53 h. ago The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – haunting accounts of horrific medical abuse

A book about psychiatrist William Sargant’s unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimoniesA child of 14 is forced to walk on to a stage and strip to her underwear. Tiny and mute beneath the stacked rows of medical students, she is paraded for their benefit by a consultant psychiatrist some 44 years her senior. It is 1966 – the peak of Swinging 60s’ hedonism, liberalism and youthful counterculture – but in a locked psychiatric ward in London’s Royal Waterloo hospital, unspeakable violations are being inflicted upon patients.The perpetrator-in-chief, William Sargant, is the subject of thriller writer Jon Stock’s first nonfiction book, The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal. One of the most notorious figures in British psychiatry, Sargant initially wished to be a physician. He pivoted to psychiatry after one of his earliest pieces of research met with a humiliating reception at the Royal College of Physicia...

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61 h. ago Porn star to expose Nigel Farage in 'brutally honest' tell all book

Valerie Fox has penned a book detailing her brief encounter with politician Nigel Farage. Teasing the release on social media, she said, "it's going to be oh so scandalous".

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65 h. ago Porn star vows to tell all on Nigel Farage in 'scandalous' new book

Valerie Fox has penned a book, which details her brief liaison with right-wing UK politician Nigel Farage. She has told her social media followers: "It’s going to be oh so scandalous"

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65 h. ago 'Brutally honest' porn star to tell all on Nigel Farage in 'scandalous' new book

Valerie Fox has penned a book, which details her brief liaison with right-wing UK politician Nigel Farage. She has told her social media followers: "It’s going to be oh so scandalous"

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch tears into 'reality TV star' Nigel Farage as she mocks Reform civil war and dismisses prospect of a merger with the Tories

The Conservative Party leader said that the Uk had to move away from 'politics as showbusiness' - a pointed reference to Mr Farage's lucrative appearance on I'm A Celebrity in 2023.

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3 w. ago Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter accuses her mother of ‘not wanting to hear’ she was a victim of her father too

Caroline Darian has written a new book So That We May Remember about the Dominique Pelicot rape scandal

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