Bobby Seagull MBE
bobbyseagull.bsky.social
Bobby Seagull MBE
@bobbyseagull.bsky.social
School teacher, Maths Appeal podcast, FT & the i newspaper columnist, West Ham ambassador, author Life-Changing Magic of Numbers

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How has it taken me THIS many years to read my first Agatha Christie?! 🤯📖

The undisputed queen of crime fiction 👑🔍 and the best-selling novelist of all time.

One of my book clubs picked Hercule Poirot’s Christmas 🎄🕵️‍♂️ and I’m officially hooked.

Which Agatha Christie should I read next? 👀⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🎉 Happy Friday! 🎉

The Xmas/New Year food overindulgence was very fun 😋🎄… but now it’s time to rein it in (just a little 😉).

💪 Day 2/2 of consecutive exercise in 2026!

Starting small - aiming for one week, then maybe a month, and we’ll see where it goes from there 🚀
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
👀 Who’s watching the new season of The Traitors tonight at 8pm?

We’ve got a 🕵️‍♂️ police detective, ✍️ crime writer and ⚖️ barrister in the mix - this is going to be GOOD.

And we get another episode tomorrow AND Saturday 🙌

Plus, more Claudia Winkleman on our screens… honestly, a win for everyone
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Have any New Year’s resolutions?

2024, I built a 6-month streak of consecutive daily exercise 💪 (until flu🤒).

I’m starting again on Jan 1 with my run 🏃‍♂️

But this year, my real goal is different ✨
To be kinder to myself.

Being ambitious is fine, but if we fall, it's fine and we can start again
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Big up to library champion @bobbyseagull.bsky.social MBE. Make sure your morning suit is cleaned and pressed (and your hat fits properly) when you go to the palace.

Here's to three points tonight too

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bobby Seagull appointed MBE for libraries work
The 41-year-old is currently completing his doctorate at the University of Cambridge.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My first hosting of a dating singles night with MBE* (My Bubbly Energy!)

While my own dating life still needs a little work 😅, I’m a very enthusiastic host.

*technically, I have to wait until my investiture at the Palace for my MBE*

#Dating #SinglesNight #NewYear #London #BoredOfDatingApps
December 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Many congratulations to @bobbyseagull.bsky.social on his MBE!
To see someone who so freely gives of their time to support important educational causes being recognised in this way is really positive.
December 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Libraries still hanging in at #1 most viewed on BBC.

Obviously chuffed about King's New Year Honours list with MBE, but I'm even more pleased there's a spotlight on the value of libraries and librarians for our communities 🔦📚

Libraries need to be properly funded 💷

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📚 Most-watched video on the BBC News website - and it’s about libraries! 🎉

12.10pm, I'm on BBC Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine about my MBE for "services to public libraries"✨
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A thing just happened! 🤯📚

“Bobby Seagull MBE for services to public libraries”✨

Just on BBC News talking about my passion for books, libraries, and our incredible librarians ❤️📖 and why they're so vital to our communities.

Tomorrow
📺 BBC Breakfast 6.40am
🎙️ LBC 7.40am
📺 Good Morning Britain TBC
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Life tip: Never go food shopping when you’re upset that your football team lost ⚽️😩

Somehow the biscuits and sweets just jump into the basket 🍪🍫🛒

We go again… next match 🙃⚒️

Thanks Lidl

#biscuits #sweets #WestHam #snacks #sweettooth
December 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Is there really such a thing as a “must-win” football match? 🤔⚽

Starting the day at least 5 points from safety, we now face a huge run of four consecutive games - Fulham, Brighton, Wolves & Forest🔥
December 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What can men do to help women feel safer walking at night? 🌙

As a man, I recognise it’s a privilege to walk or run after dark without constantly thinking about safety. For many women, that isn’t the case.
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We just had our annual family quiz 🧠🎄and here are the questions I got wrong! 😅

1. Which country won Eurovision 2025?

2. Which country has the most islands?

3. Microsoft ended support for which version of Windows in October?

4. In The Matrix film, what colour pill did Neo accept from Morpheus?
December 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On Christmas Day, I usually go for a long run 🏃‍♂️it makes me happy… especially knowing I’ll overindulge later 😄

But what gives me even more joy is seeing the happiness of others ❤️ : confelicity ✨

From Latin con (with) and felix (happy), confelicity means taking delight in someone else’s happiness.
December 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
After church midnight and Christmas carols, I felt a bit peckish at 2am...

1 piece chicken,3 spicy wings, fries and a can of Rubicon mango.

Off for my long run now before Christmas lunch!
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🎄✨ What’s your favourite Christmas carol? 🎶

I’m a bit partial to O Come, All Ye Faithful ❤️

There’s nothing quite like midnight Mass and the sound of Christmas carols to lift the spirit and fill the heart ✨🎼

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🎄🎁✨
December 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Unfortunately, this adorable West Ham Christmas jumper with lights won’t be visible on radio 📻✨⚽

I’m on BBC Radio 4 5:50pm, going through answers to festive 2025 quiz 🎄🧠

We’ll also cha why Christmas quizzes such a great way to bring people together ❤️

Tune in
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🎄 Christmas can be a lonely time of year for some, and that matters.

💛 Even on Christmas Eve, my local library is open and available for most of the holiday period. A powerful reminder of how valuable and inclusive these spaces are

#library #libraries #christmas #community #belonging #publicspaces
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Love a good Christmas quiz? 🎄🧠

Tonight on BBC Radio 4’s PM (5.40pm), I’m donning the quizmaster hat 🎩🎙️ and putting host Paddy O’Connell in the hot seat 🔥

The questions are on 2025, dreamt up by BBC’s finest correspondents 🗞️🔮 Expect news, politics and plenty of brain-stretching fun…
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
When a maths teacher tries to use data analysis for his dates 😂

Channel 4 First Dates Christmas special

#dating #firstdates #single #teacher #maths
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
See kids… maths can be helpful. Sort of 😄📐🎁

Had great fun explaining the maths behind wrapping Christmas gifts on BBC One Inside the Factory 🎄📺

Huge thanks to presenter Cherry Healey for being such a good sport 😇👏

#Maths #Christmas #BBC 🎁✨
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Double trouble on TV tonight with Seagull 📺✨

🕗 8pm | BBC One
Inside the Factory: The maths of wrapping presents.
I'm hoping to come across as nerdy 🎁📐

🕘 9pm | Channel 4
First Dates Christmas Special 💘🎄
I'm hoping I don't come across as TOO nerdy 🤓😂

#FirstDates #InsideTheFactory #ChristmasTV #BBC
December 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If you had to choose one gift for a blind date… what would it be? 🎁✨

Tonight at 9pm, I’m on the Christmas special of Channel 4’s First Dates 🎄❤️

We were told we could exchange a gift, and I chose The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy 📖🐴
December 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🎬✨ Round two of my dating life… on TV! ✨🎬

You might remember me from Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking — where, let’s just say… love didn’t quite work out 😅

But I’m back, giving romance another shot 💘
9pm TONIGHT Channel 4’s First Dates Christmas Special 🎄🍷

🧑‍🍳 Hosted by legendary Fred Sirieix
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM