Utterly interesting

Born into empire and raised in a palace, Sophia Duleep Singh chose protest over privilege. From Black Friday to selling suffragette papers outside Hampton Court, her life reshaped what rebellion could look like.

In the summer of 1937, John F Kennedy crossed Europe with his closest friend Lem Billings. Their diaries reveal castles, car trouble, propaganda, bullfights, a lost dachshund, and a continent quietly edging toward war.

After slavery ended, forced labour did not. Convict leasing allowed Southern states to rent incarcerated people to private companies, recreating slavery through law, prisons, and profit.