Utterly interesting

The making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was as dramatic as the film itself. Lost manuscripts, Cold War surveillance, casting battles, real psychiatric wards, and a director shaped by political repression all came together to create a classic that changed cinema.

She was once the most recognisable woman in America, posing for statues across New York and starring in early silent films. Audrey Munson lived to 104 yet died forgotten. Her story is a haunting mix of beauty, scandal and survival, and her face still lives on in stone.

In 1910, Dr Samuel Monell claimed high frequency electric currents could treat everything from acne to insomnia and even hysteria. His book became a curious milestone in the odd, inventive world of early electrotherapy. A fascinating glimpse into medicine’s electric age.