Could you stomach a Shirley Temple?

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I had Charlie Chaplin in my kitchen last night. And Hemingway and Shirley Temple. Or, at least, I did in liquid form. All three VIPs had cocktails created for them at the height of their fame and while they may be long gone, they live on in their art – and in gin, grenadine and rum.

The golden age for the A-list cocktail was between the first and second world…