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.
Dani Garavelli
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💯”People have to be willing to put themselves out there, to do the old-fashioned thing of knocking on doors and introducing themselves, then setting up a coffee morning or street sale or night out.”
Stephen Frost
A timely reminder from @danigaravelli.bsky.social that neighbourhood and the people who live in them can show leadership when it comes to social cohesion without waiting for political leaders to show us how
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2619226...
Libby Brooks
Great piece on community and neighbourism as the antidote to fascism. I think this is already happening - whatever name people choose to give it - and it'll be really interesting to see what new political leaders it produces in turn.
Meeting people and talking to them is the simplest antidote to believing rubbish about them emanating from remote third parties.
Liam Kirkaldy
there's much I appreciate about your final paragraphs
how building communities goes beyond good thoughts and marches
to making an effort, building connections by, I'd add, taking tiny risks in trust
I know comfortable white 'allies' who won't inconvenience themselves
while a few move mountains ♥️
The first one I got was spoken word and field recordings, words in Polish. The second was from Australia, dog walking field recordings. Give it a go.
Murray Pittock :
It owes a debt to @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social who does tend to be right about a lot of things.
Dani Garavelli
Game day, Boston. Some pix from yesterday 🏴
'It is par for the course, now, to feel caught in the slipstream; to experience rage, but to have no idea how to channel it.
But isn’t this sense of powerlessness exactly what the Musks and Farages of this world want?
And, in surrendering to it, aren’t we furthering their cause?'
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Anand
Clare Archibald
Anand
IN a fortnight which saw pogroms in Belfast, and immigrants in Scottish towns and cities afraid to walk the streets, it was left to the families…
