Weird & Wonderful

If you’re not satisfied with the way traditional heating methods are keeping you warm this winter, and you're fond of a tipple, your spirits will be lifted by this season’s range of whiskies, writes Graham Wright.

The editor was adamant, “Wright, keep it short and simple. No waffling. Do you hear me? I know what you’re like, and definitely no flowery language. I don’t want tasting notes sounding like a perfumer’s convention… Oh it smells of a rabbit’s bottom or oh it smells like a black hyacinth that’s only found in Tibet as it gleefully plays across the tongue.”

“Keep it simple!”

“Yes, ma’am…I’ll keep it simple,” I wrote back with my fingers firmly crossed.

So keep it simple I…