LONDON -- On Jan. 1, 1917, a young man from Lancashire started a diary. It might not sound like much to write home about, but the 21-year-old -- Lawrence Enderson Grimshaw -- happened to be a ...

Amrut Distilleries Pvt Ltd, best known for its namesake single malt whisky, is making a bold bet on rum with the recent launch of what it calls the world’s first single-jaggery rum.

Pope Francis came so close to death while in hospital with pneumonia that doctors had to choose whether “to let him go, or push forward”, the head of the pontiff’s medical team said.

Rum is a key part of Jamaica's cultural identity, but what exactly makes a rum Jamaican? That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the Caribbean island, as some ...

Move over gin, distillers say rum is next in line for a resurgence. The number of Australian spirit makers has exploded from around 30 in 2013 to more than 700 today. Around half of those are in ...

In 1959, three businessmen established a distillery in Kathmandu producing rum, and named their brand Khukri, the traditional Nepali knife. Up till then the liquor industry in Nepal was limited to ...

Tasmania Devils executives Brendon Gale and Grant O'Brien on Tuesday. Image / Bradley Moylon The debut of Tasmania’s distinctive new AFL mascot ‘Rum’un’ has triggered a wave of colourful commentary ...

It is a common misconception that Irish transatlantic emigration began with the Famine. In reality, while it did increase hugely during the years of the Great Hunger, the Irish had begun to ...

People would often tell me they knew everything about me. “You didn’t read my diary,” I’d joke. “If you had, I’d have to kill you.” I had always thought of my diaries as garbage cans ...