The Quiet Genius of Call the Midwife

Cake, death and the romance of mutual aid.

Laurie Penny

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BBC/Neal Street: on the Covid-safe set of Call The Midwife

Another summer, another lockdown. Last night, we watched a small, rowdy right-wing rally against our city’s latest, necessary quarantine order lollop along under our window, all of them hollering their ambient refusal to be inconveninced so that their neighbors don’t die.

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Laurie Penny

Based on a true story. Author, journalist, screenwriter, social justice bard.