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Dani GaravelliThe Guardian |
When Nicola Sturgeon’s autobiography, Frankly, was published, I wrote that it had been written way too soon. While its proximity to her resignation...
As Labour struggles under Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham has emerged as the charismatic, emotionally intelligent figure who many believe is the only...
As young Scots drift from stale mainstream politics, the Greens may be capturing disaffected idealism with authenticity, housing pledges and sharper...
It was fitting that Nicola Sturgeon should bow out of the Scottish Parliament with a speech on the Promise – promise was something her leadership...
Columnist of the Year Dani Garavelli explains why Anas Sarwar will not only have to convince her that he's dancing to a different drum than Keir...
As fear-driven narratives tighten their grip, civil liberties are being chipped away in plain sight — from Trump’s visa diktats to UK politicians...
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Scotland’s rape shield laws has sparked fears of appeals and delays, raising difficult questions about how...
On Thursday night, after the King announced his brother was to be stripped of his remaining titles and thrown out of his house, I spent some time...
As quickly as she recalled the whimsy of youth, Edwyn Collins and Riot Women helped Columnist of Year Dani Garavelli balance nostalgia and the...
Once hailed as a working-class success story, Michelle Mone’s tale now reads like a cautionary fable of greed, privilege, and the corrosive power of...
Trump’s UK visit exposed a humiliating deference from Starmer, royals and politicians alike, says our multi award-winning opinion columnist Dani...
AS part of a work project, I’ve been researching Italian immigrants in the UK and particularly their experiences between the wars. In World War I,...
SKIMMING news programmes on the recent hate-fests outside asylum hotels in Epping and Falkirk, I stumbled across a clip of the former Conservative...
ON a BBC radio phone-in show callers were debating the rights and wrongs of the decision to air episodes of MasterChef in which disgraced hosts Greg...
What does it take for a genocide to reach a “tipping point”? What does it take for the UK government to concede that something beyond hellish is...
WHEN the great American writer Joseph Mitchell was having his reputation tarnished by a biographer who claimed he invented characters and embroidered...
A FEW years ago I interviewed Donna McLean, one of the women lied to and seduced by undercover police officers from a special unit set up to...
I UNDERSTAND the impulse to vote Reform. If your job is paying you peanuts and your town is full of ghost shops and your football team has been...
When I saw the women raising their champagne glasses after their Supreme Court victory, I felt that same queasy way I always feel at the end of long...
ON Monday night, I switched on BBC News at Ten to find out more about a horrific incident I’d seen fleeting headlines on earlier in the day. It...
WHAT does it take, these days, to start a national conversation? The answer would appear to be a bingeable TV or Netflix drama that “touches the...
WE all have guilty pleasure films. One of mine is A Few Good Men. I watch it almost every time it’s on, not because I am a fan of Tom Cruise or...