David’s work has appeared in a wide range of international, national and regional print publications and websites. His primary areas of interest are technology, current affairs, politics, and travel.

David’s work for The Scotsman garnered a nomination for Columnist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards 2018.

THE TIMES
Fall for Fort William — in way that won’t leave you breathless

THE TELEGRAPH
Review: Room Mate Bruno, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Review: Narendra Bhawan, Rajasthan, India | The Irish seaside town with a closely guarded secret | Review: Dumfries House Lodge, Ayrshire, Scotland

THE GUARDIAN
Can an app really make Bangladesh’s notoriously deadly roads safer? | Suffering in silence: women in the shadow of Srebrenica | Women in Libya now face a greater battle for liberation – from tradition

THE INDEPENDENT
A bike tour along the Berlin Wall ‘Death Strip’, 30 years after it fell

THE I PAPER
Opinion: Men get post-natal depression too, but too often they suffer in silence | Review: The Hoxton, Williamsburg, New York | Interview: Aleida Guevara on Cuba, Trump and her revolutionary father | Here’s what you miss when you don’t look up in Manchester | 10 restaurants worth leaving Edinburgh for

IRISH INDEPENDENT
10 virtual travel tips: See the world when you’re stuck at home | Top 10 things to do in Brooklyn – Is this New York’s best borough? | Glasgow Rugby Travel: What to see, do and eat for PRO14 final weekend | Sea greens: Foraging for seaweed on the Outer Hebrides | Australia: The rugby supporter’s guide to travelling Down Under | Australia’s North Star: Dreamtime stories in the Northern Territory | New York as a day trip: The Big Apple from Ireland in 24 hours

EURONEWS
With unionism in turmoil, is now the time for a united Ireland? | ‘Angry citizens who hate the system’: Why the riots in the Netherlands go beyond a COVID curfew | Landmark legal challenge seeks to stop Malta’s political parties owning TV stations | A new Malta: Has the island state changed since PM Joseph Muscat was forced to resign? | Europe’s major ports are ready for Brexit. Here’s how they did it | József Szájer: What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban’s Hungary? | ‘Erased from history’: Meet the lawyer fighting to exonerate Scotland’s forgotten witches | Daphne Caruana Galizia: Fight to uncover the truth behind her murder continues three years on | Scotland, Catalonia and… New Caledonia: Pacific archipelago is Europe’s hottest independence battle | Will Belgium’s new government delays push the country to split? | Disunited Kingdom: Why Scottish independence is now more likely because of Brexit | Lukashenko goes to Russia: What the meeting of ‘brothers’ could mean for Belarus’ future | Mali’s military coup: What it means and why it matters | How likely are the ‘big four’ European economies to vote to leave the EU if Brexit works out? | Do the drugs being used to treat COVID-19 work? Euronews debunks the myths | Parent power: Activists force the Scottish government’s hand over full schools return | Scotland asks EU to ‘leave a light on’ in Brussels after Brexit | ‘They are no longer numbers or statistics.’ How colour pictures are bringing Auschwitz to life 

EURONEWS NEXT
‘AI could transform our world but has enormous risks’: Michael O’Flaherty on tech and human rights | ESA launches Hera mission to return to deflected asteroid in bid to learn how to protect Earth | ESA launches EarthCARE satellite to study the impact of clouds on climate change | Final preparations for Ariane 6, Europe’s newest rocket, underway ahead of inaugural flight | ‘Dictatorship is cancer. It will spread’: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on the fight for a free Belarus | This German start-up can convert your petrol car into an EV in as little as 8 hours | ‘The time of the Wild West is over,’ EU’s Věra Jourová warns Elon Musk’s Twitter from Davos |  ‘It’s a superpower’: How this Ukraine tech start-up continued to innovate from a Kyiv bomb shelter | St Javelin and the missile that has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance | Why is Bitcoin booming in Latin America?

EURONEWS TRAVEL
Rajasthan road trip: My journey off the beaten track in India’s most colourful region | These are the airlines with the highest COVID safety ratings | These small Italian islands could be COVID-free in time for summer holidays | The new museums and galleries awaiting you once COVID lockdowns are over | Yellow, purple, blue and pink: Welcome to the world’s most vibrant one-colour towns | Art galleries and time capsules: Europe’s most interesting and beautiful metro stations | Condom, Anus, Hell: Welcome to the places with the world’s most unfortunate names | What is ‘extractive tourism’ and what can we do about it? | The best adult-only escapes in Europe for some alone time with your partner | These are the world’s most photogenic art galleries | Friluftsliv: How the Norwegian concept of ‘open air living’ is the pandemic tonic we need | Great Blasket Island caretakers: The world’s most sought after job is hiring | Do we need coronavirus ‘vaccine passports’ to get Europe moving again? Euronews asks the experts 

THE NEW WORLD (formerly New European)
Why Catalan and Scottish independence movements are swapping tactics

THE SCOTSMAN
Opinion: Not wrong to take pills for depression – some need them | Opinion: Why ‘dark tourism’ is essential | Opinion: Impartial journalism more important than ever | Opinion: The trauma of antenatal classes for dads | Opinion: A love letter to Manchester | Opinion: May knows debate gaffe could see lead unravel | Opinion: Men have to step up to paternity leave | Opinion: Confronting our unwanted history | Opinion: Ending taboo is vital to win battle with depression

SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
Review: The Hoxton, Williamsburg, New York | Review: Blue Reef Cottages, Isle of Harris, Scotland | Outer Hebrides: Speechless strangers on the shore | Alice and wanderland at the Red Centre of Oz | Vienna: Coffee and culture with a cherry on top | Reflections on vice and virtue in Amsterdam | For whom the bells toll in Slovenia

LET’S GO WITH RYANAIR
The Malt Mission

HOT RUM COW
Strength, sea lions and surfers sure sell stout | Hail to the Eternal King of the Nordic Nips

*Updated January 2026