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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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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"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...
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Bob Dylan was extraordinary in Glasgow tonight, rough and rowdy, powerful and poignant, a thrill to be in the presence of genius.
#bobdylan #roughandrowdyways
#bobdylan #roughandrowdyways
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Bob Dylan was extraordinary in Glasgow tonight, rough and rowdy, powerful and poignant, a thrill to be in the presence of genius.
#bobdylan #roughandrowdyways
#bobdylan #roughandrowdyways
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On Monday, Bain drew the focus back to victims, reassuring them: "I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Victims should feel able to speak out [in court] without further fear"
Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate
Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate
Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trial
Scotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial.
In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
On Monday, Bain drew the focus back to victims, reassuring them: "I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Victims should feel able to speak out [in court] without further fear"
The Broomielaw, part II
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Broomielaw, part II
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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…
www.heraldscotland.com
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...
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Walking in low winter sun, dazzled in both senses: beauty & blinding feels related to the impossible act of seeing ourselves head on, how often insight arrives aslant, the sharp clarifying prism of encountering self as stranger, a breathtaking tenderness Marie Howe articulates In What The Living Do
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Walking in low winter sun, dazzled in both senses: beauty & blinding feels related to the impossible act of seeing ourselves head on, how often insight arrives aslant, the sharp clarifying prism of encountering self as stranger, a breathtaking tenderness Marie Howe articulates In What The Living Do
"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…
www.heraldscotland.com
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...
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I'm very pleased to be doing some work with these diamonds.
Great piece by @juderogers.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
Great piece by @juderogers.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
Sheffield goes to Hollywood | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm very pleased to be doing some work with these diamonds.
Great piece by @juderogers.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
Great piece by @juderogers.bsky.social:
observer.co.uk/culture/film...
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Many thanks to Alistair Braidwood for inviting me to discuss Upon A White Horse on his "Scots Whay Hae!" podcast. There are so few opportunities to talk about arts and culture in Scotland now. I think Ali does a real service to the country. www.scotswhayhae.com/post/drawing...
Drawing From The Past: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Peter Ross...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast we welcome back writer Peter Ross to talk to Ali about his latest book Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland - published by Headline - and ...
www.scotswhayhae.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Many thanks to Alistair Braidwood for inviting me to discuss Upon A White Horse on his "Scots Whay Hae!" podcast. There are so few opportunities to talk about arts and culture in Scotland now. I think Ali does a real service to the country. www.scotswhayhae.com/post/drawing...
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‘No one knows how many Republican corpses ended up in the Valley of the Fallen, the monumental necropolis built to Franco’s orders on a mountain outside Madrid.’
Stephen Phelan on Spain’s disappeared
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Phelan on Spain’s disappeared
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Phelan · Diary: Spain’s Disappeared
Emilio Silva set up the Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica to improve and formalise the process...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
‘No one knows how many Republican corpses ended up in the Valley of the Fallen, the monumental necropolis built to Franco’s orders on a mountain outside Madrid.’
Stephen Phelan on Spain’s disappeared
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Stephen Phelan on Spain’s disappeared
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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We are very sad to learn of the death of our friend Rachel Cooke. In addition to being a wonderful writer and a superb critic, she loved books to her core. She kept us on our toes and it was a joy and a privilege to spend time with her, on and off the show. RIP. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are very sad to learn of the death of our friend Rachel Cooke. In addition to being a wonderful writer and a superb critic, she loved books to her core. She kept us on our toes and it was a joy and a privilege to spend time with her, on and off the show. RIP. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Some contemplative reading from me for a Saturday morning about the ineffable mystery of silence and how Philip Gröning found a way to express it in film.
Into Great Silence
Exploring the meaning of Philip Gröning's extraordinary film, twenty years on
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November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Some contemplative reading from me for a Saturday morning about the ineffable mystery of silence and how Philip Gröning found a way to express it in film.
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Yup it is.
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yup it is.
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Somehow these are real buildings
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Somehow these are real buildings
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Cracking interview with Alan Cumming on all the excitement of his inaugural season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: I spoke to Hollywood star Alan Cumming about his plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Cracking interview with Alan Cumming on all the excitement of his inaugural season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social story on the fall-out from the Supreme Court ruling on the rape shield provisions. Thomas Ross KC calls for a retired SC judge to examine an expected spike in potential miscarriage of justice cases. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562273...
Top KC urges review after Supreme Court ruling on rape trial laws
A high profile advocate who claims laws to protect rape victims have been violating the right to a fair trial in Scotland has called for the…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social story on the fall-out from the Supreme Court ruling on the rape shield provisions. Thomas Ross KC calls for a retired SC judge to examine an expected spike in potential miscarriage of justice cases. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562273...
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in 2016 a woman sued him for raping her when she was 13. The day after he was elected President of the U.S. she dropped her case.
D’ye believe her now?
Still think she made it up for attention and money?
You know exactly who he is. You’ve always known.
D’ye believe her now?
Still think she made it up for attention and money?
You know exactly who he is. You’ve always known.
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
in 2016 a woman sued him for raping her when she was 13. The day after he was elected President of the U.S. she dropped her case.
D’ye believe her now?
Still think she made it up for attention and money?
You know exactly who he is. You’ve always known.
D’ye believe her now?
Still think she made it up for attention and money?
You know exactly who he is. You’ve always known.
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"So here you are now, ready to attack the lines of the first page."
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"So here you are now, ready to attack the lines of the first page."
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The sort of publicity that money can't buy.
A million congratulations to @helleborezine.bsky.social for successfully ruffling some feathers in the Guardian this morning. Chaps, you can RUN to their shop, these jumpers are super cosy (I have several!)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The sort of publicity that money can't buy.
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I will be at Aye Write at 6pm today to talk George & Ringo - AKA The Fabbest Two - with Tom Doyle and @bookyvikki.bsky.social. Looking forward to it.
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/ring...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/ring...
Ringo and George Harrison - Behind the Locked Door: Tom Doyle and Graeme Thomson with Vikki Reilly - Glasgow Life
Aye Write 2025 presents Ringo and George Harrison - Behind the Locked Door: Tom Doyle and Graeme Thomson with Vikki Reilly
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I will be at Aye Write at 6pm today to talk George & Ringo - AKA The Fabbest Two - with Tom Doyle and @bookyvikki.bsky.social. Looking forward to it.
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/ring...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/ring...
"I have on my desk a piece of slate.
A fragment; shaped like a crag and flecked with fool’s gold." Great @peteralanross.bsky.social piece on his writing talisman - a piece of slate from George Orwell's Jura roof.
A fragment; shaped like a crag and flecked with fool’s gold." Great @peteralanross.bsky.social piece on his writing talisman - a piece of slate from George Orwell's Jura roof.
I wrote about a relic of George Orwell that has been a lucky charm during the writing of my books.
smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...
Small Finds #9
Slate
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November 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"I have on my desk a piece of slate.
A fragment; shaped like a crag and flecked with fool’s gold." Great @peteralanross.bsky.social piece on his writing talisman - a piece of slate from George Orwell's Jura roof.
A fragment; shaped like a crag and flecked with fool’s gold." Great @peteralanross.bsky.social piece on his writing talisman - a piece of slate from George Orwell's Jura roof.
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Spooky advent calendars still very much for sale... featuring many faves of TV, film and literature. Free Christmas at Borley card with every calendar. Lots of prints and cards also available. Reposts much appreciated. Thanks folks. sarahcoomershop.etsy.com/listing/1801...
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Spooky advent calendars still very much for sale... featuring many faves of TV, film and literature. Free Christmas at Borley card with every calendar. Lots of prints and cards also available. Reposts much appreciated. Thanks folks. sarahcoomershop.etsy.com/listing/1801...
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Me: You need to learn the geography of Italy.
The Geography:
The Geography:
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Me: You need to learn the geography of Italy.
The Geography:
The Geography:
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.