Academic, cultural commentator and radio celebrity, David Daiches was also a passionate lover of Scotch whisky whose books on the subject...
72 months ago

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3 months ago

Obituary: Prolific scholar and teacher whose works showed his mastery of literary criticism, history and culture.
230 months ago

Edinburgh, Daiches writes, had some 400 Jewish families in those days, many composed of Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Eastern Europe.
120 months ago

He was also well-known as a hard drinker and hell-raiser, with Chivas Regal blended Scotch one of his favourite tipples.
76 months ago

David Aaronovitch: As biography becomes more intrusive, we learn less about the subject and more about the author.
252 months ago

Frowned upon by some for her affairs with the likes of Spencer Tracy and Howard Hughes. She was also fond of a drop of Scotch, with Famous Grouse her brand of...
79 months ago

Behind 'The Iron Lady' public persona of Britain's first female Prime Minister sat a whisky swilling, cautiously flirtatious and highly...
91 months ago

Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was an English-born, naturalised American polemicist, journalist and broadcaster. He also enjoyed drinking whisky – and not in...
85 months ago

Lionel Daiches, who has died aged 88, was for many years one of the leading defence counsel at the Scottish bar and (with the late Nicholas Fairbairn) the most...
298 months ago