Call the Midwife was first aired by the BBC in 2012 and is now into its thirteenth series. The narrative arc of each episode may be predictable, but the female-centred storylines remain compelling and something of a rarity. Not to mention the bicycles used for home visits. Set in East London’s Poplar district, the programme
Last year, colleagues from Highgate Cemetery joined the Healthy Parks and Green Space Network I jointly run with Gemma Moore and Liza Griffin from UCL’s Bartlett Faculty. The Cemetery team also generously hosted our first in-person meeting, in one of their chapels. We organised a “green walk” to this from Archway station to help participants
Demonstrating public health outcomes achieved, let alone attributing them to specific interventions, can be a challenge. So, it is especially pleasing that Camden and Islington are finalists in this year’s Municipal Journal Awards in the Delivering Better Outcomes category for their work to improve health and reduce health inequalities through access to parks and green