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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 · 23d
"The only thing that could've increased the humiliation would have been the holding up of a dog biscuit tho' a treat for rolling over was proffered in the form of a tech deal, which Starmer wolfed down with all the grateful tail-wagging the president demands." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column.
Why are even the most powerful so afraid of standing up to Donald Trump?
Trump’s UK visit exposed a humiliating deference from Starmer, royals and politicians alike, says our multi award-winning opinion columnist Dani…
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 8h
If it were me, I would choose to believe that Sally Wainwright owns it, loves it and thought it was a good fit. (Either way, it will have been someone's conscious decision to put it on display).
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 9h
This is SO cool! We started watching it tonight and it's brilliant and Beth is a woman of great discernment, so of course...
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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 10h
So, I'm watching Sally Wainwright's excellent Riot Women – and, astonishingly, Joanna Scanlan's character has a copy of my book Daunderlust. I'd LOVE to know how the heck that has come about.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 11h
La Vie en Rose
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
That's brilliant. Thanks, Priscilla!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
Ah, sorry, I misunderstood, but have got it now.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
That's good of you. Yes, I think on reflection it must be wing singular.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
It's a plaque on Colonsay and it's faded but from what you and others are saying the first word must be Fo instead of Io and then the rest would make sense. Thank you!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, it's from the Bible and it's on a memorial plaque but the inscription is faded and I particularly can't make out the first word where the first letter looks like an i or a l. But from what you're saying it must have been an F originally - thank you!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
Can any Gaelic speakers tell me if Io sgail do sgiathan falaich mi means I will hide myself under the shadow of thy wings and, if so, if I spelled it correctly? Thank you!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
Read a stupid click bait column. Ruined my morning. I should know better ;)
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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 2d
Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves - Notable Woman

An unassuming slab of stone off the Fife coast at Torryburn covers the mortal remains of Lilias Adie, the only known grave of an accused witch in Scotland

Buried beneath the tidal line by superstitious villagers in 1704, her grave was rediscovered in 2014
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 2d
It will never cease to amaze/disappoint me (although let's face it, I ought to be used to it) how some men who cast themselves as champions of women are willing to ignore the behaviour of their idols and trash anyone who does otherwise.
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Graeme Thomson @graemethomson.bsky.social · 2d
Ricky Ross namechecked Chimmy Chungas, Henry Afrika's and Clatty Pat's during last night's Deacon Blue's gig at the Hydro. Talk about knowing your audience...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79
The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died Diane Keaton, one of the best-loved film stars of the past 50 years, has died at the age of 79 in California. The news was confirmed by People magazine. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson. Continue reading...
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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 3d
This is just to say

I have eaten
3kg
Of cola bottles

Which was
Medically
Ill advised
And bunged me up
Completely
With gelatin

Forgive me
I had a hankering
And also
Ate a carvery
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Rob Fraser (he/him) @squireknottyash.bsky.social · 3d
New record from @warringtonruncorn.com - always a cause for celebration
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 3d
If only he’d stuck to that and gone easy on the hamburgers
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 3d
Euch! Glad I stopped eating meat.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 3d
It’s called Dawn: Luther at Erfurt and is by Joseph Noel Paton. Anyway, poor Lilias. Maybe one day it will be rediscovered and her remains reinterred.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 3d
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.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 3d
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.
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 4d
“Gannon-Doak on the left is a gift unopened and a toy kept in its box. It is a crime thriller missing its final page and bubble wrap un-popped.” There is noone who does match reports like @danielgraywriter.bsky.social. Every line of this is genius.
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Daniel Gray @danielgraywriter.bsky.social · 4d
'Steve Clarke span around with the weary, seen-it-all-before frustration of a man trying to download a large PDF on train Wi-Fi...'

Latest Slow Match Report is now up ⬇️

www.nutmegfc.co.uk/p/the-slow-m...
The Slow Match Report: Scotland 3 Greece 1
Not since the rise of Sparta have Greeks suffered such traumatic defeat. It was an injustice, it was moonlight robbery — it was sheer, unadulterated Hampden joy!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah I’ve seen people posting about the mushrooms which are also pretty cool
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 4d
I mean they ate all the reds, didn’t they, in the great Squirrel Civil War?
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