Interesting, isn’t it, that the most contemporary exhibition in London concerns a book published 150 years ago? The book is Alice Through the Looking Glass, sequel to Alice in Wonderland, and the V&A exhibition is Alice, Curiouser and Curiouser, about the author, the subject, the books, illustrations and the explosion of ideas, fashion, art and science that Alice engendered. “Curiouser and Curiouser (she was so much surprised she forgot how to.