“It might not be a bad thing if the British writer yielded up just a dram of his determination to turn a few acres of central London into a writers' precinct.”

“One sheriff admitted handing out 6000 certificates, for which he was either paid a shilling or given a dram of whiskey.”

“It might not be a bad thing if the British writer yielded up just a dram of his determination to turn a few acres of central London into a writers' precinct.”

“One sheriff admitted handing out 6000 certificates, for which he was either paid a shilling or given a dram of whiskey.”

“The current boat record is 4lb 6oz 8 drams, whilst the shore best is 4lb 15 oz 3 drams.”

“In 1752 a Frenchman was prescribed 2 drams of cantharides for a fever and in the next two months bedded his wife at least 87 times.”

“The boat record is a whopper of 10 lb 3oz 8 drams, whilst the shore caught best is a fish of 8lb 6oz 14 drams.”