A journalist who owned a shirt made up of his published articles has died aged 93.

Tributes have been paid to Harry Diamond, who worked for Glasgow-based daily The Herald, where the he became the youngest reporter in the newspaper’s history upon joining in 1944.

After serving in the British Army, he was promoted to crime reporter to fill in for a journalist who never made it back from the war.

Harry later worked on titles including the Scottish Daily Express, Scottish Daily Mail and Woman’s Own before going on to a career in PR, eventually becoming head of public relations of the City of Glasgow.

Harry Diamond wearing a bespoke shirt made up of his published stories

In an obituary for The Herald, his son Michael wrote: “He was strong-willed and driven, but at heart, he cared as much about his family as he did about everything else.

“My brother Harvie says one of his strongest childhood memories is the constant clickety-clack on the keys of Harry’s manual typewriter as he hammered out the stories that would appear in the next day’s papers.”

Harry was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants who fled to Scotland at the turn of the last century.

Michael added: “Although we’re currently living in very troubled times, I think my dad would get a kick out of the innovation his passing has introduced to our ancient religion.

“It is Jewish custom to mourn, to sit shiva, at the next-of-kin’s house.

“Because we cannot congregate at the moment, our rabbi suggested we hold the first ‘video shiva’ in the history of Judaism.

“This would be just up Harry’s street; always looking to do things differently.”

Harry’s wife Jacqueline died in 1987. As well as his sons, he is survived by daughter-in-law Rejane, and grandchildren Tiffany, Gideon, Yuval and Ophir.