The story of the son of a coach-maker with a highly developed sense of the macabre, who ended up rivalling Shakespeare. John Webster's life was shadowy and his plays darkly imagined - it was once said that he 'saw the skull beneath the skin'. But his masterpiece The Duchess Of Malfi is one of the jewels of the English …

At Midsomer Priory,home to a small group of nuns,Mother Thomas Aquinas is strangled and,shortly afterwards,a set of silver worth £60,000 is found to be stolen from the safe. Sister Catherine,the most recent member of the order,turns out to…

At Midsomer Priory,home to a small group of nuns,Mother Thomas Aquinas is strangled and,shortly afterwards,a set of silver worth ￡60,000 is found to be stolen from the safe. Sister Catherine,the most recent member of the order,turns out to…