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
What Annie Ernaux owes to memory
On a Nobel prize winner
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ii. Reviews & criticism
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
Picasso’s indefinable legacy
On legacies and bad behaviour
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iii. Interviews
The BBC and CNN are very biased
Ai Weiwei
Conservatives must avoid seeming obsessed with money
Maurice Saatchi
Work is just a flimsy excuse to meet people
Cornelia Parker
The biggest challenge was to make the audience feel their complicity
Richard Mosse
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