challenges she&apos;s had, and her late diagnosis of autism. It was really, really good to talk to Rebecca and think particularly about autism in women but also autism as a later life diagnosis and thinking about adjustments, families,  the myriad of ways that we can make things better or worse for people. We also spent some time thinking about autism in healthcare professionals and how easy it is to miss and how important it is to ask the right questions. I&apos;ve loved revisiting this book and I&apos;ve thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Rebecca.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms"&gt;Send us a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A warm welcome today to Rebecca Henleywillis, who describes herself as a &amp;quot;Patchwork GP&amp;quot;. Listen on to find out what a patchwork GP is. (spoiler: I love the term and I think I&amp;apos;m going to start using it myself fairly soon.) &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is the final episode of season seven of Bedside Reading, and we are talking about &lt;em&gt;Strong Female Character&lt;/em&gt; by Fern Brady. This is an astonishing memoir. Fern Brady is a comedian. Many of you may have seen her on Taskmaster. She is articulate. She is funny. She is capable. She is autistic. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This book explores her life, some of the challenges she&amp;apos;s had, and her late diagnosis of autism. It was really, really good to talk to Rebecca and think particularly about autism in women but also autism as a later life diagnosis and thinking about adjustments, families,  the myriad of ways that we can make things better or worse for people. We also spent some time thinking about autism in healthcare professionals and how easy it is to miss and how important it is to ask the right questions. I&amp;apos;ve loved revisiting this book and I&amp;apos;ve thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Rebecca.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us a textA warm welcome today to Rebecca Henleywillis, who describes herself as a "Patchwork GP". Listen on to find out what a patchwork GP is. (spoiler: I love the term and I think I'm going to start using it myself fairly soon.) This is the final episode of season seven of Bedside Reading, and we are talking about Strong Female Character by Fern Brady. This is an astonishing memoir. Fern Brady is a comedian. Many of you may have seen her on Taskmaster. She is articulate. She is funny. ...

Strong Female Character

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Trigger warning: baby loss This episode is especially for baby loss awareness week. Tamarin Norwood&apos;s incredible book about her son Gabriel In the Lancet:Wakley Prize Essay in the Lancet (2021) <a href='https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02690-8/fulltext'>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02690-8/fulltext</a> <a href='https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02797-5/fulltext'>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02797-5/fulltext</a>About the book online:If you want to buy the book: <a href='https://theindigopress.com/product/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world/'>https://theindigopress.com/product/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world/</a>)(or on Amazon: <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Whole-Wide-World-gut-wrenching/dp/191164873X'>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Whole-Wide-World-gut-wrenching/dp/191164873X</a>)Essay in the Sunday Times: <a href='https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/how-losing-my-baby-changed-my-idea-of-motherhood-r8jvdlcjb'>https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/how-losing-my-baby-changed-my-idea-of-motherhood-r8jvdlcjb</a>Essay in the Independent: <a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/baby-loss-ronaldo-child-grief-b2060596.html'>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/baby-loss-ronaldo-child-grief-b2060596.html</a>Reviews of the book in the Guardian: <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/28/grieve-child-book-tamarin-norwood-memoir-pregnancy-death'>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/28/grieve-child-book-tamarin-norwood-memoir-pregnancy-death</a> the TLS: <a href='https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world-tamarin-norwood-book-review-julia-bueno'>https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world-tamarin-norwood-book-review-julia-bueno</a>and T&amp;F journal Life Writing: <a href='https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2024.2384755'>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2024.2384755</a> The book and other writing-related work in healthcare: <ul><li>THE SONG OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD been added to medical and midwifery curricula in the UK (Cambridge University and Warwick Med School) and in Australia (Newcastle School of Nursing and Midwifery), and is now gifted to bereaved families by one baby loss charity (Held In Our Hearts) and was a World Book Day recommendation by Sands, the UK&apos;s principal baby loss charity. It is the subject of two case studies exploring the role of literature in compassionate healthcare training, to be presented at the upcoming NHS NES Conference.</li><li>&apos;FROM THE HEART&apos; NOTELETS are packs of note cards with memory and writing prompts for parents whose baby has sadly died. These were created by Tamarin Norwood and Scottish baby loss charity Held In Our Hearts with HEIC funding, and are now provided for bereaved parents across 5 NHS Boards in Scotland as part of their baby loss support, and are increasingly being taken up by hospitals in England including Great Ormond St Hospital. </li></ul><a href='https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2023/march/baby-loss-writing-resources-tamarin-norwood-study/'>https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2023/march/baby-loss-writing-resources-tamarin-norwood-study/</a>  I proposed these notecards in the following article: <a href='https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2021.1871705'>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2021.1871705</a>Contact: <a href='mailto:t.g.norwood@lboro.ac.uk'>t.g.norwood@lboro.ac.uk</a>  @TamarinNorwood on

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1880290/open_sms"&gt;Send us a text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trigger warning: baby loss&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This episode is especially for baby loss awareness week. Tamarin Norwood&amp;apos;s incredible book about her son Gabriel&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;In the Lancet:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wakley Prize Essay in the Lancet (2021)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02690-8/fulltext'&gt;https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02690-8/fulltext&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02797-5/fulltext'&gt;https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02797-5/fulltext&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the book online:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to buy the book: &lt;a href='https://theindigopress.com/product/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world/'&gt;https://theindigopress.com/product/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(or on Amazon: &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Whole-Wide-World-gut-wrenching/dp/191164873X'&gt;https://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Whole-Wide-World-gut-wrenching/dp/191164873X&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Essay in the Sunday Times: &lt;a href='https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/how-losing-my-baby-changed-my-idea-of-motherhood-r8jvdlcjb'&gt;https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/how-losing-my-baby-changed-my-idea-of-motherhood-r8jvdlcjb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Essay in the Independent: &lt;a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/baby-loss-ronaldo-child-grief-b2060596.html'&gt;https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/baby-loss-ronaldo-child-grief-b2060596.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reviews of the book in the Guardian: &lt;a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/28/grieve-child-book-tamarin-norwood-memoir-pregnancy-death'&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/28/grieve-child-book-tamarin-norwood-memoir-pregnancy-death&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;the TLS: &lt;a href='https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world-tamarin-norwood-book-review-julia-bueno'&gt;https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world-tamarin-norwood-book-review-julia-bueno&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and T&amp;amp;F journal Life Writing: &lt;a href='https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2024.2384755'&gt;https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2024.2384755&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The book and other writing-related work in healthcare: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;THE SONG OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD been added to medical and midwifery curricula in the UK (Cambridge University and Warwick Med School) and in Australia (Newcastle School of Nursing and Midwifery), and is now gifted to bereaved families by one baby loss charity (Held In Our Hearts) and was a World Book Day recommendation by Sands, the UK&amp;apos;s principal baby loss charity. It is the subject of two case studies exploring the role of literature in compassionate healthcare training, to be presented at the upcoming NHS NES Conference.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;apos;FROM THE HEART&amp;apos; NOTELETS are packs of note cards with memory and writing prompts for parents whose baby has sadly died. These were created by Tamarin Norwood and Scottish baby loss charity Held In Our Hearts with HEIC funding, and are now provided for bereaved parents across 5 NHS Boards in Scotland as part of their baby loss support, and are increasingly being taken up by hospitals in England including Great Ormond St Hospital. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2023/march/baby-loss-writing-resources-tamarin-norwood-study/'&gt;https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2023/march/baby-loss-writing-resources-tamarin-norwood-study/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; I proposed these notecards in the following article: &lt;a href='https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2021.1871705'&gt;https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14484528.2021.1871705&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contact:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:t.g.norwood@lboro.ac.uk'&gt;t.g.norwood@lboro.ac.uk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;@TamarinNorwood on&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us a textTrigger warning: baby lossThis episode is especially for baby loss awareness week. Tamarin Norwood's incredible book about her son GabrielIn the Lancet:Wakley Prize Essay in the Lancet (2021)https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02690-8/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02797-5/fulltextAbout the book online:If you want to buy the book: https://theindigopress.com/product/the-song-of-the-whole-wide-world/)...

The Song of the Whole Wide World

A medical humanities podcast for bibliophile health care professionals where we explore themes from fiction, memoir and other non traditional non-textbooks which help to make us better at what we do. Hosted by Dr Tara George, a GP and medical educator in each episode a different guest explores a book that has changed their practice. Follow us on Twitter @bedsidepodcast or instagram @bedsidereadingpodcast. If you'd like to recommend a book or to come on the podcast as a guest please email: bedsidereadingpodcast@gmail.com. Episodes hosted by Tara George, edited by Levi Gee

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