When rhubarb arrived in Europe, it was prized as a medicine:
“It is under the dominion of Mars . . . It is good against venomous bites.”
Nicholas Culpeper, 1653
In my Rhubarb Festival animation, A Brief History of Rhubarb, herbalist Nicholas Culpeper will be giving the 17th century equivalent of a TED Talk. In the final version he’ll have his own version of a Power Point slide to point at: a scroll nailed to the wall. I’ll record a line of dialogue, so his mouth and eyes will be animated and, yes, that impressive moustache will twitch expressively too.