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.
Look, the whole gorgeous set! The final three will be published by Polygon on September 3.
"Last came Anarchy: he rode On a white horse, splashed with blood; He was pale to the lips, Like Death in the Apocalypse. And he wore a kingly crown; And in his grasp a sceptre shone; On his brow this mark I saw— 'I AM GOD, AND KING, AND LAW!'" Happy birthday, Percy.
Man, this endless, relentless heat. Feel like Meursault on the beach
Don't worry. Let it go like water running past you, and be as serene as you can.
My Sunday essay on #Ukraine's long-range drone strikes against Russia. “We are making history here. This is where democracy beats totalitarianism," Lt Col Ray said, as a drone vanished over the horizon, engine thrumming. It left black smoke & a whiff of gunpowder www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia
Exclusive: at a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside, members of the elite ‘Magyar’s Birds’ brigade are turning Russia’s vast size into a weakness
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I've always loved Vespas, but have resisted the urge to have a midlife crisis and buy one, so far. This is one of my favourite photos, my aunt Isobel aged about 18, c.1960 on a jolly with the Glasgow scooter club. Vespas aplenty. She died in a care home during Covid, but this was who she was.
@bsrg1.bsky.social for your delectation!
Dani Garavelli@danigaravelli.bsky.social · 5d agoShould you ever find yourself in Pontedera, home of Piaggio, and, tbh, there is no other reason why you would, you must go to its Vespa museum, a homage to Italian style, La Dolce Vita and Mods. And a genius post-war economic success story.
Should you ever find yourself in Pontedera, home of Piaggio, and, tbh, there is no other reason why you would, you must go to its Vespa museum, a homage to Italian style, La Dolce Vita and Mods. And a genius post-war economic success story.
Some weekend reading from me. First up, a terrific edition of the Writer's Bookshelf with @danigaravelli.bsky.social, featuring Muriel Spark, Kathleen Jamie, Peter Ross, Jean Rhys, and more! mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
The writer's bookshelf: Dani Garavelli
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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Really sad to see that Milan and Italy legend Franco Baresi has died. A one-club icon. Sit tibi terra levis. www.rainews.it/articoli/202...
Franco Baresi è morto. A 66 anni se ne va la leggenda del Milan e del calcio italiano
Ha legato indissolubilmente la sua intera carriera professionistica al Milan, diventandone un simbolo assoluto di lealtà e leadership. In segno di riconoscenza, l'AC Milan ha ritirato per sempre la ma...
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Note to guests on the website of the French apartment I just booked: "Due to the indelicacy of some masters, pets are not allowed."
Woodcuts of the Madonna created c.midC20th at Netherne hospital by George Buday who was compelled to live there. Buday was a professional artist, writer & historian. Art therapist Edward Adamson set him up a studio in an derelict summerhouse on the hospital grounds with access to his carving tools
For some reason it’s very funny to me that we can’t eat where we planned because Tom Jones (at 86) is singing Sex Bomb in Lucca’s main square. We are eating nearby and getting a free concert in any case.
A Pisan art student bumped into Keith Haring in Manhattan one day and said: “Why don’t you come and paint a mural in my home town?” So he did. It’s called Tuttomondo, it symbolises peace and is the second last outdoor work he created before his death a few months later in 1990.
Lots to enjoy in @danigaravelli.bsky.social's edition of the Writer's Bookshelf, but I particularly loved this.
Mathew’s Writer’s Bookshelf is one of my favourite substack reads (I mean all of Mathew’s pieces are brilliant) so it was an honour to be asked to take part and a delight to have the chance to talk about books I love.
Mathew Lyons@mathewlyons.bsky.social · last wk.This week’s guest on the Writer’s Bookshelf is the wonderful @danigaravelli.bsky.social.
Is she telling me she wants to see the Zubaran exhibit?
I should have said, my anti-fascist pasta eating took place in beautiful Bologna where I've never been before. Sometimes I like to plan but it's also cool just to wander into a city you do not know and be wowed by it.
It's July 25, the anniversary of the fall of fascism in Italy, so, in town squares everywhere, people are gathering to eat "anti-fascist pasta", a tradition started by a family who fed their village to celebrate on the day. It's a lovely communal affair with partisan songs. The food was delicious!
It’s 9am and tickets are on sale! Fill your boots! Come to Scotland’s National Book Town. Fall in love with it, as I did almost 20 years ago! Fall in love with new writers. Meet writers you already admire. Be a reader, a writer, a filmgoer, a music lover. Lots here.
Lee Randall@leerandall.bsky.social · 2w agoOh and here's a PDF of the programme, which goes on sale tomorrow morning: www.wigtownbookfestival.com/uploads/file...
I was quite stressed earlier, but then I heard the new Teenage Fanclub album and now all is well. Here's the lead single, Day In The Sun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6d_...
Teenage Fanclub - Day In The Sun (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Teenage Fanclub
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David Byrne was phenomenal though - an awesome sound and spectacle and much more colourful and trippy than these pics suggest. Will be thinking about it for a long time. "Love and kindness is the most punk thing you can do. Love and kindness is a form of resistance."
On a late bus home from the city centre yesterday, after a gig, there was a scarily drunk, aggressive man screaming randomly, so, of course, everyone was head down looking at their phones. This other unrelated male passenger waited until he was safely at the front before shouting back/
I like how this makes it seem like the Guardian are particularly worried about them.
David Byrne in Edinburgh tonight was the most visually stunning show I think I’ve seen since The Fall collaborated with Michael Clark’s ballet company at the festival in 1988. Marching musicians, creative dancers/vocalists and the great man himself, strong and thoughtful.
