@graemewsmith.bsky.social
Newspaper journalist for 28 years. Former editor of The Herald. Now in council comms.
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"Friends Again? Nothing on the Old Fruitmarket stage suggested anything other than delight in each other’s company and joy in playing these songs."
I went to see a very special show and wrote about it for The Times.
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
I went to see a very special show and wrote about it for The Times.
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Friends Again review — worth the 40-year wait to hear this album live
The band only made one, superb, record, in 1984, but split before its release. At Celtic Connections in Glasgow, it finally had its moment in the limelight
www.thetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"Friends Again? Nothing on the Old Fruitmarket stage suggested anything other than delight in each other’s company and joy in playing these songs."
I went to see a very special show and wrote about it for The Times.
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
I went to see a very special show and wrote about it for The Times.
www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Joyous Friends Again gig at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow tonight, wonderfully supported by birthday boy Lloyd Cole.
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Joyous Friends Again gig at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow tonight, wonderfully supported by birthday boy Lloyd Cole.
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"Taut leathery skin hangs like a tabard over the torsos of the best-preserved Urbania mummies, & loosely over the legs & arms like an ageing elephant’s." I visited the Chiesa dei Morti and wrote about death, life and suchlike over on substack. (it's free!) danigaravelli.substack.com/p/la-chiesa-...
La Chiesa Dei Morti
“Have you ever seen anything like this?” our guide, Michele, asks, as he leads us into the crypt behind the altar of the Chiesa Dei Morti — Church of the Dead — in the town of Urbania in Le Marche.
danigaravelli.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"Taut leathery skin hangs like a tabard over the torsos of the best-preserved Urbania mummies, & loosely over the legs & arms like an ageing elephant’s." I visited the Chiesa dei Morti and wrote about death, life and suchlike over on substack. (it's free!) danigaravelli.substack.com/p/la-chiesa-...
Quite a line-up.
brand new from War Child, HELP(2) is a new collaborative album, inspired by the landmark 1995 release HELP. featuring Depeche Mode, Cameron Winter, Pulp, Beth Gibbons, Young Fathers, Kae Tempest, Big Thief, Ellie Rowsell + more.
Vinyl + CD: monorailmusic.com/product/help2/
@warchilduk.bsky.social
Vinyl + CD: monorailmusic.com/product/help2/
@warchilduk.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Quite a line-up.
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I'm also chuffed to have been asked to write the introduction to Gentlemen of the West. The new Polygon editions of her books are gorgeous with art works by Joan Eardley on the front. Here's a preorder link for them all. birlinn.co.uk/contributor/...
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I'm also chuffed to have been asked to write the introduction to Gentlemen of the West. The new Polygon editions of her books are gorgeous with art works by Joan Eardley on the front. Here's a preorder link for them all. birlinn.co.uk/contributor/...
Glasgow Apollo quip from the fantastic Emmylou Harris at #CelticConnections tonight: They used to say the heating was out but that it would be working the next time.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Glasgow Apollo quip from the fantastic Emmylou Harris at #CelticConnections tonight: They used to say the heating was out but that it would be working the next time.
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I have my original editions still but these new @aowensarchive.bsky.social ones with Joan Eardley art work and introductions by excellent Scottish women writers like @danigaravelli.bsky.social & Jenni Fagan look great
✨ Agnes Owens Centenary ✨
2026 marks Agnes Owens’ centenary, with AGA’s first satellite archive and Birlinn reissuing all her books with new introductions. New editions publish May & Sept 2026. Follow @aowensarchive.bsky.social to find out more!
2026 marks Agnes Owens’ centenary, with AGA’s first satellite archive and Birlinn reissuing all her books with new introductions. New editions publish May & Sept 2026. Follow @aowensarchive.bsky.social to find out more!
January 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I have my original editions still but these new @aowensarchive.bsky.social ones with Joan Eardley art work and introductions by excellent Scottish women writers like @danigaravelli.bsky.social & Jenni Fagan look great
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"I told them, then, how his dad and I had painted his nursery yellow when he was a tiny, unborn thing, known to us only as 'button'”. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on a paint job and the small joys that keep us from becoming bitter. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572507...
If this sounds negative then blame ...*gestures in direction of absolutely everything
WE arrived at the flat the day before the winter solstice dressed in old clothes and ready for action. Our eldest son and his girlfriend picked up…
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December 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"I told them, then, how his dad and I had painted his nursery yellow when he was a tiny, unborn thing, known to us only as 'button'”. My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on a paint job and the small joys that keep us from becoming bitter. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572507...
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My stupidly talented friend Mike created this magnificent @heraldscotland.bsky.social front page, and now it’s up for Front Page of the Year.
He deserves all the recognition he’s received for it, and it would be much appreciated if you gave it a vote
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ch...
He deserves all the recognition he’s received for it, and it would be much appreciated if you gave it a vote
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ch...
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My stupidly talented friend Mike created this magnificent @heraldscotland.bsky.social front page, and now it’s up for Front Page of the Year.
He deserves all the recognition he’s received for it, and it would be much appreciated if you gave it a vote
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ch...
He deserves all the recognition he’s received for it, and it would be much appreciated if you gave it a vote
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/ch...
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It’s not every day you find out a former colleague is a member of the House of Lords. Catherine is super smart and kind - exactly the kind of person needed in a legislature.
www.thetimes.com/article/d50d...
www.thetimes.com/article/d50d...
From Glencoe to the Lords — Labour’s Highland baroness
Catherine MacLeod, a former adviser to Alistair Darling, is the only Scot on a list of 25 new peers dominated by nominees from London and England’s southeast
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It’s not every day you find out a former colleague is a member of the House of Lords. Catherine is super smart and kind - exactly the kind of person needed in a legislature.
www.thetimes.com/article/d50d...
www.thetimes.com/article/d50d...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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A wee bit I wrote about the hammerblow of watching people from the country that gave us the Glasgow girls and Kenmure Street turn to the right. And about the opportunism of Farage as he heads north. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing | Dani Garavelli
The Reform leader is exploiting growing resentment towards migrants and hosting a sold-out event - something unimaginable just a few years ago, says freelance columnist Dani Garavelli
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A wee bit I wrote about the hammerblow of watching people from the country that gave us the Glasgow girls and Kenmure Street turn to the right. And about the opportunism of Farage as he heads north. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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👀The mesmerising sight and industrial orchestra of the new Nutmeg parading through the print presses.
🧎🏻It seems to do a celebratory knee-slide at the end.
🛒Order one of these beauties direct. The perfect football escape: tiny.cc/z32w001
🧎🏻It seems to do a celebratory knee-slide at the end.
🛒Order one of these beauties direct. The perfect football escape: tiny.cc/z32w001
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
👀The mesmerising sight and industrial orchestra of the new Nutmeg parading through the print presses.
🧎🏻It seems to do a celebratory knee-slide at the end.
🛒Order one of these beauties direct. The perfect football escape: tiny.cc/z32w001
🧎🏻It seems to do a celebratory knee-slide at the end.
🛒Order one of these beauties direct. The perfect football escape: tiny.cc/z32w001
What a place!
Monorail turns 23 years old today. Thanks to all our customers here in Glasgow and across the world - we're honoured to still be your record store of choice.
Love and gratitude from Stephen, Dep, MK, Russell, Lauren, Emily, Mark, Laura and Lizzie.
Love and gratitude from Stephen, Dep, MK, Russell, Lauren, Emily, Mark, Laura and Lizzie.
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What a place!
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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I'm not really starting a substack, I don't think. But 1 of the best things that happened to me this year was being shortlisted for the Anne Brown essay prize. The essay was on my great aunt, her house & her remarkable siblings. You can read it here, if you like. danigaravelli.substack.com/p/lepanto
Lepanto
LEPANTO
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December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I'm not really starting a substack, I don't think. But 1 of the best things that happened to me this year was being shortlisted for the Anne Brown essay prize. The essay was on my great aunt, her house & her remarkable siblings. You can read it here, if you like. danigaravelli.substack.com/p/lepanto
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Moonshot in St Enoch Square.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Moonshot in St Enoch Square.
A small act of kindness by Archie Gemmill, impressed Italian in-laws and the hunt for tickets. Another punt for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on following Scotland at the World Cup finals which appeared in the print edition today.
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A small act of kindness by Archie Gemmill, impressed Italian in-laws and the hunt for tickets. Another punt for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on following Scotland at the World Cup finals which appeared in the print edition today.
I really enjoyed writing this piece for
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
'Win, lose or draw - here's why it's worth selling your soul to get to the World Cup'
Scotland fan Graeme Smith was at Italia 90 and France 98 - here's what the new generation of fans have to look forward to
www.heraldscotland.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I really enjoyed writing this piece for
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social on the highs and lows of watching Scotland at the World Cup finals which, after the win over Denmark, is something a new generation is about to experience. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
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Me and @caitlinsmith.bsky.social have teamed up to make another BBC Radio 4 documentary. If At First You Don't Secede asks if there is any way through the current impasse on independence. It's on this coming Sunday (November 23) at 1.30pm if you fancy a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Currently, If at First You Don’t Secede
If at first you don’t secede, should you really try, try, try again?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Me and @caitlinsmith.bsky.social have teamed up to make another BBC Radio 4 documentary. If At First You Don't Secede asks if there is any way through the current impasse on independence. It's on this coming Sunday (November 23) at 1.30pm if you fancy a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
My pic from the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne, as Scotland lined up for their last match at a World Cup finals, on 23 June 1998. At full-time, upset kids were being consoled by their parents. Now those young fans may well be planning a football odyssey with their own children next summer.
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My pic from the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne, as Scotland lined up for their last match at a World Cup finals, on 23 June 1998. At full-time, upset kids were being consoled by their parents. Now those young fans may well be planning a football odyssey with their own children next summer.
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"But let’s not allow the ruling to feed into the illusion that we are now living in a world in which women have the upper hand." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the Supreme Court judgement on the application of Scotland's rape shield laws. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
Supreme Court ruling reignites debate over Scotland’s rape shield laws
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Scotland’s rape shield laws has sparked fears of appeals and delays, raising difficult questions about…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"But let’s not allow the ruling to feed into the illusion that we are now living in a world in which women have the upper hand." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the Supreme Court judgement on the application of Scotland's rape shield laws. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...