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.
I got most of mine from the library but a couple of years ago I picked up this smasher second hand.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I got most of mine from the library but a couple of years ago I picked up this smasher second hand.
How great is this writing? (from The Rings of Saturn)
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How great is this writing? (from The Rings of Saturn)
Quartet in Autumn is just relentlessly funny. Chuckling away to myself on the train which probably got me pegged as one of Pym’s eccentrics.
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Quartet in Autumn is just relentlessly funny. Chuckling away to myself on the train which probably got me pegged as one of Pym’s eccentrics.
Posting the carpet because it’s the law;)
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Posting the carpet because it’s the law;)
This is terrific, so sharp and funny, though impossible to read with any voice other than Patricia Routledge’s in my head.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is terrific, so sharp and funny, though impossible to read with any voice other than Patricia Routledge’s in my head.
The Broomielaw, part II
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Broomielaw, part II
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.