The brimstone is one of the earliest butterflies to emerge from hibernation, and may be seen on mild February days – keep an eye out for your first brimstone of the year when the sun shines and it ...

But startling film turns in more challenging contemporary pieces, such as the self-righteous mother in Equus (1977), and as Brimstone and Treacle’s stir-crazy Mumsie (in 1982’s film version), showed ...