Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett was a Scottish journalist and newspaper editor. He edited The Daily Record newspaper for nine years and The Scotsman newspaper from 1956 to 1972. In 1975 he became chairman of Thomson Scottish Petroleum and was much involved in the establishment of the oil terminal at Flotta in Orkney. From the 1950s to the 1980s he was involved in many Scottish cultural activities including being governor of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre (1958–1984). He was awarded an honorary degree of LLD by the University of Strathclyde in 1978 and was knighted on 4 July 1995.

The Road North: 300 Years of Classic Scottish Travel Writing
2000
ISBN 9781897784952
Among Friends
1984
ISBN 9780712609326
Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Lands and Peoples (Encyclopedia)
1995
ISBN 9781856972925
Canoe Boys (Rediscovering Scotland)
1995
ISBN 9781897784426