In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...
On top of the 250th author's anniversary, it celebrates 30 years since the four film and TV adaptations were first seen in 1995, including the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which famously saw ...