Call the Midwife has been a Sunday night staple since its first broadcast in 2012. Based on the memoirs of former nurse and midwife Jennifer Worth (née Lee, as per the TV series); the show begins in 1957 and follows her experiences working in London’s East End. Through the lens of community midwifery and district nursing, the programme offers a dramatised portrayal of post-war Britain and the early years of the National Health Service.

Femininity was of key importance in the construction of the public identities of female pop stars in 1960s Britain. Utilising the work of Gender historians, who have established the malleability of gender and how it is crafted in the establishment of public identities, this essay will discuss the varied ways the femininity of 1960s female pop stars was presented to the British public.

Motorsport has never been a welcoming space for women. But that never stopped Susie Wolff.

How do 19th century girls spend their Christmas morning?

If The Iliad was written down in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, then why did the first translation by a woman take so long?

There must be something special within these films, having cultivated such prolonged popularity, but is it at the expense of feminism?

It is a common belief that hip-hop as a whole has always been firmly anti-queer. In truth, hip-hop is not a monolithic entity

Thick winged eyeliner and striking colours of blue and gold are utilised in many modern portrayals of ancient Egyptians