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