Alice Watson

Happy to share my latest project with the BBC - we’ve co-produced a video series capturing how fans have been inspired by Call the Midwife to engage in creative activities, from recording podcasts to knitting nuns and midwives! Start watching here: canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/fansstories/ 🍰🚲🏥

What area of study explores the relationship between media, popular culture, and geopolitics? Popular geopolitics. That’s the focus of my latest chapter in the newly published ‘Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Geopolitics’ (2026). 📚: elgaronline.com/display/book/9…

"It is the irrepressible warmth and optimism of its storytelling that draws so many back to Call the Midwife each and every year." A wonderfully festive piece from Geography Lecturer @aliceewatson to get you excited for Christmas... 🎄

@StJohnsOx @oxfordgeography @UniofOxford @BBC @BBCArchive @BBCOne @CallTheMidwife1

Happy to share this festive article I’ve written for the BBC about the magic, storytelling, and enduring popularity of the Call the Midwife Christmas specials - filled with clips of memorable moments from the programme archive 📺🎄 bbc.co.uk/historyofthebb…

I’ve never taken so many photos of a golf course on TV. Cypress Point in California for the @WalkerCup is off the charts 😍

Just an insane year for Rory McIlroy

The stage, the putt, the roar… Truly unbelievable 😍 you couldn’t have scripted it better. A box office moment in a Grand Slam-winning year #irishopen

Great to share my research on the power of Call the Midwife and popular culture more broadly at this year’s RGS conference in Birmingham. So pleased to get a copy of ‘The Promise of Cultural Geography’ too 📚 #RGSIBG25

Rainbow over the course this morning...#OldCourse #StAndrews #Fife #LoveFife #WelcomeToFife #Scotland

“I guess, hello world, huh?” What a debut for @LottieWoad 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤩 and an exciting day in women’s golf. A star performance on the Scottish links. Next stop, the @AIGWomensOpen…📍

New one for @TheAthletic ... On the romance of broadcasting, the power of language, and the time machine that is Open Radio. “This feels like a return to simpler days." nytimes.com/athletic/65008…

🚨📝 Delighted my latest article has been published online in @SocCultGeog today! ‘The power of representations to affect and effect: podcasting, popular culture, and audience stories behind Call the Midwife’. It’s free to access and read here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This is a holy day for those who observe: new Bamberger book has dropped, “The Playing Lesson.” For ⁦ @Skratch I did a lively Q & A with the dean of the golf beat. We talk writing, reporting and why golf has such a hold on him. skratch.golf/news/golf-cult…

The @normalsport newsletter is one of the best things in golf. Honored to go back-and-forth with my friend @KylePorterNS on this stupid game we’re addicted to, writing, work, and not taking things for granted normalsport.com/newsletter/wha…

'Call the Midwife: The Fans' Stories', a video series co-produced with the BBC and Lecturer in Human Geography @aliceewatson, is released today! Watch now at canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/fansstories/ and find out more about Alice's fascinating research at sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/news/…

NEWS! A new #CallTheMidwife video project is launched - co-produced by Oxford University’s Dr Alice Watson and the BBC - exploring the lives, loves and talents of our worldwide fan community! canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/fansstories/

Golf psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella dissected Rory McIlroy's Augusta National journey and his 'exceptional' green-jacket victory.

For all of Rory's talents, his defining trait is now his grittiness. I explored this for @Skratch with thoughts from McIlroy's sports psychologist Bob Rotella, his putting coach @BradFaxon, @chambleebrandel...and Ben Hogan. skratch.golf/news/pro-golf/…

A short blog post reflecting on @McIlroyRory’s Masters victory and career Grand Slam - written from my perspective as a devoted fan who’s lived the highs and lows of his recent major performances 🌺⛳️⭐️ aliceewatson.com/post/mcilroy-s…