Utterly interesting

Where do today’s mixologists really get their ideas. From 1920s hangover cures to swinging sixties Pernod obsessions, these digitised cocktail books reveal that modern bar culture has very deep roots indeed.

Bettie Page was the most photographed woman of the 1950s and a reluctant symbol of sexual freedom. Behind the iconic fringe was a life shaped by censorship, faith, mental illness and a fame she never fully controlled.

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.