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Peter Wanless

@peterwanless.bsky.social
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Former CEO of NSPCC (2013-2024) now available for all sorts of bits and bobs. President of Somerset County Cricket Club, Ebbsfleet United fan and proud owner of a functioning iPod classic

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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My reflections on 2025 as President of @somersetccc.bsky.social somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/club-ne...
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The President's View - Somerset
As Club President, Sir Peter Wanless outlines below, 2025 was certainly to remember for Somerset CCC: This was the season...
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Another night in (My son was right #ArtetaOut )
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The Festive 50 @thefestive50.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The 2025 Festive 50 Part 1: 50 to 21 Press play and away we go! www.mixcloud.com/TheFestive50...
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2025 Festive 50 Pt. 1 (50 to 21)
The 2025 BlueSky Festive 50. Nos. 50 down to 21.
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Ashes lost - time for a cup of tea and a lie down. Just a few cracks papered over today….
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The Festive 50 @thefestive50.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The 2025 Festive 50 countdown will be done over two nights this year. We’ll have a bumper show on Sunday 21st counting down 50 to 21 and then the top 20 will be on Monday 22nd. Exactly times to follow but probably around 8pm starts. At least that’s the plan!
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The Festive 50 @thefestive50.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
It's DEADLINE DAY! Today's your last chance to vote in this year's Festive 50. Please send me your top 10 tracks of 2025 before the clocks strike midnight (or I just go to bed or something). Thank you for voting & sharing. I'll stop shouting at you all again very soon.
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The Festive 50 @thefestive50.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The vote for the 2025 Festive 50 is officially OPEN! Please send me your top 10 tracks from 2025 before the vote closes on 14th December. Votes can be public by replying or @ ing me on a post (no hashtags) or in private by sending me a DM. Please also spread the word cos we need more voters!!!
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Job done. My #iPod playthrough is complete. All tracks listened to and rated. Thanks for being with me 😀
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Beatles in slot 6450 #myiPod playthrough is nearly complete
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
So #myiPod playthrough is nearly complete - You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me is posted here because it was the first single I ever bought (with a record token I won in a kids BBC competition for my music-related joke)
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Here we go again - Crawley and Duckett unlikely to accumulate runs calmly for the next couple of hours ….
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Two overs and no wickets - are we in for a less frenetic night’s cricket today? #ashes2025
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What a night’s cricket. I will sleep well today #ashes2025
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
England doing ok against county medium pacers Boland and Doggett
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Test match progressing at a pace which suggests sleeping patterns won’t be disturbed for too long this weekend
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Typical Crawley - 0-1 😡
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Ok let’s do this #ashes
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I feel like I’ve earned it 😀 Helps when you don’t have to be working the next day
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Looking forward to watching the whole day’s play - if it’s interesting enough am confident I’ll be awake
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Track 6400 from a free CD of David Bowie cover versions #myiPod
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Should be more comfortable in less cramped, less orange surroundings when proceedings begin tonight
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Likewise - time to adjust sleeping patterns for a few weeks
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Through the 99% point of #myiPod playthrough with Local Natives from California and Neil Young from Canada
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The Dears with track 6350 of 6456 on #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Reached the 98% point of #myiPod playthrough with this Athlete track while weeding this morning
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Early Bloc Party in slot 6300 of 6456 as we enter the home straight of #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Dug up a few potatoes this morning
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Two absolute bangers as we pass the 97% point of #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
38 years ago today I went to an entertaining football match in Manchester
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Vintage U2 in slot 6250 of #myiPod playthrough. Just 206 tracks to go 😢
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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The Culture That Keeps on Giving
What Breadmaking Can Teach Charity Leaders
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
And we have classic ELO in slot 6200 of 6456 on #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Manchester based electronic trance band Delphic have their debut single at the 96% point of #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A slice of “afrobeat and rockabilly infused post punk from Leeds band The Wild Beasts as we track track 6150 on #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Only taken three and a half years but now 95% through #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Busy busy busy 😀
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Classic Aztec Camera in slot 6100 of #myiPod playthrough. Not far to the end now
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
94% through #myiPod playthrough with Mary of the 4th Form (year 10 in modern parlance)
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Up to track 6050 of 6456 with Elvis Costello - not many tracks left on #myiPod playthrough
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Los Campesinos! At slot 6000 and 93% through #myiPod with The Czars missing Life on Mars by one track
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
There was a poster on our maths class wall: “half the pupils in this school are above average, half are below average, most are about average”
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Crowded House take us past the 92% point of #myiPod playthrough and the purple one in in slot 5950
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We are Somerset - come and join us!
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Track 5900 of 6456 on #myiPod playthrough is from Embrace
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
This is a good clip - no one I know is saying the scheduling we currently have is something to support
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
New podcast episode available “Debra and Peter bring warmth, candour and a touch of humour to the hardest questions in the sector.” Please like, share and subscribe if you would be so kind podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
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Flags, Donors and Youth Work
Podcast Episode · Debra and Peter are doing a Podcast · 11/09/2025 · 30m
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
91% point of #myiPod playthrough is about as mainstream as it gets
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I didn’t know that it was a free track! God Save the Queen is another one I love
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Peter Wanless @peterwanless.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Only had to wait 5867 tracks for this personal favourite and life manifesto to appear #myiPod
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