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Mother & Baby magazine Review
Hannah Fox at Mother & Baby thinks readers will enjoy our 'poignant memoir' of Sarah as a nurse in 70s London and say goodbye baby brain.
Book review in The Lady
"A beautifully written and moving memoir of life as a trainee nurse in a struggling NHS hospital in 1970s Hackney. Beeson’s daily life and the colourful characters she met are superbly described, and we begin to understand how her most difficult experiences were also...
Sarah spills the beans on nursing in Swinging London with DJ Robert Elms on BBC London
Sarah and Robert share a few laughs talking about the fun and the frustrations of nurses uniforms, life in the nurses's home and being a teenager in groovy London in this lunchtime interview.
The Guardian Review
'A poignant memoir in which Beeson recalls her life as a new nurse, arriving at Hackney General Hospital in London's East End in 1969, at the age of 17. Funny, warm and moving, it looks at the lives of the nurses and their patients. Will appeal to fans of "Call The...
Book Review from Life on Magrs
It was a real thrill that our first book review was by one of our favourite authors Paul Magrs author of The Brenda & Effie Mysteries. When we read it we cried. "I thought this was a wonderful book – written in conjunction with the author’s daughter, a one-time...
H is for Hackney Radio Interview with Sarah Beeson MBE
Sarah talks to Shenna at East London Radio about life as a nurse in 1970s at Hackney Hospital and why she picked Hackney above everywhere else on her new show H is for Hackney.
Listen to Radio interview with Harriet Scott on BBC London 94.6
Amy (Sarah's daughter) was in some great company when she asked to go on air with Radio DJ Harriet Scott and Olympic Gold Medalist and new mum Anna Watkins to talk about motherhood, going back to work, childcare and writing with her mum, Sarah Beeson. You can Listen...
Archi’ve Discovered
Sarah and Amy add their voices to the explore your archive campaign and talk about the impact a visit to St Bart's archives had on 'The New Arrival' in this short blog and 2 minute video.
5 Stars and blog review from Jaffareadstoo
Thrilled with 5 stars from Jo and Jaffa "An undeniable warmth pervades The New Arrival and Sarah writes with great conviction and real compassion for those in her nursing care. Her sharp and canny social observations really bring this era to life in a lively and...
Seventies Top 10 Playlist
We were rather thrilled to have our Top 10 Seventies playlist from 'The New Arrival' included in one of our favourite authors blogs this morning. If you haven't read Paul Magrs make him the top of your reading pile. What would be on your seventies Top 10 playlist?