The English Physician
Despite his Complete Herbal being one of the most enduring medical texts, Nicholas Culpeper was firmly outside the establishment of the medical world.
Patricia Cleveland-Peck
The Many Lives of a Scottish Señora
Patricia Cleveland-Peck tells the story of Fanny Calderón de la Barca and her life as an author, ambassador’s wife and governess to the Spanish royal family.
Plant dispersal: Atlantic crossings
Patricia Cleveland-Peck looks at the long history of plant dispersal between the New World and the Old.
Edinburgh
The visually spectacular Scottish capital witnessed fierce dynastic struggle before it welcomed the spirit of the Enlightenment, as Patricia Cleveland-Peck discovers.
Berlin Airlift Remembered
Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits Tempelhof which is about to close for ever as an airport.