Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Winston Churchill has to walk into mine. If Rick Blaine were a Scottish writer, that would undoubtedly be his feeling when reading Andrew Liddle’s new book Cheers, Mr Churchill!
Churchill’s connections to Scotland are plethoric, but there is a glaring absence of a dedicated book on the subject. Any index of any biography on Churchill clearly cites a mishmash of Scottish placenames, compatriots, and famous faces, to say nothing of his fourteen years as Member of Parliament for Dundee.
Then there is his leadership of the Royal Scots Fusiliers
