Allan Fotheringham (born August 31, 1932 in Hearne, Saskatchewan ) was a Canadian newspaper and magazine journalist. He was once widely known by the nickname Dr. Foth.

Fotheringham studied journalism at the University of British Columbia, and has worked for a variety of media outlets during his career. He was best known as a columnist for Maclean's Magazine, where his column appeared on the back page of the magazine for 27 years. Fotheringham's column was so widely read and so influential that he is said to have made Maclean's "the magazine people read from back to front".

In 2001, Maclean's underwent an editorial revamp, and Fotheringham's column was moved to an inside page to make room for a guest column. Soon afterward, Fotheringham left Maclean's, and became a columnist for The Globe and Mail. Soon after that, Fotheringham was fired by the Globe and Mail for being boring, his columns being nothing but a rehash of the nonsense he published during the Mulroney years.

Books by Allan Fotheringham

• Collected and Bound (1972)
• The World According to Roy Peterson with Gospel According to Allan Fotheringham (1979)
• Malice in Blunderland (1982)
• Look Ma...No Hands (1983)
• Capitol Offences (1986)
• Birds of a Feather: The Press and the Politicians (1989)
• Last Page First (1999)
• Fotheringham's Fictionary of Facts and Follies (2001)

External link

• Allan Fotheringham's Official Site