Tim Bartholomew not only a tall novelist but also a reasonably wrinkly actor who is constitutionally unable to resist dragging up on occasion as Mimsey McWirter.On TV recently, Tim has appeared on the BBC's Doctors, Call the Midwife and Meet the Richardsons, Warner Brothers' Pennyworth and Sky's This England (with Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson).He filmed two movie roles in 2024: a country solicitor in Christmas at Plumhill Manor (starring Maria Menounos) and a comedy vicar for Go Away! with Hugh Bonneville.In theatre he tends towards English gentlemen ranging from Captain Hook in Peter Pan to Andrew Wyke in Sleuth.Tim has featured in about thirty TV commercials. Abroad he has appeared in ads for Twix and Richard Tea in Russia, Swiss wet-wipes, German yoghurt and both Austrian and Israeli chocolate brands. At Christmastime in the UK he has starred as Posh Santa for Marks and Spencer, a dotty Grandpa for ASDA and Scrooge for Curry's PC World.Seasonally, he is to be found as Mad Santa in a grotto somewhere in Kent.As a public speaker, he entertains large groups at gatherings of the University of the Third Age, Probus or Rotary Club, before or after dinner.Tim is also a bird photographer. His pictures are on Instagram (@timbakerbartholomew).His website is timbartholomew.co.uk.Angel in Tobago is his fifth novel.
