Alison Macleod

Alison Selford, born Alison Macleod, was a British journalist, author, and playwright. She began her career at the Daily Worker before transitioning from journalism to writing novels and plays, including the acclaimed Dear Augustine, staged at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1958. She authored several historical novels and later returned to journalism, notably at Euromoney magazine. Throughout her life, Selford remained politically engaged and her political views varied over time. The Death of Uncle Joe (1997), was a memoir set in the period when she became disillusioned with communism.