David F. McAllister (b. 92) is a writer and editor based in London.

Selected writing:

i. Essays

Our land
On the way things have always been

The measure of all things
On what counts

ii. Reviews

Nothing to see, and nothing to say
On Marlie Mul’s This Exhibtion is Cancelled

Francis Bacon looks at animals
On Francis Bacon: Man and Beast

Glasgow kisses

On Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo

Scots without Scotland
On Murray Pittock’s Scotland: The Global History

iii. Interviews

The BBC and CNN are “very biased”
Ai Weiwei

What it’s like to be a tree

James Bridle

Work is just a flimsy excuse to meet people

Cornelia Parker