Thirst Aid: Cocktails that can cure a hangover

Party season, now long underway and rattling on until January — always the guiltiest month — is neither a marathon or a sprint: it’s an endurance test, basic military training for bon vivants.

Hangovers are the inevitable dampener. At their simplest, they're to do with dehydration and all sorts of chemical imbalances, but the science matters less than the symptoms. They tend to sink in one of four ways; there’s the ice-pick pains, which hammer holes in the brain with excruciating precision. These render simple little things — walking, opening eyes —