The man whose muscles made women faint: How Britain’s first bodybuilder was the father of modern fitness
On a winter’s day in 1904, Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle steered his motor car too quickly into the drive of his Surrey country home.The car clipped a gatepost and ran up a high bank before overturning, pinning him beneath it. When the steering wheel snapped under the strain, the entire weight of the car was borne by Conan Doyle’s back. There he remained until a crowd assembled and lifted the car off him. for more click here
