I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Michaela Strachan. Utterly Brilliant is a beautiful life affirming book. It shows Timmy in a new light, and demonstrates his talents and his astonishing versatility. Read it! Wendy Craig. It is a skilful interweaving of the adventure through Europe with his journey through life.
His colourful trajectory from childhood, through university, radio, television and even pop star! It is full of intriguing reminiscences and his own personal philosophy of life. And the big Cubs, when they saw us arriving, dishevelled and upset, went out to go and sort out our attackers. What Mallett mainly remembers about his brother is how adventurous he was. Did it feel like that was hanging over the family? Mallett pauses. Once Mallett and his eldest brother, Paul, left home, their parents would hear Martin talking to himself at night and realised it was time for him to move on with his life, too.
He moved to a Camphill community, for people with learning disabilities, in Aberdeen. Mallett is proud of how much financial support Martin received from the local authorities throughout his life. Growing up, Mallett wanted, like many children, to be a pop star.
He laughs. In my book, I talk about our pop group, The Kettle Holders. I knew I wanted to be a DJ, an entertainer. I liked the fact that it was make it up as you go along, and try things out. What soft toy lasts 30 years? Did Mallett ever have any dealings with him? He suddenly goes quiet and serious, a dark cloud passing. I can be. I did this big pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago, cycling across three European countries.
It was revealing to find I can live on modest funds. What was the best year of your life in terms of the money you made? I'd rather not say how much money I earned, but it was a magical year. Pinky Punky, my cute and cuddly Mallet, came on to the show and still sells today at timmymallett. But the best highlight of the year was marrying Mrs Mallett.
I struck lucky that year. What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought yourself just for fun? Painting materials. I'm an artist now and my work is collected across the world. I always use the best quality paints, brushes and canvases in my artwork. There's no point in skimping. What was the most expensive thing you ever used on Wacaday?
It wasn't Mallett's Mallet. It was a wacky pirate ship with pink sails, cannons, and a plank for the pirate to walk along, then fall into a bowl of shark-infested custard. What's the biggest money mistake you've ever made? Not changing banks more often.
Payment Protection Insurance and the crash has harmed our trust in the banking sector. I'd like banks to be more competitive.
I'd also like the system of changing banks to be made simpler. In far north Queensland in Australia, I bought an ice cream with hundreds and thousands sprinkled on top, a chocolate flake and raspberry sauce.
It was so good, I got into a conversation with the person next to me: an estate agent who admired the ice cream and introduced me to a piece of land on the Great Barrier Reef. I went on to build my own pole house on stilts in the rainforest.
If I hadn't bought that ice cream, I would never have thought of such a wonderful thing. Do you save into a pension or invest in the stock market?
It's just a shame investing is so boring. It's completely and utterly tediously, monotonously boring — but what your investment can do can be fabulous.
Ethical investments are my thing. I want to encourage thoughtful innovation and businesses and people who are prepared to dream big, work things out and change the world for the better.
I started investing with my financial adviser when he operated out of the basement of his flat. He and I shared a similar ambition: to use money to make a difference. I own property in the UK and Australia, which means the sun always shines on my land. For me, property is where you put down roots and live your life. It's not about the noughts. It's not important how much property is worth, it's about the quality of the life you lead living there.
What's your one little luxury that you like to treat yourself to?
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