Medication, Madness and Murder
15 Sep 2025
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Your Worry Makes Sense
09 Sep 2025
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Brotherless Night
02 Sep 2025
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The Story of a Heart
25 Aug 2025
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Leadership Hikers
19 Aug 2025
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Havoc
11 Aug 2025
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Belly Full
04 Aug 2025
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Playing Big
28 Jul 2025
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Blue Sons and Skyshine
21 Jul 2025
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Needle
15 Jul 2025
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Trust me, I'm Exhausted
07 Jul 2025
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Nonviolent Communication
30 Jun 2025
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The Midwife
24 Jun 2025
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Georgia Vine: Occupational Therapy, Disability Activism and Me
16 Jun 2025
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The Anxious Generation
09 Jun 2025
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Bonus Episode: Interpretations of Love
07 Jun 2025
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Reading Well. The Reading Agency: Books on Prescription
03 Jun 2025
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Send us a textWelcome to season 10 of Bedside Reading and what a series I've got lined up for y...
Bedside Poetry: Rema Jyothirmayi and I explore "Now I become myself" by May Sarton
27 May 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Charley Baker and I explore "Nasty Woman" by Nina Donovan
19 May 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Jo Maher and I explore "Three Little Birds" by Jackie Kay
12 May 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Sam Guglani and I explore "Preparation" by Czesław Miłosz
06 May 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Lizz Lidbury and I explore "Arguing in the Headmaster's Office" by Hollie McNish
29 Apr 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Tom Oates and I explore "For Andrew Wood" by James Fenton
22 Apr 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Sabina Dosani and I explore "Visit to the Vets" by Ilse Pedler
15 Apr 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Vicky Thomas and I explore "in time of daffodils" by ee cummings
08 Apr 2025
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Bedside Poetry: Beth Osmond and I explore "Ode to Dalya's Bald Spot" by Angel Nafis
01 Apr 2025
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Soldier Sailor
25 Mar 2025
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Dirty Laundry
18 Mar 2025
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The Madness of Grief
11 Mar 2025
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Send us a textThe Reverend Richard Cole's memoir of grieving for his husband David, The Madness...
A Beginners Guide to Dying
04 Mar 2025
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When the Dust Settles - Lucy Easthope
25 Feb 2025
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Send us a textLucy Easthope's book, When the Dust Settles, is quite possibly one of the most as...
The Heart of the Matter
18 Feb 2025
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Unheard
11 Feb 2025
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Prophet Song
04 Feb 2025
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Aftershock
28 Jan 2025
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Never Split the Difference
21 Jan 2025
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Age Proof
14 Jan 2025
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How To Rise
07 Jan 2025
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Twixtmas Special 2024
31 Dec 2024
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My Favourite Mistake
24 Dec 2024
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In the Dream House
17 Dec 2024
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Own Your Period
10 Dec 2024
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The Outrun
03 Dec 2024
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Hope - Scottish Book Trust 2024
26 Nov 2024
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Lady Tan's Circle of Women
19 Nov 2024
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Us, After
12 Nov 2024
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You don't have to be mad to work here (Benji Waterhouse)
05 Nov 2024
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Bonus episode reboot: This Winter (Heartstopper)
29 Oct 2024
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Strong Female Character
22 Oct 2024
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The Song of the Whole Wide World
15 Oct 2024
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Interpretations of Love
08 Oct 2024
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All My Wild Mothers
01 Oct 2024
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The Golden Rule - Dr Lucy Pollock
24 Sep 2024
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The Butterfly House
17 Sep 2024
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Girl Unmasked
10 Sep 2024
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Fighting for the soul of General Practice
03 Sep 2024
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Heart
27 Aug 2024
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Strange Sally Diamond
20 Aug 2024
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Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions
13 Aug 2024
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Turn the Ship Around
06 Aug 2024
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Elizabeth is Missing
30 Jul 2024
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Covenant of Water
23 Jul 2024
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Shy
16 Jul 2024
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Books to inspire your clinical career
08 Jul 2024
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Clytemnestra's Bind
02 Jul 2024
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The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr
25 Jun 2024
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Pessimism is for lightweights
18 Jun 2024
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The Panopticon
11 Jun 2024
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Women's Prize for Fiction - Shortlist
04 Jun 2024
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
28 May 2024
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Microskills
21 May 2024
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Unnatural Causes
14 May 2024
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The Queen of Dirt Island
07 May 2024
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Leadership Special Episode
30 Apr 2024
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Unwell Women
23 Apr 2024
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The Right Kind of Wrong
16 Apr 2024
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Womb
09 Apr 2024
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
02 Apr 2024
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Why Can't I See My GP?
26 Mar 2024
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A Fortunate Man
19 Mar 2024
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The Book About Getting Older
12 Mar 2024
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The Grief Nurse
05 Mar 2024
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The Belly of the Whale
27 Feb 2024
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Kinder Scout
20 Feb 2024
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A Curious History of Sex
13 Feb 2024
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Killer Looks
06 Feb 2024
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The Good People
30 Jan 2024
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The Vagina Bible
23 Jan 2024
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My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
16 Jan 2024
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Medicine Man
09 Jan 2024
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Christmas Special 2023
19 Dec 2023
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Kaleidoscopic Minds
12 Dec 2023
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
05 Dec 2023
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Christmas Shopping Ideas
28 Nov 2023
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat
21 Nov 2023
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Song of Achilles
14 Nov 2023
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The Madness
07 Nov 2023
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A Fortunate Woman
31 Oct 2023
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Loveless
24 Oct 2023
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Kitchen Table Wisdom
17 Oct 2023
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