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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful review by Teddy befitting of last night's farewell.

Teddy Jamieson @teddyjamieson.bsky.social · 1d

I was fortunate enough to be at Edwyn Collins's final ever Scottish gig in Edinburgh last night.
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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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Bruce Gorrie @bsgorrie.bsky.social · 4d

Joan Baez meets the Stones backstage at the Glasgow Odeon, October 1965

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Thursday, Edinburgh. Can’t wait.

Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 13d

"Edwyn Collins is allergic to nostalgia, but gave the impression that he was saying goodbye to these songs, skimming them like stones on a loch."
It was a privilege to attend and write about the Glasgow date of this farewell tour. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

Edwyn Collins review — a beautiful, five-star goodbye

The Scottish singer’s farewell tour, prompted by ill health at the age of 66, introduced new songs and brought together his old band mates in a stunning concert

www.thetimes.com

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · 17d

Quite a coup I thought.

graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · 17d

You only have until Saturday to catch the impressive Paula Rego Visions of English Literature exhibition at the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock. Features her take on classic nursery rhymes and Peter Pan, amongst others.

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · 17d

It’s September…

Shop covered in Hallowe’en paraphernalia.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 23d

Really chuffed to be shortlisted for the Wigtown Book Festival's Anne Brown prize again. I love non-fiction essays, reading them & writing them, & the award provides a rare opportunity to have a go. Good luck to everyone.

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The Melody Chamber @themelodychamber.bsky.social · 24d

💫Released on this day 1982💥

#musicsky #recordingsky #recordingstudiosky #musicmoments #musicthread #musicproduction #onthisday

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27d

“Here flags are not a symbol not of hate, but of unity and peace,” Mayor Campani tells me. On a weekend marred by racist protests, I visited Barga, Italy's most Scottish town, and a festival which celebrates all that is good about emigration/immigration. www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Pipers, ceilidhs and Celtic strips: why Barga is the most Scottish town in Italy

More than 150 years of back and forth migration to Scotland have turned this commune into a unique hybrid.

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Headline Books @headlinebooks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Happy publication day @peteralanross.bsky.social Upon A White Horse is a celebration of landscape and people - and all that is beautiful, strange and old.

Out now: linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHorse

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Sep 3

"In the de-Sturgeonisation process that took place in the wake of her resignation..her relatability, gravitas & high approval ratings were forgotten; her managerialism, insularity & lack of transparency stressed." I wrote about Sturgeon's memoir & attempt to reclaim the narrative in the @lrb.co.uk

Dani Garavelli · Dance in the Rain: Sturgeon comes out swinging

It’s hard to articulate what Nicola Sturgeon’s feminism meant to someone like me who moved back to Scotland in the...

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

Yes, of course!

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Aug 26

So, if you’re going to Dublin to research your dissertation on Irish politics, of course I’ll come.

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is so great to see x

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Jun 30

Anger as Glasgow School of Art closes its stained glass studio and ends its classes, severing its long links with the endangered craft. My story for the @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2527841...

Anger as Glasgow School of Art closes stained glass studio

Glasgow School of Art has decided to shut a stained glass studio and end the classes, severing the institution’s last link to the craft which…

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Jun 20

As Father’s Day presents go… #nowplaying

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Jun 18

“There’s only so many times you can be lucky, sweetheart.” I spent several days at The Thistle - the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility - talking to staff & users. Here is the piece I wrote for the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Dani Garavelli · ‘Bang! I was out’: On Drug Consumption Rooms

For some critics, providing a safe space to inject seems too much like enabling or endorsing drug taking. But for those...

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Jun 5

Barga from my window

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · May 20

#journorequest

David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · May 20

Hello! I’m really keen to interview English people - or NI and Welsh folk - who have moved to scotland recently. Anybody out there who fancies explaining why.

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · May 14

Great achievement. So pleased.

Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · May 14

I had to read the email a dozen times before I believed it. To sit alongside journalists whose work I admire so much doesn't feel real.

The Orwell Prize @orwellprize.bsky.social · May 14

📢 2025 Orwell Prize Finalists Announced!

The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.

Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hotter than yesterday. Love Bologna.

graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Apr 25

Rain was forecast but have thankfully seen none so far.

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Apr 24

More years than it should have been since we were last in Lucca. Beautiful as ever.

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graemewsmith.bsky.social @graemewsmith.bsky.social · Apr 12

Can’t wait to read this from the hugely talented @danielgraywriter.bsky.social This Sunday I’ll be having a pub lunch in one of my favourite Lanarkshire towns (Strathaven) with some relatives I haven’t seen for a while and Ethel the Pug.

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Apr 5

Could the threat of Reform lead to a previously unthinkable SNP/Scottish Labour coalition? Could the rise of the right be what it takes to put an end to the unionist/nationalist divide? My piece for @prospectmagazine.co.uk. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/sco...

Reform is ending Scotland’s indyref era

The country’s politics has been defined by the independence question for more than a decade. Now Nigel Farage’s party is forcing a realignment

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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