Book Review: The 80s Kid

A copy of The 80s Kid was deposited into our greedy little hands this time last week. It had been talked up somethin’ fierce by the guy who suggested we review it and was cleverly delivered when Team Culch were onto their third Friday night drink and would’ve been endeared by a triangle-cut sandwich. On a quick page-flick we were impressed with the poppingly-colourful design and the neat little handbag size of it … but would it pass muster when we sat down for a proper read? Only Saturday morning’s hangover and a dimly-lit room in Culch Towers would tell… But wait, says you, just what is The 80s Kid? In a sentence, it’s a hardback full-colour 160-page nostalgiafest featuring everything it meant to grow up in Ireland in the 80s and 90s. Written by Andrew Murray, himself an 80s kids, it features the hairdos, hairdon’ts, bad telly, good telly, … There’s more

Twitter Kris Kindle

Interested in participating in a Twitter kris kindle this year? The plan is to buy a €10 gift for another tweeter and keep it secret until it arrives; or you can choose not to reveal yourself at all. Tweeters based outside of Ireland are welcome to join in. It will be luck of the draw where you have to post your present to so keep it light. Reply to me in this post or on twitter (to @bngr) by @reply or DM by this Wednesday 9th December if you’re interested. I’ll gather the names of all tweeters interested; take names and address; draw names from the hat; and give you details of who you have to send your kris kindle present to. And if you don’t know who they are you can go stalk their twitter account to see what they’re interested in.