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.
A lovely wee collection from Andrew O’Hagan which includes a superb essay on his friendship with the gloriously unhinged Edna O’Brien.
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A lovely wee collection from Andrew O’Hagan which includes a superb essay on his friendship with the gloriously unhinged Edna O’Brien.
I love that the New Yorker ran a piece on fact-checking at the NYer which included insights into the fact-checking of the piece itself. “So far Anna has found..errors of framing (1 quibble with the framing is you never mention how checkers quibble with the framing).” Another bit that made me laugh:
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I love that the New Yorker ran a piece on fact-checking at the NYer which included insights into the fact-checking of the piece itself. “So far Anna has found..errors of framing (1 quibble with the framing is you never mention how checkers quibble with the framing).” Another bit that made me laugh:
Clydeside meander
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Clydeside meander
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.
I would love to see a film of it! I read Maggie O’Farrell’s description of her own interactions with Elspeth. This was my favourite bit.
November 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I would love to see a film of it! I read Maggie O’Farrell’s description of her own interactions with Elspeth. This was my favourite bit.
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.
Only the world’s tallest hedge in its autumn garb. A cliff face of golden foliage.
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Only the world’s tallest hedge in its autumn garb. A cliff face of golden foliage.
My three haven’t grown out of it. They just dress up in their own flats then go out on the randan. I taught them well, though.
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My three haven’t grown out of it. They just dress up in their own flats then go out on the randan. I taught them well, though.
Pisa from the walls at sunset
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Pisa from the walls at sunset
Currently obsessed with cypress trees. Sometimes they’re elegant ladies out on an evening promenade, at others brooding standing stones under storm clouds.
October 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Currently obsessed with cypress trees. Sometimes they’re elegant ladies out on an evening promenade, at others brooding standing stones under storm clouds.
Serge Gainsbourg meets Kathy Burke vibes.
October 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Serge Gainsbourg meets Kathy Burke vibes.
My house for the night in a tiny town that’s all-aglow.
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My house for the night in a tiny town that’s all-aglow.
Really delighted to have been shortlisted for the features category at the British Journalism Awards 2025 alongside some of my favourite writers. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really delighted to have been shortlisted for the features category at the British Journalism Awards 2025 alongside some of my favourite writers. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
Wish I had a child young enough to buy a toy Lambretta scooter for.
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wish I had a child young enough to buy a toy Lambretta scooter for.
In Arezzo’s Basilica of San Francesco with no Baedeker. The incredible Legend of the True Cross frescos of Piero della Francesca.
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In Arezzo’s Basilica of San Francesco with no Baedeker. The incredible Legend of the True Cross frescos of Piero della Francesca.
Have tried to open this every which way but sadly it’s not a 1970s drinks cabinet. It is a very cool globe.
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Have tried to open this every which way but sadly it’s not a 1970s drinks cabinet. It is a very cool globe.
One story I already knew was that of Lilias Adie who was buried on Torryburn shore and whose skull was later dug up & sold to a phrenologist, but I’d never seen this painting by the phrenologist’s artist son in which it features.
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
One story I already knew was that of Lilias Adie who was buried on Torryburn shore and whose skull was later dug up & sold to a phrenologist, but I’d never seen this painting by the phrenologist’s artist son in which it features.
Currently reading How To Kill A Witch by @clairekc.bsky.social and Zoe Venditozzi which is, as anticipated, fascinating, witty, political and full of human stories.
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Currently reading How To Kill A Witch by @clairekc.bsky.social and Zoe Venditozzi which is, as anticipated, fascinating, witty, political and full of human stories.
Perhaps the sisters won’t stay long, either…
October 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Perhaps the sisters won’t stay long, either…
“An exquisite novel of five English nuns in the high Himalayas.” Great book, cover from 1970 (clearly).
October 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“An exquisite novel of five English nuns in the high Himalayas.” Great book, cover from 1970 (clearly).
The filth young people are being exposed to!
October 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The filth young people are being exposed to!
The road to Wigtown. It glistened all the way in defiance of the thunderclouds.
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The road to Wigtown. It glistened all the way in defiance of the thunderclouds.
I wish I’d got photos of @megaheid.bsky.social doing his launch book reading from behind the bar at The Doublet but I was two pints down by then so here’s some merch. His book An Inconvenience of Penguins is a wild trip, fascinating and funny, and I would totally recommend it.
September 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I wish I’d got photos of @megaheid.bsky.social doing his launch book reading from behind the bar at The Doublet but I was two pints down by then so here’s some merch. His book An Inconvenience of Penguins is a wild trip, fascinating and funny, and I would totally recommend it.
Fortyish years since I last saw Half Man Half Biscuit at Rooftops in Glasgow, they were still epic but they had a few more songs in their repertoire.
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fortyish years since I last saw Half Man Half Biscuit at Rooftops in Glasgow, they were still epic but they had a few more songs in their repertoire.