Andrea Mullaney
@andreamullaney.bsky.social
Writer, lecturer, recovering journo, constant reader, mother, cailleach èibhinn living in Glasgow.
My novel The Ghost Marriage is out on submission now: literary agent @llmonts.
"All of the birds are laughing, come on, let's all join in."
My novel The Ghost Marriage is out on submission now: literary agent @llmonts.
"All of the birds are laughing, come on, let's all join in."
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I hope you all have a lovely time watching it but I'm definitely going to have to block the word traitors if I want to rescue my timeline
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I hope you all have a lovely time watching it but I'm definitely going to have to block the word traitors if I want to rescue my timeline
Enjoyed the last Stranger Things but I really don't think we needed or wanted to see every character in nostalgic tears at the end, it's a bit self indulgent and takes you out of the story. Not everyone cries as much at the endings of things as actors.
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Enjoyed the last Stranger Things but I really don't think we needed or wanted to see every character in nostalgic tears at the end, it's a bit self indulgent and takes you out of the story. Not everyone cries as much at the endings of things as actors.
Going out on Hogmanay is obviously hellish and I'm glad to have long left it behind, but staying in is really boring, innit? Feels like there should be a middle ground somehow.
December 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Going out on Hogmanay is obviously hellish and I'm glad to have long left it behind, but staying in is really boring, innit? Feels like there should be a middle ground somehow.
The song Bobby's Girl has some seriously stalker vibes I've only just noticed. Feels made for a sinister movie scene. Bobby has someone else but "soon will come the day I have him ...all to myself". YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME BOBBY!
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The song Bobby's Girl has some seriously stalker vibes I've only just noticed. Feels made for a sinister movie scene. Bobby has someone else but "soon will come the day I have him ...all to myself". YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE ME BOBBY!
I enjoyed Happiest Season very much, but are you MEANT to be rooting for Abby to dump Harper, who's really awful, and get with Aubrey Plaza instead? Or even just do a Best Friend's Wedding and dance with her pal instead?
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I enjoyed Happiest Season very much, but are you MEANT to be rooting for Abby to dump Harper, who's really awful, and get with Aubrey Plaza instead? Or even just do a Best Friend's Wedding and dance with her pal instead?
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oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
Our long national nightmare is over!
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Our long national nightmare is over!
I'm going to be thinking about this all night.
I think social media keeps us in spaces we’re supposed to outgrow.
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'm going to be thinking about this all night.
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I've noticed that among movie lovers here, lately there's a renewed appreciation of the craft and polish of '80s/'90s studio movies--their pleasure and polish, their entertainment value. Rob Reiner's early filmography is such a good way to understand that. He knew how to deliver. A true craftsman. >
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I've noticed that among movie lovers here, lately there's a renewed appreciation of the craft and polish of '80s/'90s studio movies--their pleasure and polish, their entertainment value. Rob Reiner's early filmography is such a good way to understand that. He knew how to deliver. A true craftsman. >
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I said roughly ten percent of the things I could have said about Rob Reiner.
Remembering Rob Reiner, who made movies for people who love them
The movies Reiner directed, from A Few Good Men to The Princess Bride, weren't just good — they were people's favorites, the types of films people come back to again and again.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I said roughly ten percent of the things I could have said about Rob Reiner.
This is BONKERS.
Another spoiler: The Scottish Government is spending around 10 times as much on bringing the Tour de France to Edinburgh as it currently does on the Fringe, which is the biggest cultural event in the world, but is not regarded as a “major event” according to official criteria.
🚴 Exclusive: The cost of bringing the Tour de France to Edinburgh has soared again after the Scottish Government finally admitted how much it will be spending on the event. 🚴
Spoiler alert: It’s more than it spends on the city’s annual home-grown events.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569871...
Spoiler alert: It’s more than it spends on the city’s annual home-grown events.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569871...
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is BONKERS.
Oh, Rob Reiner was such a good guy and great director. Such sad news about him and his wife.
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh, Rob Reiner was such a good guy and great director. Such sad news about him and his wife.
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I think it's actually down to the way in the 1960s Britain caught on to American culture at a bit of a time-lag, plus the breakup of the Beatles. I shall explain in a thread.
I wonder how much of this difference comes from American Christmas being rooted in German culture?
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I think it's actually down to the way in the 1960s Britain caught on to American culture at a bit of a time-lag, plus the breakup of the Beatles. I shall explain in a thread.
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There's plenty not to like about British Xmas music, especially if you ever had to work in retail or pubs in December, but it's fundamentally *party* music. US Xmas music is schmaltz.
December 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There's plenty not to like about British Xmas music, especially if you ever had to work in retail or pubs in December, but it's fundamentally *party* music. US Xmas music is schmaltz.
Absolutely miserable night. Upstairs students had a very noisy party till 4am, music up so loud it barely covered the regular random screeching. Wouldn't answer the door. What would you say is the most hangover-aggravating possible time for me to go wake them up to hear my righteous complaints?
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Absolutely miserable night. Upstairs students had a very noisy party till 4am, music up so loud it barely covered the regular random screeching. Wouldn't answer the door. What would you say is the most hangover-aggravating possible time for me to go wake them up to hear my righteous complaints?
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everything is so much work all the time
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
everything is so much work all the time
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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I was reminded yesterday that there is still good in the world, and of just why I love my adopted home of Scotland so much. This comment was made in response to Nnena Kalu winning the Turner Prize.
Absolutely flawless response. Don’t mess with Glasgow.
Absolutely flawless response. Don’t mess with Glasgow.
![A screen shot of a Facebook comment exchange which reads:
Jared Christiansen
What a stitch up! A diversity choice. All awards are now bent.
[Responder’s name hidden] people often say that about the Turner Prize due to the overwhelming number of Glaswegian artists, now including Nena, who have won it. We Glaswegians say, try harder then.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:roobc6udkwvffuuwgbew7rs7/bafkreicnplcfkyl2f5djlpnf7a3a2yzfnl7ppbcwq4swf4mcxfjazdbdxq@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I was reminded yesterday that there is still good in the world, and of just why I love my adopted home of Scotland so much. This comment was made in response to Nnena Kalu winning the Turner Prize.
Absolutely flawless response. Don’t mess with Glasgow.
Absolutely flawless response. Don’t mess with Glasgow.
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“If the Devil is six then God is seven”: in this TED talk I will explain the connection between the Pixies and a popular Gen-alpha meme, with reference to the da Vinci code and the windows on a chocolate advent calendar where early chocolate fatigue starts to set in
(1/86)
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December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“If the Devil is six then God is seven”: in this TED talk I will explain the connection between the Pixies and a popular Gen-alpha meme, with reference to the da Vinci code and the windows on a chocolate advent calendar where early chocolate fatigue starts to set in
(1/86)
(1/86)
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[Supplementary and topic-adjacent: It is a matter of some surprise to me that the greatest Christmas album of all time (fact, not interested in spurious counter arguments) is 13 years old. Good Lord. @traceythorn.bsky.social’s Tinsel & Lights. Perfection.]
open.spotify.com/album/4Z3dFc...
open.spotify.com/album/4Z3dFc...
Tinsel and Lights
open.spotify.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
[Supplementary and topic-adjacent: It is a matter of some surprise to me that the greatest Christmas album of all time (fact, not interested in spurious counter arguments) is 13 years old. Good Lord. @traceythorn.bsky.social’s Tinsel & Lights. Perfection.]
open.spotify.com/album/4Z3dFc...
open.spotify.com/album/4Z3dFc...
Hosting a kids party today, I have cleaned and tidied whole house which seems frankly bonkers as I'll only have to do it again straight after, why am I like this
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Hosting a kids party today, I have cleaned and tidied whole house which seems frankly bonkers as I'll only have to do it again straight after, why am I like this
Hang Love, for I will not pine for any man alive
Nor will this jolly heart of mine the thought of it endure
I will not purchase Slavery, at such a dangerous rate
But glory in my Liberty, and laugh at Love and Fate
(Aphra Behn)
Nor will this jolly heart of mine the thought of it endure
I will not purchase Slavery, at such a dangerous rate
But glory in my Liberty, and laugh at Love and Fate
(Aphra Behn)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hang Love, for I will not pine for any man alive
Nor will this jolly heart of mine the thought of it endure
I will not purchase Slavery, at such a dangerous rate
But glory in my Liberty, and laugh at Love and Fate
(Aphra Behn)
Nor will this jolly heart of mine the thought of it endure
I will not purchase Slavery, at such a dangerous rate
But glory in my Liberty, and laugh at Love and Fate
(Aphra Behn)
Dav Pilkey has pulled off yet another banger with the latest Dogman/Big Jim book, truly no one else does it (philosophy with funny sound effects and cartoon violence) like him, oh god I used to read and understand Doris Lessing what happened to my brain
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Dav Pilkey has pulled off yet another banger with the latest Dogman/Big Jim book, truly no one else does it (philosophy with funny sound effects and cartoon violence) like him, oh god I used to read and understand Doris Lessing what happened to my brain