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Dani GaravelliThe Guardian |
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...
THE legislation allowing for the earlier release of some short-term prisoners from Scotland’s overcrowded jails is a broadly positive move, which...
EDINBURGH University — in common with most Russell Group institutions — prides itself on its efforts to help underprivileged young people gain...
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...
LEGACIES are complex, contested things. The greater the influence a politician has wielded, the more likely they are to have made enemies along the...
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 crisp...
IN THE week the rest of the world was fighting for Oasis tickets, our young team had their eyes on a different prize. When the clock struck 7pm on...
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...
ON FRIDAY morning, in preparation for writing this column, I started jotting down all the catastrophic decisions, announcements and events the SNP had...
“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...
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, 1990:...
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, 1990:...
WHAT a slap in the face it must have been for those SNP MPs and office workers about to lose their jobs to see Nicola Sturgeon on ITV talking about...
Anyone who has been out and about interviewing during this election campaign will know that as pertinent a question as “Who are you planning to vote...
OUT vox-popping on the streets of Glasgow last week, I encountered little pre-election buzz. While the end of 14 years of Tory rule was welcomed, the...
QUESTION: What is the difference between Natalie Elphicke MP, who defended her sex-offender husband and indulged in hateful rhetoric on refugees, and...
In May 2015, as part of my newspaper’s general election coverage, I went out with Labour campaigners as they canvassed in one of the party’s...
IT WOULD make a niche Scottish parlour game: guess what “emergency” the SNP will declare next. If the criterion is crises that have peaked on...
John Swinney’s accession to the leadership of the Scottish National party has been called a “coronation”. Yet the smooth handover of power that...
THAT Humza Yousaf messed up was a given. He admitted as much in his resignation speech when he said he had underestimated the degree of hurt his...
The Bute House agreement (BHA) was supposed to stabilise the SNP. Brokered by Nicola Sturgeon in August 2021, the coalition with the Greens at first...
MY sons were born travellers. That’s not a boast; it’s a fact. At home, I often struggled to get them breakfasted and out the door of a morning. ...
ON THE day the Hate Crime legislation came into force, I was on Ben A’an. It was Easter Monday, so it was busier than usual, the steep paths to the...
Despite being open by nature, and frequently plundering my own life for copy, I have never written about my experiences of the menopause. The reasons...
DESPITE being open by nature, and frequently plundering my own life for copy, I have never written about my experiences of the menopause. The reasons...
FOR a decision allegedly taken to protect MPs, last week’s tampering with Westminster protocol hasn’t half enabled racist rhetoric and inflamed an...
FOR a decision allegedly taken to protect MPs, last week’s tampering with Westminster protocol hasn’t half enabled racist rhetoric and inflamed an...
By Dani Garavelli WITH the UK helter-skeltering towards oblivion, what voters crave is a route map out of the mess we’re in: someone - ANYONE -...
When Nicola Sturgeon broke down at the UK Covid inquiry she was accused of shedding crocodile tears. They looked real enough to me, induced by having...
THERE is no end to the questions raised by the Post Office scandal which, after 20-odd years, is finally getting the attention it deserves. Some of...
ONE of the most notable characteristics of 14 years of Tory rule is that the closer we come to breaking the seal on a brand new calendar, the more...
By Dani Garavelli EVERY time I walk from Glasgow Central to Glasgow Queen Street during the festive season, I experience the same weird emotional...
They set off for COP28 - David Cameron, Rishi Sunak and King Charles - in a squadron of private jets. Picture them, high on moral purpose, spreading...