If you had told me two weeks ago that today I would be enthusiastically recommending Cadfael to everyone I see, I would have thought you crazy. I’ve never been adverse to the charms of Masterpiece ...

Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love, and now a herbalist in charge of the gardens of Shrewsbury Abbey, Brother Cadfael is often called on to ...