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Wesley Mallin

@wesleymallin.bsky.social

BBC newsreader, voice artist and occasional entertainer. I have many strings to my bow but I'm running out of arrows.

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Back on home turf! I interviewed you a few years back when your exhibition opened at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Any chance of a repeat?

08.11.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ppl who make the argument that the earth has survived many drastic shifts in climate over the course of its existence are technically correct. our earth is wonderful at healing itself. the bit they live out is that while the earth continues, the majority of species living on it at the time do not

15.09.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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#booksky #writingcommunity

17.06.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12292    πŸ” 3007    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 106

Kudos to HMRC

I know. Weird.

Phoned up to GIVE THEM MONEY (missing NI years) and they told me not to bother because I’ll hit max in 6 years anyway.

Cheers HMRC (your hold music and waiting time still sucks though)

13.06.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my best friends in the world. He’ll be mortified!

13.06.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagination

07.06.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ingenious πŸ˜‚

FFS

29.05.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6069    πŸ” 1227    πŸ’¬ 266    πŸ“Œ 138

Well I'll sleep better for that.

14.05.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never any need to apologise. When you're here you're glorious. When you're not here we just assume you're being glorious elsewhere!

14.05.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried that. It raised expectations I was unable to meet.

I’ve gone back β€œShambolic” after what I’ve decided to call β€œhonest customer feedback”

13.05.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you review audiobooks by any chance ?

Asking for a … oh who am I kidding?

13.05.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Curiosity and the Cat audiobook is Out Now at all the usual audiobook salepoints

Curiosity and the Cat audiobook is Out Now at all the usual audiobook salepoints

Who am I to argue with the faerie folk - who demanded the audiobook for CURIOSITY AND THE CAT is OUT NOW!

Get it at: tinyurl.com/msxsedma
. . . or anywhere selling audiobooks 😁

#curiosityandthecat #faeries #fantasy #horror #books #veganauthor #gta6 #vegan #booklover #stephenking #GuillermoDelToro

02.05.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
- I want things to be different 
- *smashes everything*
- oh no

- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no

I think about this comic at least once a week

10.05.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23508    πŸ” 4748    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 261

Shame she’s not on here really. She is indeed metal as fuck.

10.05.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

08.05.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 12734    πŸ” 1848    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 118

No, I made the mistake of thinking "I'll just have a couple of glasses of that blackberry wine we forgot about in a demijohn for a decade and which has gone through about 9 fermentations and oh look there's the floor. Hello floor. I love you."

08.05.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In my humble opinion one of the finest things to be is accidentally drunk

I’ll let you figure out why I’ve chosen to say this at this time

07.05.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

"I'd like to not have to turn up or do anything in particular but I'd like to get regular positive feedback and get paid a LOT"

Hit me

07.05.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've known him for decades and he's a fine human. Then again I also write for a living so I suppose I would say that wouldn't I?

07.05.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's almost like he writes for a living...

07.05.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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yes

30.03.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 33879    πŸ” 8882    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 408
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My studio clock appears to be channeling Buddy Holly and I’m not sure I like its suggestion that this will, in fact, be the day that I…

06.05.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just trying to bring a bit of levity
in amongst all the heavity

01.05.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Now I want to build one. Sadly postage to Vermont may be prohibitive and there's at least 10% on top now of course 😞

30.04.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And thus begins the two week slide from "Isn't this beautiful?" to "BLOODY PETALS ARE EVERYWHERE AGAIN!"

23.04.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eagerly awaiting the results of this experiment as an alternative to my previously tried cures of rum and staring into space feeling guilty about not acheiving anything

20.04.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #Easter

19.04.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 20759    πŸ” 2984    πŸ’¬ 677    πŸ“Œ 213

"Draw me like one of your ginger girls"

18.04.2025 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0