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Dani Garavelli

The Guardian

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We cannot give in to defeatism as Trump’s toxic influence poisons the global well SO bigly has the world changed in the last eight years – so battered into submission have we been by the pandemic, conflicts, climate change and the rise of the right – it is difficult to recall the shock of Donald Trump’s first election victory, or to summon up the spirit of resistance that led millions to protest in the days after his 2017 inauguration.

SO bigly has the world changed in the last eight years – so battered into submission have we been by the pandemic, conflicts, climate change and...

30.12.2024 10

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

SNP must tackle the disturbing 'vanishing' of pupils from Scotland’s classrooms IN the documentary series Finding Britain’s Ghost Children, journalist Terri White spoke of school as her salvation: an oasis of calm in a childhood punctuated by physical and sexual abuse, and a route out of poverty and degradation.

IN the documentary series Finding Britain’s Ghost Children, journalist Terri White spoke of school as her salvation: an oasis of calm in a...

16.12.2024 5

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

SNP progress on Scotland’s buckling prison system is head-bangingly slow By Dani Garavelli

THE legislation allowing for the earlier release of some short-term prisoners from Scotland’s overcrowded jails is a broadly positive move, which...

01.12.2024 2

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Edinburgh Uni must stop appalling snobbery from Saltburn-esque toff students

EDINBURGH University — in common with most Russell Group institutions — prides itself on its efforts to help underprivileged young people gain...

17.11.2024 2

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Grazie to Duolingo for helping me reconnect to my magical childhood memories of Italy

THE trumpet sounds, the cheery green owl bows this way, then that, and, as the words “Perfect Lesson” appear on the screen, I feel a shot of...

03.11.2024 2

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Friends and foes' narrative-shaping has failed both sides of Alex Salmond's character

LEGACIES are complex, contested things. The greater the influence a politician has wielded, the more likely they are to have made enemies along the...

20.10.2024 6

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Dani Garavelli: University students will continue to thrive against crumbling world

Earlier this month, I was asked to take part in an event in the Charles Wilson building directly opposite the Glasgow University Union. It was a...

03.10.2024 1

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

That no Scottish child will ever be jailed again is something to be proud of GETTING emotional over my work is not something I’m prone to, but I did shed a tear when the Scottish government confirmed all the remaining children detained in Polmont had finally been transferred to secure care.

GETTING emotional over my work is not something I’m prone to, but I did shed a tear when the Scottish government confirmed all the remaining...

02.09.2024 2

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

This omnishambles SNP is on a Doomsday cult mission towards complete self-destruction

ON FRIDAY morning, in preparation for writing this column, I started jotting down all the catastrophic decisions, announcements and events the SNP...

25.08.2024 4

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Starmer has completely blown his chance to show change is possible within the union

“Country first, party second” was a campaign soundbite that was supposed to herald a new style of government in which Labour put itself in the...

28.07.2024 5

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli

Scotland's Anyone But England mentality is rooted in deep-seated insecurity

A long time ago - 34 years to be precise - I did a heinous thing which I have never been allowed to forget. Let me set the scene. It was July 1,...

14.07.2024 20

Herald Scotland

Dani Garavelli