The actor Stephen McGann has excavated his family history – from slum streets and the Irish famine to the deck of the Titanic. When I look at my family history, I see how close I am to poverty, how close we all are. This is your slum blood. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Medical history … Stephen McGann as Dr Patrick Turner with other cast members of Call the Midwife. But now I know that they were.”• Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Maladies by Stephen McGann (Simon & Schuster, £20).

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2017 05:15 UTC