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Dan Richards

@Dan_Zep

Writer & Broadcaster – Holloway • The Beechwood Airship Interviews • Climbing Days - a biography of Dorothy Pilley • Outpost • Overnight

 Edinburgh
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Joined October 2010
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The Observer
@ObserverUKOct 10
Corfu cricket: a sporting odyssey Writers had their whites at the ready at a world heritage site in Greece, but the gods has other ideas ✍️ Dan Richards bit.ly/4hZlPwS
Corfu cricket: a sporting odyssey | The Observer

Corfu cricket: a sporting odyssey | The Observer

Writers had their whites at the ready at a world heritage site in Greece, but the gods has other ideas

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Yeah Lifestyle@yeahlifestyleAug 3
If you've ever wondered what happens while the rest of us sleep, Overnight by Dan Richards is a fascinating #read My latest #bookreview explores this captivating journey through the hidden world of the night. 🌙📚 👉yeahlifestyle.com/book-revie… [Ad-gifted] #Reading #Books #blogger
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Restless at night in the Summer heat? Or just need a little holiday reading? A solution is at hand: "OVERNIGHT: journeys, conservations and stories after dark" - a wonderfully eloquent and tender book about night time, by brilliant Dan Richards. @Dan_Zep @canongatebooks
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‘In My Mind…’ exhibits 1 & 2… great to have these both now in the world 🙏 @colinmacIntyre @mullhistorical Thanks to the good ships @Xtra_Mile @lnfglasgow @CreativeScots these rooms and photographs are in the world 🙏 I hope you might open the doors, enter the frames…
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Adam Scovell@AdamScovellMay 16
For the upcoming Spectacular Opitcal (Kier-La Janisse's new film imprint) release of Christopher Morris' A Year in a Field (2023), they're including my super-8 adaptation of Robert Macfarlane, Dan Richards + Stanley Donwood's Holloway (2016) as an extra. severinfilms.com/en-gb/produ…
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My new @mullhistorical album has taken flight! Human stories from great authors. @LNFGlasgow shorturl.at/NbRMm w/ Len Pennie @IrvineWelsh Ali Smith @ColumMcCanno @AlexanderMSapp Yiyun Li @louisewelsh00 @jehanbseiso @IrenosenOkojie @paullynchwriter @dan_zep @AAJBooks
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Slovenia in UK@SLOinUKMay 14
📚 Author Goran Vojnović joins Pirkko Saisio & Kotryna Zylė at European Writers Festival for #ComingOfAge panel exploring identity, family & history 🎤Chaired by @Dan_Zep 🗓 Sun 17 May 🕐13:15–14:30 📍@britishlibrary 🔗events.bl.uk/events/european… #EWF2026 #LiteratureFestival
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Overnight by Dan Richards audiobook review – an immersive journey into the night worker’s world 📚 ⤵️ ift.tt/DrMx8sY
Overnight by Dan Richards audiobook review – an immersive journey into the night worker’s world

Overnight by Dan Richards audiobook review – an immersive journey into the night worker’s world

From bakers in London to night ferry operatives in Aberdeen, the author narrates atmospheric behind-the-scenes stories of the people who work while the world sleeps

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FBA (has left)@FelicityBryanMar 12
OVERNIGHT by Dan Richards is out in paperback with @canongatebooks With new material delving deeper into all things nocturnal, this is a hymn to nighttime wildlife, travel, dreams and art uk.bookshop.org/p/books/over…
Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark

Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark

'A beautifully written work of startling brilliance' IRVINE WELSH 'The height of crafted eloquence' SAMANTHA HARVEY'Both gripping and consoling' SARAH PERRYThere is something special about the night....

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I’m taking over @amazingradio 5pm today. Spinning some of my fave tracks PLUS new single ‘Where Are The Heroes?’ inspired by @Dan_Zep Feat. new album collaborator @IrvineWelsh @Leftfield @welovepulp @thestrokes amazingradio.com New MHS album @LNFGlasgow @colinmacIntyre
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Gareth Dennis@GarethDennisMar 22
Replying to @nmrqip
As a railway design engineer, I can confirm that this is utter bollocks.
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Thanks Chris Power for this wonderful review of Overnight - now online and in this Sunday’s @ObsNewReview print edition observer.co.uk/culture/books…
Paperback of the week: Overnight by Dan Richards

Paperback of the week: Overnight by Dan Richards

Whether braving gales on a night ferry or joining early risers at a bakery, Richards’ engaging book illuminates the nocturnal workings of the nation

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Jupiter and Venus over Stonehenge😍
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The paperback of Overnight is published this week on Thursday 12th. Thanks to everyone who supported the hardback. The updated edition has extra material and a beautiful new cover photograph taken on Skye by Nicholas J R White
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and Sarah Perry described the book as ‘both gripping & consoling, & full of an intelligent, querying tenderness for its subjects. I was never sure whether I'd be moved to laughter or tears: often, it was both, & in the end I was sad to leave Richards' humane and witty company…’
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which is very lovely of her. If you’d like to see if I’m witty and humane off the page, do join me at a bookshop near you soon! #danrichards #overnight #paperback #canongatebooks #canongate
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FBA (has left)@FelicityBryanFeb 17
There is magic to be found when the world goes dark abc.net.au/listen/programs/c… via @ABCaustralia

There is magic to be found when the world goes dark - ABC listen

Dan Richards investigates the multifaceted realm of night-time. Hear about when he survived a brush with death, a treacherous journey on a Scottish ferry, shadowing a search and rescue team, and the...

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'How fast are we going? Ten, 12 miles an hour? How amazing that must have been 200 years ago; as fast as a horse, but for miles and miles.' Dan Richards takes a ride on the very first locomotive train. the-fence.com/choo-choo-cha-…
Choo-Choo-Cha-Boogie

Choo-Choo-Cha-Boogie

Steam through history, as we take a ride on the very first locomotive engine.

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