Miriam Margolyes’ autobiography was an interesting choice for our readers this month. At the age of 80, BAFTA winning Miriam has written her remarkable life story. From birth to (almost) recent day it explains how being conceived in an air-raid Read More …
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New Books week commencing 2nd Sept 2024
ACSM’s Clinical Exercise Physiology – American College of Sports Medicine Walter R. Thompson (editor), American College of Sports Medicine (associated with work) Publisher’s Synopsis Reflecting the unsurpassed quality and excellence synonymous with the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM’s Clinical Exercise Read More …
Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month at George Eliot
A rather windy August day saw the Knowledge and Library Services in the Serenity Garden at GETEC, celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with staff. Having anchored everything down due to the blustery weather (making us feel rather less than serene!), Read More …
New Books week commencing 12th Aug 2024
Building and Improving Health Literacy in the ‘New Normal’ of Health Care Frameworks and Actions – European Health Management in Transition Federico Lega, Pia Kreutzer Publisher’s Synopsis Research shows that low health literacy (HL) is linked to poorer mental and physical health, increased Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of The Cameraman
This month’s read was The Cameraman by Matthew Kneale. Described as ‘a captivating, thought-provoking road trip through a rapidly changing Europe in the 1930s’, this was the tale of Julius Sewell and his family’s journey to his sister’s wedding. Unusually for Read More …
GEH Wellbeing Reading Group Review- The last murder at the end of the world by Stuart Turton
This was our second reading group book from Stuart Turton, with the group having read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle a while ago. This novel had a much more positive review from our readers! The story is an intriguing Read More …
New Book Week Commencing 5th Aug 2024
Inner Engineering A Yogi’s Guide to Joy Sadhguru Publisher’s Synopsis The practice of what is commonly known as hatha yoga is but one of eight branches of the body of knowledge that is yoga. Yoga is a sophisticated system of self-empowerment Read More …
Take Pride in your NHS at George Eliot Hospital
In June, Lisa and I went to the Pride event at George Eliot Hospital to promote the Knowledge and Library Service. The foyer was a wealth of rainbows, with stands from Wellbeing, Unison, and Unite (amongst others). In comparison I Read More …
‘Bridgerton-era’ historic medical books and artefacts unveiled at the Education Centre Library at Warwick Hospital
“Gentlemen, I have great pleasure in presenting to the Warneford Hospital, for the use of the Medical Officers of the Institution for the time being, Quain and Wilson’s Coloured Anatomical Plates in Two Volumes Folio…” We’re thrilled to finally unveil Read More …
SWFT & GEH Review of The Magician by Colm Toibin
The joint Wellbeing Reading Group book choice for Pride Month turned out to be a bit of a Marmite book, with some of the group absolutely loving it, and some definitely not! The novel was a fictionalised account of the Read More …