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Dani Garavelli

@danigaravelli.bsky.social

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Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 21d

"The only thing that could've increased the humiliation would have been the holding up of a dog biscuit tho' a treat for rolling over was proffered in the form of a tech deal, which Starmer wolfed down with all the grateful tail-wagging the president demands." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column.

Why are even the most powerful so afraid of standing up to Donald Trump?

Trump’s UK visit exposed a humiliating deference from Starmer, royals and politicians alike, says our multi award-winning opinion columnist Dani…

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 1h

Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves - Notable Woman

An unassuming slab of stone off the Fife coast at Torryburn covers the mortal remains of Lilias Adie, the only known grave of an accused witch in Scotland

Buried beneath the tidal line by superstitious villagers in 1704, her grave was rediscovered in 2014

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 4h

It will never cease to amaze/disappoint me (although let's face it, I ought to be used to it) how some men who cast themselves as champions of women are willing to ignore the behaviour of their idols and trash anyone who does otherwise.

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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 6h

Ricky Ross namechecked Chimmy Chungas, Henry Afrika's and Clatty Pat's during last night's Deacon Blue's gig at the Hydro. Talk about knowing your audience...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died Diane Keaton, one of the best-loved film stars of the past 50 years, has died at the age of 79 in California. The news was confirmed by People magazine. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson. Continue reading...

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

This is just to say

I have eaten
3kg
Of cola bottles

Which was
Medically
Ill advised
And bunged me up
Completely
With gelatin

Forgive me
I had a hankering
And also
Ate a carvery

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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 23h

New record from @warringtonruncorn.com - always a cause for celebration

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

If only he’d stuck to that and gone easy on the hamburgers

Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

Euch! Glad I stopped eating meat.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

It’s called Dawn: Luther at Erfurt and is by Joseph Noel Paton. Anyway, poor Lilias. Maybe one day it will be rediscovered and her remains reinterred.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

One story I already knew was that of Lilias Adie who was buried on Torryburn shore and whose skull was later dug up & sold to a phrenologist, but I’d never seen this painting by the phrenologist’s artist son in which it features.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

Currently reading How To Kill A Witch by @clairekc.bsky.social and Zoe Venditozzi which is, as anticipated, fascinating, witty, political and full of human stories.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

“Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped.” There is noone who does match reports like @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. Every line of this is genius.

Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 1d

'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...'

Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️

www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...

The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1

Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I’ve seen people posting about the mushrooms which are also pretty cool

Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

I mean they ate all the reds, didn’t they, in the great Squirrel Civil War?

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

Wish they’d handle my career ;)

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Neal Rafferty @nealraff.bsky.social · 1d

This puts me in mind of John Finnemore’s extension to the old magpie poem…

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha, love this

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I’ve just seen 25, maybe 30 squirrels round two trees in the graveyard. If they didn’t have lovely bushy tails we’d call it an infestation. They were cute though.

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Teddy Jamieson @teddyjamieson.bsky.social · 2d

I was fortunate enough to be at Edwyn Collins's final ever Scottish gig in Edinburgh last night.
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What an emotional night as Scots pop star calls it quits as he walks off stage

Review: Edwyn Collins, The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh: What an emotional night as one of Scottish pop’s most idiosyncratic talents walked off the…

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, he’s on his way to see his girlfriend so I hope not ;)

Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d

Ps I don’t think this proves anything about anything. I just think it’s funny.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d

On the subject of young people don’t read blah blah, our middle son charged into our house unexpectedly the other day demanding “the classics.” “Bring me your Brontes,” he said. Now he’s sent a pic of him reading The Handmaid’s Tale on a train with the message: “Performative maling.”

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Andrew Frayn @afrayn.bsky.social · 2d

Just back from the last show of Edwyn Collins's last tour, in Edinburgh, his birthplace. An incredibly moving show, packed with favourites and hits. And the beginning of the encore, where he played 'Low Expectations' and 'Home Again' was absolutely emotionally devastating.

A seated Edwyn Collins, singing next to his son, standing, in front of his band. The backdrop says "Edwyn", in the style of the Elvis Comeback Show backdrop.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

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Liam Kirkaldy @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social · 4d

The fight itself is significant, but what's even more significant is what the fight says about my enemies

Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 4d

I like English degrees and I like apprenticeships. But which one is better? Only one way to find out: FIGHT.