‘Welcome to Hospital Corners—an audio mosaic tracing the hidden history, personal memories, and fierce discipline of 1960s nurse training. Based on the poetry and prose of former nursing sister and educator Mary Bray, this series steps past the romanticised myths to explore what it truly felt like to become the hands that care. In this… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Metamorphosis and the Starched Apron. Companion to
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Introducing The Hospital Corners Series
A mosaic of care, memory, and the long lineage of nursing. A series of articles and podcasts highlighting the life and work behind Hospital Corners: Poetry from the Frontline of Nursing Care. Nursing has shaped my life for more than forty years. It has been my work, my education, my community, and often my… Continue reading Introducing The Hospital Corners Series
The Mirror I Stepped Through
Some books begin with a question.This one began with a mirror.The Mirror I Stepped Through grew out of the moments when the self becomes unmistakably visible,the patterns we repeat without noticing, the masks we learned to wear long before we had language for them, the stories that once protected us but now keep us small.… Continue reading The Mirror I Stepped Through
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 