A BRITISH backpacker who went blind after drinking methanol-laced shots in Laos described seeing a “kaleidoscopic light” before his vision went black. Calum Macdonald, 23, was among a ...

A British backpacker who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos – which claimed the lives of two Australian ...

Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...

A young Brit was tragically blinded for life after he accepted a free drink at a hostel while on holiday in Laos. Calum ...

A British backpacker left blind after drinking tainted alcohol which killed six fellow tourists in Laos has spoken out about ...

UK man Calum Macdonald survived a spate of methanol poisonings that killed two young Australian women in Laos.

Police in Laos have previously detained several people in connection with the deaths of six people who are believed to have been poisoned.

A British man went blind after drinking free whisky and vodka shots on holiday. Calum Macdonald, 23, was enjoying a night out ...

MALCOLM "Calum" Macdonald, who has died of cancer aged 32, was a journalist of immense esteem, integrity and ability whose brief career spanned some of Scotland's leading newspaper titles.

It is more than 30 yearssince Calum MacDonald, along with brother Rory and accordionist Blair Douglas, formed what was to become one of Scotland's finest Celtic rock bands. Now regarded as legends ...

Laos methanol poisoning survivor describes ‘kaleidoscopic light’ before going blind - Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who fell victim to methanol poisoning in the popular tourist ...

Macdonald was crossing into Vietnam from Vang Vieng when he first noticed a “kaleidoscopic blinding light” in his eyes.