Still Life with Bottle

Asked to create a book on malt whisky, Ralph Steadman embraced the subject with characteristic passion and zeal.

Travelling the length and breadth of Scotland and its islands, he visited distilleries from Ardbeg to Tamdhu, exploring the landscapes upon which their whisky depends, talking to the characters behind them and looking at the art and craft of skills from peat cutting to cooperage.

This idiosyncratic and perceptive guide to the whiskies of Scotland is the result of his explorations. Informed and irreverent at the same time, Still Lite with Bottle approaches its subject with the knowledge and passion of its creator for the magnificent human achievement that is malt whisky.