Melanie Crawley
@melaniecrawley.bsky.social
Audiobook Narrator - Voice Actor - Actor
Owned by Spike the Dog
https://www.crawleyvoicestudio.com
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Owned by Spike the Dog
https://www.crawleyvoicestudio.com
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Palantir, which Wes Streeting is giving your health care records to, and which Labour has given a contract for military analytics to, is working with ICE in the United States to work out who to raid. www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
Its release day for: 'The Croatian Island Library' by Eva Glyn...
Where books are borrowed, friendships are forged and secrets uncovered…
Thank you @evaglyn.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social for trusting me with this lovely book!
#audiobooks #voice #voiceactor #newfiction
Where books are borrowed, friendships are forged and secrets uncovered…
Thank you @evaglyn.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social for trusting me with this lovely book!
#audiobooks #voice #voiceactor #newfiction
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Its release day for: 'The Croatian Island Library' by Eva Glyn...
Where books are borrowed, friendships are forged and secrets uncovered…
Thank you @evaglyn.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social for trusting me with this lovely book!
#audiobooks #voice #voiceactor #newfiction
Where books are borrowed, friendships are forged and secrets uncovered…
Thank you @evaglyn.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social for trusting me with this lovely book!
#audiobooks #voice #voiceactor #newfiction
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Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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Dangerous times in the #USA
I'm reminded of the BBC's excellent 'Five Steps to Tyranny' documentary in 2001
Full Movie here:
youtu.be/PeBisBQblFM?...
Five Steps to Tyranny (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb share.google/JGlnjIvrQbq4...
#Fascism #FarRight #Tyranny
I'm reminded of the BBC's excellent 'Five Steps to Tyranny' documentary in 2001
Full Movie here:
youtu.be/PeBisBQblFM?...
Five Steps to Tyranny (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb share.google/JGlnjIvrQbq4...
#Fascism #FarRight #Tyranny
January 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Dangerous times in the #USA
I'm reminded of the BBC's excellent 'Five Steps to Tyranny' documentary in 2001
Full Movie here:
youtu.be/PeBisBQblFM?...
Five Steps to Tyranny (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb share.google/JGlnjIvrQbq4...
#Fascism #FarRight #Tyranny
I'm reminded of the BBC's excellent 'Five Steps to Tyranny' documentary in 2001
Full Movie here:
youtu.be/PeBisBQblFM?...
Five Steps to Tyranny (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb share.google/JGlnjIvrQbq4...
#Fascism #FarRight #Tyranny
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Post this everywhere‼️
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Post this everywhere‼️
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
-and-
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.
Six days after the first bribery charge
Six days after the first bribery charge
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.
Six days after the first bribery charge
Six days after the first bribery charge
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🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🔴NEW🔴
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
Thread 🧵
@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
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The revelations about Musk, Thiel and Bannon maintaining links with Epstein while he was apparently targeted by Russian intelligence is the missing story
For Putin “Epstein’s network of tech people who work on artificial intelligence and supercomputers … would have been the equivalent of penetrating the Manhattan Project in World War Two”.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Russian ‘Tech Maidens’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
As the scandal around the release of the Epstein Files continues to follow Donald Trump, Peter Jukes investigates the late sex offender’s ties to Vladimir Putin-linked individuals with a curious caree...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The revelations about Musk, Thiel and Bannon maintaining links with Epstein while he was apparently targeted by Russian intelligence is the missing story
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Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson.
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
September 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson.
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
Congratulations @jennashworth.bsky.social on the release of The Parallel Path!
I was honoured to narrate the audio for this wonderful book.
It was a challenge but that's as it should be!
@hachetteaudio.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#Audiobooks #narrator #humanvoicesonly #madeinsheffield
I was honoured to narrate the audio for this wonderful book.
It was a challenge but that's as it should be!
@hachetteaudio.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#Audiobooks #narrator #humanvoicesonly #madeinsheffield
July 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Congratulations @jennashworth.bsky.social on the release of The Parallel Path!
I was honoured to narrate the audio for this wonderful book.
It was a challenge but that's as it should be!
@hachetteaudio.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#Audiobooks #narrator #humanvoicesonly #madeinsheffield
I was honoured to narrate the audio for this wonderful book.
It was a challenge but that's as it should be!
@hachetteaudio.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#Audiobooks #narrator #humanvoicesonly #madeinsheffield
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🔴Compulsory Voting Is Needed to Combat ‘Disastrously Low’ UK Turnout, Report Argues
Stark turnout gaps by class, race and age are creating ‘warped incentives’ for politicians, new analysis suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/10/c...
Stark turnout gaps by class, race and age are creating ‘warped incentives’ for politicians, new analysis suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/10/c...
Compulsory Voting Is Needed to Combat 'Disastrously Low' UK Turnout, Report Argues
Stark turnout gaps by class, race and age are creating 'warped incentives' for politicians, new analysis suggests
bylinetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🔴Compulsory Voting Is Needed to Combat ‘Disastrously Low’ UK Turnout, Report Argues
Stark turnout gaps by class, race and age are creating ‘warped incentives’ for politicians, new analysis suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/10/c...
Stark turnout gaps by class, race and age are creating ‘warped incentives’ for politicians, new analysis suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/07/10/c...
Its release day for 'The Widows Husband' by Natasha Boydell - out now on all major audiobook retail platforms.
He’s meant to be dead. But I think he’s back…
Have a little listen...
Thank you Boldwood Books and Ulverscroft!
#audiobooks #thriller #mystery #jiam #humannarration #narrator
He’s meant to be dead. But I think he’s back…
Have a little listen...
Thank you Boldwood Books and Ulverscroft!
#audiobooks #thriller #mystery #jiam #humannarration #narrator
June 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Its release day for 'The Widows Husband' by Natasha Boydell - out now on all major audiobook retail platforms.
He’s meant to be dead. But I think he’s back…
Have a little listen...
Thank you Boldwood Books and Ulverscroft!
#audiobooks #thriller #mystery #jiam #humannarration #narrator
He’s meant to be dead. But I think he’s back…
Have a little listen...
Thank you Boldwood Books and Ulverscroft!
#audiobooks #thriller #mystery #jiam #humannarration #narrator
Can any Cumbrians tell me how to pronounce names with ‘thwaite’ - such as Rosthwaite? Also Liza as in River Liza and Seatoller? Thanks!
June 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can any Cumbrians tell me how to pronounce names with ‘thwaite’ - such as Rosthwaite? Also Liza as in River Liza and Seatoller? Thanks!
Yes its a golden opportunity.
I hope that we see some publishers explicitly promote and brand human-read audiobooks. I really, really want no part of your lonely robot wonderland.
Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
May 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes its a golden opportunity.
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts
The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
www.campaignforthearts.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...
Its release day for LOSING CONTROL by Fiona Erskine!
#audiobook
What connects Teesside, England and Bhopal, India? Can DI Julie Cadell find the link before cyber-vengeance brings terror to Teesside?
🙏 @chemicaldetective.bsky.social & @wfhowes.bsky.social for trusting me with this title!
#audiobook
What connects Teesside, England and Bhopal, India? Can DI Julie Cadell find the link before cyber-vengeance brings terror to Teesside?
🙏 @chemicaldetective.bsky.social & @wfhowes.bsky.social for trusting me with this title!
April 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Its release day for LOSING CONTROL by Fiona Erskine!
#audiobook
What connects Teesside, England and Bhopal, India? Can DI Julie Cadell find the link before cyber-vengeance brings terror to Teesside?
🙏 @chemicaldetective.bsky.social & @wfhowes.bsky.social for trusting me with this title!
#audiobook
What connects Teesside, England and Bhopal, India? Can DI Julie Cadell find the link before cyber-vengeance brings terror to Teesside?
🙏 @chemicaldetective.bsky.social & @wfhowes.bsky.social for trusting me with this title!
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We are not alone!
89% of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis – but mistakenly believe they are in a minority.
Let's not be a silent majority – we need to talk about the need for climate action with everyone, at every opportunity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
89% of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis – but mistakenly believe they are in a minority.
Let's not be a silent majority – we need to talk about the need for climate action with everyone, at every opportunity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We are not alone!
89% of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis – but mistakenly believe they are in a minority.
Let's not be a silent majority – we need to talk about the need for climate action with everyone, at every opportunity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
89% of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis – but mistakenly believe they are in a minority.
Let's not be a silent majority – we need to talk about the need for climate action with everyone, at every opportunity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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⏰6 hours left! The public consultation on Great British Railways ends at 12 TONIGHT.
The last gov't committed to make accessibility a core duty in GBR's licence.
This gov't doesn't mention it in the consultation.
If you think that's wrong have your say.
vist.ly/3mzx67e
The last gov't committed to make accessibility a core duty in GBR's licence.
This gov't doesn't mention it in the consultation.
If you think that's wrong have your say.
vist.ly/3mzx67e
April 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⏰6 hours left! The public consultation on Great British Railways ends at 12 TONIGHT.
The last gov't committed to make accessibility a core duty in GBR's licence.
This gov't doesn't mention it in the consultation.
If you think that's wrong have your say.
vist.ly/3mzx67e
The last gov't committed to make accessibility a core duty in GBR's licence.
This gov't doesn't mention it in the consultation.
If you think that's wrong have your say.
vist.ly/3mzx67e
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Unsolicited writing advice no. 13:
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
April 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Unsolicited writing advice no. 13:
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.