Dani Garavelli
@danigaravelli.bsky.social
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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'From beyond the grave, Virginia Giuffre has proved not even princes are untouchable'
Virginia Giuffre has proved that not even princes are untouchable. From beyond the grave, she is doing her best to ensure nobody else is ever…
www.heraldscotland.com
"As for the monarchy, it will end not with a bang but a whimper. Giuffre’s book, with all its harrowing details, is one more wave battering against its cliff face, eroding the public’s faith." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Many thanks to Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, for giving me a chance to write about eight of my favourite books. geographical.co.uk/culture/writ...
Writer's Reads: Peter Ross
Peter Ross is an award-winning author and journalist. His new book, Upon a White Horse, explores Britain’s and Ireland’s ancient sites, and is out now
geographical.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Many thanks to Geographical, the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society, for giving me a chance to write about eight of my favourite books. geographical.co.uk/culture/writ...
Trespasses is Across the Barricades for grown-ups - ie my dream come true.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trespasses is Across the Barricades for grown-ups - ie my dream come true.
Clydeside meander
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Clydeside meander
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
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Trespasses review – an intoxicating, rousing and heartbreaking love story
Trespasses review – an intoxicating, rousing and heartbreaking love story
This adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s masterly novel, set in 70s Belfast, sees a Catholic teacher drawn into a dangerous affair with a Protestant barrister. It really hits a nerve
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Trespasses review – an intoxicating, rousing and heartbreaking love story
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New on the Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the brilliant @cathfletcher.bsky.social
The writer’s bookshelf: Catherine Fletcher
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New on the Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the brilliant @cathfletcher.bsky.social
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I once found this very touching inscription in a book:
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
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“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
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November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I once found this very touching inscription in a book:
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
A cracking Sunday Post interview with my goddaughter Rebecca Hanssen who plays Queen Meve in The Witcher. As I think you can tell from the piece, she is a lovely human being, as modest as she is talented.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A cracking Sunday Post interview with my goddaughter Rebecca Hanssen who plays Queen Meve in The Witcher. As I think you can tell from the piece, she is a lovely human being, as modest as she is talented.
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Many thanks to the hundreds who have come to the Upon A White Horse tour. I have one date left: the Aye Write festival, Glasgow, Nov 15. If anyone would like a signed and dedicated hardback for themself or as a gift, this will be the last chance before Xmas. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/upon...
Upon a White Horse: Peter Ross with Dawn Geddes - Glasgow Life
Upon a White Horse: Peter Ross with Dawn Geddes
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Many thanks to the hundreds who have come to the Upon A White Horse tour. I have one date left: the Aye Write festival, Glasgow, Nov 15. If anyone would like a signed and dedicated hardback for themself or as a gift, this will be the last chance before Xmas. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/upon...
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A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A tiny bit of the BBC news piece that’s gone out today ✨🔭
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
The documentary and full piece is now on BBC Sounds & also airs on BBCR4 tomorrow (8th Nov) at 8pm
Featuring the brilliant @proftimob.bsky.social at @jodrellbank.bsky.social
#JodrellAt80 #JodrellBank
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The big thing I did this year and haven't been able to say much about up until now is that I was SOMEHOW asked to illustrate the new Folio Society edition of A Christmas Carol, introduced by Simon Callow. Bit of a dream job. www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-christm...
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The big thing I did this year and haven't been able to say much about up until now is that I was SOMEHOW asked to illustrate the new Folio Society edition of A Christmas Carol, introduced by Simon Callow. Bit of a dream job. www.foliosociety.com/uk/a-christm...
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I first came across her when researching Elizabeth Smart and George Barker for Between the Sheets. It's ridiculous her book is something we have to 'find' but there you go. It's superb, everyone should know of it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I first came across her when researching Elizabeth Smart and George Barker for Between the Sheets. It's ridiculous her book is something we have to 'find' but there you go. It's superb, everyone should know of it.
O Caledonia is so great and so absolutely up my street I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to read it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
O Caledonia is so great and so absolutely up my street I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to read it.
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Had a bag of chips in a graveyard.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Had a bag of chips in a graveyard.
Twenty minutes of listening to the same three seconds of tape over and over again to work out that what is being said is "vaso da notte" and another 10 to work out that this has nothing to do with flowers and is, in fact, a "chamber pot".
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Twenty minutes of listening to the same three seconds of tape over and over again to work out that what is being said is "vaso da notte" and another 10 to work out that this has nothing to do with flowers and is, in fact, a "chamber pot".
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Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor who was ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family have announced.
She died peacefully, and surrounded by her family, in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Very much looking forward to reading her diaries but also The Mushroom Tapes on the Australian death cap murder case which is out on Monday. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Helen Garner: ‘Writers need to have their arse kicked aro...
The Australian author on being ‘old and crabby’, her aversion to Virginia Woolf, tangoing with Clive James, and the diaries that won her this year’s Bail...
observer.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Very much looking forward to reading her diaries but also The Mushroom Tapes on the Australian death cap murder case which is out on Monday. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Autumnal Applecross
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Autumnal Applecross
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just had a chance to read this excellent and thoughtful article by @danigaravelli.bsky.social
"As for the monarchy, it will end not with a bang but a whimper. Giuffre’s book, with all its harrowing details, is one more wave battering against its cliff face, eroding the public’s faith." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'From beyond the grave, Virginia Giuffre has proved not even princes are untouchable'
Virginia Giuffre has proved that not even princes are untouchable. From beyond the grave, she is doing her best to ensure nobody else is ever…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
just had a chance to read this excellent and thoughtful article by @danigaravelli.bsky.social
I saw a small murmuration last night in the dying light off the M77 and was so excited I nearly crashed the car. Does anyone know if there’s somewhere closer to Glasgow than Gretna where you are likely to see one?
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I saw a small murmuration last night in the dying light off the M77 and was so excited I nearly crashed the car. Does anyone know if there’s somewhere closer to Glasgow than Gretna where you are likely to see one?
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez