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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 · 18h
At the eating sauerkraut straight from the jar stage of becoming feral.
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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm pleased to have won a Lowell Thomas award from the Society of American Travel Writers. It's for my story, written for the Smithsonian magazine, on the historic cemeteries of Paris. I loved writing this. You can read it here, if you like. www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/why-p...
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Why Paris Designed Its Peculiarly Popular Grand Graveyards to Evoke a Celebration of Life Amid All the Death
Cemeteries that inspired parks serve as unlikely tourist attractions in the City of Light and prove that the end of the line is just the start of a new story
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books
A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks
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The Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Mosaic of a youthful Christ, dressed as a warrior emperor, trampling a lion and serpent. The Latin inscription comes the Gospel of John 14:6: “Ego sum via veritas et vita” (“I am the way, the truth, and the life”) In the Cappella Arcivescovile (Archbishop's Chapel) from the cathedral of Ravenna
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The Local Italy @thelocalitaly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You'll be hearing a lot about this word in wine country.
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Italian word of the day: 'Vendemmia'
You'll be hearing a lot about this word in wine country.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the afternoon we went to the plague village.
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Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid · 04/10/2026
PSB would like to thank Stuart Maconie for giving "A man from the future" its world premiere on BBC 6 Music tonight. The album was played back in full, while Neil, Chris and Andrew Hodges enjoyed chatting to Stuart about #AlanTuring, Kraftwerk and the Beatles, among other things. #PetText
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We are now almost as far from the Troubles as the Troubles lasted. But the wounds caused by 30 years of sectarian violence run simultaneously deep & close to the surface & are easily reinfected by bad faith actors with malign agendas." My column on Drumcree. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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I saw Drumcree burn in 1999. What’s happening in Portadown now worries me as much
Dani Garavelli on why the latest Drumcree dispute in Northern Ireland raises fresh concerns about anti-immigration division, extremism and community relations.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on Drumcree - it’s horrific to see old wounds reopened but NI has come too far to allow retrogressive shit-stirrers drag it back to the past. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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I saw Drumcree burn in 1999. What’s happening in Portadown now worries me as much
Dani Garavelli on why the latest Drumcree dispute in Northern Ireland raises fresh concerns about anti-immigration division, extremism and community relations.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And I hope you’ll enjoy it
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ll see if he’ll put me on commission;)
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ha, I think dizzying is a word I used in my review!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is my third time because I want to understand how he makes it work. I still don’t really but maybe that’s the thrill of it.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have banged on about this many times but I don’t think I’ve read a better new book in the last 10 years.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, I enjoy your restlessness vicariously ;)
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Have you had yourself cloned, Paul - and do you send all the different versions of yourself around the country? (I am just jealous of your gadding about).
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Esther Addley @estheraddley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's hear it for "dynamic minorities" of older people, who can just Get Stuff Done www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity
Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a great album cover. The Sighthill Stones being lowered into place. Spinal Tap meets Apocalypse Now.
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Mogwai @mogwai.scot · 30/09/2026
After 30 years of making music, we've been lucky to have some incredible experiences, but this is one we could never have imagined. We're honoured to introduce ‘Underground’, our new track featuring Iggy Pop with vocal arrangement by Matt Sweeney. Listen/watch now @ www.mogwai.scot & all platforms.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not as bad as "Siemens coming" though ;)
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One True Sentence @nico0511.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For those with young aspiring writers (family, class) the 2026/7 Junior Orwell Prize has launched www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-y... They also need reviewers to provide feedback to entrants and help with long and shortlisting… it’s a fantastic experience
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The Orwell Youth Prize | The Orwell Foundation
“In a world where the young are increasingly taught what to think rather than how to think, we badly need some subversion. And what could be more subversive than George Orwell’s windowpane prose, and ...
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 30/09/2026
Ahead of her new album which touches on the fear, power and ecstasy of childbirth, the Norwegian musician explains her fierce interest in a Medieval English anchoress Susanne Sundfør on Julian of Norwich buff.ly/Wuvop99
Colour head and shoulders photograph of Susanne Sundfør, in a raincoat with some tree foliage in the background.
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 30/09/2026
The iconic Dino's on Sauchiehall St. The shock announcement of its closure sparked a petition to save it, but sadly Dino’s on Sauchiehall Street closed on 16th March 2014. #Glasgow #history
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's a crack in everything etc www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Stern, sensuous, almost kissable lips’: why sculptures can have far more power when they’re broken
From a pharoah’s pouting and almost kissable lips to a Mussolini with a hole in the head, a new exhibition is exploring how some ancient fragments speak more profoundly than fully intact treasures
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reread the last chapter of The Writing Life tonight & God, the way Rahm’s plane is sky painting & AD’s words are flying, & it feels like they are spinning out of control, tho’ her work is nothing but control, albeit with just enough risk that she could, at any moment, plummet into nothingness.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You are a bit of a Latin rebel, though.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That's a mix to be proud of right enough!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you do the quiz or are you just telling me what you already know ;)?
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Och well, it was fun
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quite jealous of that tbh. My oldest got Thomas Sankara (though he works for a pension fund, lol)
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Haha, you’re one of a kind!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or maybe we are just very much aligned?
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yeah, everyone in my family got Scotland for that bit which seemed a wee bit sus.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
12axes.vercel.app Political Hinge. I matched with Pedro Sánchez (bit boring); the wee one matched with Tito.
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12 Axes — Quiz Político e Teste Ideológico em 12 Eixos
Descubra sua posição política em 5 minutos. Quiz político gratuito em português para mapear espectro político, ideologia política e 12 eixos.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I reviewed @profdarryljones.bsky.social's new biography of M. R. James. Long-awaited by fans, and surely the most important book about MRJ yet to appear this century: drfrancisyoung.com/2026/09/28/r... 📚👻📜
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Review: ‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ by Darryl Jones
Darryl Jones, For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James (Oxford University Press, 2026), 437pp. M. R. James did not make it easy for anyone to write his biography. He introduced this difficult…
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That must have been very rewarding. Do I know you IRL?
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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.
Rainbow sea slug on a rockRainbow sea slug on a rockRainbow sea slug on a rock from aboveRainbow sea slug on a rock
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you, that’s very cheering. Thole is one of my favourite words along with unchancy.
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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're very sad to hear of the death of Peter May, he was a wonderful writer and a generous and gracious presence at the festival over the years. Here he is, at the most recent of six appearances in 2024 - Sending love to Janice and the rest of his family. He will be missed.
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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This morning’s guest on the Writer’s Bookshelf is the incomparable @eggsbened.bsky.social.
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The writer’s bookshelf: David Benedict
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Andrew O’Hagan | Johnny Marr’s Guitars
The Smiths kicked off the Scottish leg of their Meat is Murder tour at the Magnum Leisure Centre in Irvine New Town on...
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is none of the leadership we saw in the 90s and there hasn't been for a long time.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly! And how could something that was one of NI worst flashpoints ever be quiet or peaceful?
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So sorry to hear that
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly this. And the residents' groups are warning it could risk unraveling accommodations reached elsewhere which is obviously true.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I mean, yeah. But this is also down to a decision made by the Parades Commission who agreed as it's supposed to be a small-scale thing. But the idea any number of people could walk down that road without trouble given the history seems naive to the point of complicit.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yeah, that's true. But imagine spending 30 years building a world where this no longer happens just to throw it all away.
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