This medal was awarded to my Aunt Mai when she graduated as a midwife from the General Lying In hospital in London in 1926. Mai came from County Mayo on the West Coast of Ireland and had travelled ...

No more than a decade before 1960s London became known around the world as the epicenter of hip music, fashion and life, huge chunks of London were closer to Dickensian. It’s this 1950s hards… ...

How does 1960 London compare with 2015 Detroit? Our Call the Midwife heroines are part of the British National Health Service. Working in London’s east end, their clientel consists of working ...