Woman About Town

SARAH DITUM Doing shots MOST OF THE INVITATIONS I GET THROUGH MY work are to webinars about post-Brexit politics (snore). So when I receive an email asking if I’m free to go on a whisky-tasting trip, I say yes quickly, before the PR can change her mind. And so I find myself in the Highlands, thoughtfully sniffing my way through the varieties on offer at the Balblair distillery. I decide I like the 18-year-old best, and begin to hold some very informed thoughts about the effects of time on flavour; the next day, I have some even more informed thoughts about the effect of the 18-year-old on me. There’s no time for self-pity on the morning after, though, because we’re scheduled to go clay pigeon shooting. It’s my first time…

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