Utterly interesting

A detailed factual account of Michael Ryan’s life, the Hungerford shootings of 19 August 1987, the victims, the police response, and how the Hungerford Report led to the Firearms Amendment Act 1988.

Discover the overlooked life of inventor Mary Kenner, creator of the sanitary belt and holder of five US patents, whose work quietly transformed everyday life.

Eccentric millionaire Nubar Gulbenkian lived life like a performance. Gold plated taxis, daily orchids, outrageous lawsuits, MI9 spy work, and legendary dinner parties. A man who said, “I prefer everything” and meant it.

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.