Kirkland Ciccone

I should have read the sign first!

Kirky Goes To Holyrood If I’m on form, my fingers should follow my thoughts when I’m writing. I’ll have one eye on my word count and the other on a packet of McVitie’s Ginger Nuts. Most times, I k…

Kirky Goes To Holyrood: a true story *yes, I've updated my blog at last*

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🎟️ Breaking: Cumbernauld Theatre has averted closure after an 11th-hour u-turn over its Scottish Government funding. 🎟️
Full details & reaction: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569406...
@cnauldtheatre.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Out today. I'll grab this on the way home and hopefully AVOID THE BIG STORM, but at least I'll have something good to listen to, right? #DoctorWho

This is happening. 😎

Crypt keeping i̶n̶ a̶ m̶u̶s̶e̶u̶m̶.

Cover of the book Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland.

Another bit of Aye Write! excitement: I'll be chatting with Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh and Lewis Hetherington on Saturday 8 November about Who Will Be Remembered Here: Queer Spaces in Scotland.

www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/who-...

I like a theme. 🎃

I'm happy October's here. 🎃

🥳

The BBC/Doctor Who deal with Disney needs to be done with *now*, and I mean right now.

I'll be hosting Ely Percy at Cumbernauld Library, where we'll talk about their Scottish classic Duck Feet. In preparation, I dug this iconic old jacket out of the wardrobe.

Visit the link below for tickets...

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Goooood. Ask me again after I've had a few more cups of tea.

I see a lot of people using it, but my GOD, I pay too much money for WordPress to just dump it. How are you doing? Well, I hope. 😎

WordPress is my platform of choice, but I've also started a Substack. Today, I wrote about mysterious fires burning down iconic buildings in Cumbernauld...

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Reading pile. 🙂

More #Cumbernauld stuff.

Cumbernauld Library stuff.

IT'S TIME. #Godzilla @criterion.bsky.social

Someone has listened to 1. Outside and unlocked the whole album. It's my favourite Bowie record. PS he might have worked out the identity of The Minotaur...

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I'm flamin-going to the library.

I need my taste buds intact, Roy! 😀

I hate the summer.

I'll miss 404 Ink. They have great taste, their aesthetic was really my thing, and I loved their books. Running a publishing house in this anti-art economy must be hell. Brilliantly, Heather and Laura did everything (including closing 404) on their own terms. That's punk! #publishing

Kylie In The ’90s There are two types of Kylie Minogue song. The type that work and the type that don’t. Being talented as she is, Kylie definitely has more in the former category rather than the latter. Really, an …

Thirty years ago today, Kylie Minogue released Where Is The Feeling? '90s me really, really loved '90s #Kylie. wp.me/p2RXK-X8

Years Later, The Craft Continues To Cast A Spell On Me Decades after being released to mixed reviews and a good showing at the box office, The Craft continues to be revered and relevant, a preciously guarded artefact for an entire generation of teens w…

And...if you're in the mood for a touch of '90s cult movie mania, here are a few other links to similar articles on the blog. Yes, I owned The Glesga Odeon.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan – an examination SPOILERS AHEAD! Lois Duncan was a household name if your house was home to kids with library memberships in the 70s and 80s. Her books for young people were Young Adult before the genre became main…

With the release of I Know What You Did Last Summer on the way (again), I wanted to post the article I wrote a few years ago about the book and Lois Duncan's complex relationship with the movie of the same name.

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#IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer #LoisDuncan

Kirkland Ciccone dresses for the rain.

Kirkland Ciccone dressed for the rain.

Kirkland Ciccone dressed for the rain.

Kirkland Ciccone dressed for the rain.

It's raining. I don't mind the rain because I'm Scottish. Anyway, I pulled this out the a̶r̶c̶h̶i̶v̶e̶ cupboard. I *think* it was made by a girl in Malaysia. It was nearly ten years (and five stones) ago. Who says you can't dress up as a watermelon for a day out? 😎

I am. You too, with luck!