The Man Behind the Story
Arwyn Pennington Bailey is my name — but I am known to many as The Time-Lord — and I am a writer, photographer, videographer, and composer based in Buckinghamshire, England.
I am the founder of T L Media Limited and I have spent the latter part of my career capturing moments in time for my clients across the UK and Europe.
This, my debut memoir, I Had A Dad Too, is the hardest and most honest thing that I have ever written — a raw, sometimes funny, often tender story of family, faith and doubt, neurodiversity, grief, and the quiet, unshakeable love that has carried me through it all.
I am married to Helen, my very patient wife of 41 years, without whom none of it — the work, the words, the songs, the survival — would have come into being.
Release Date
June 2026
Celebrating Life
This is my story. The video playing below traces the journey — from a childhood in Cubbington, through the moments that shaped me, to the day Helen said yes. That day changed everything. I need to be honest about this: without Helen, there would be no book. There would be no website. There would be no me. I very nearly went the same way as Gareth. Helen is the reason I did not. She has been patient with me for more than forty-one years, and every one of those years is a year I might not have had. I Had A Dad Too is the story of all of it — the difficult chapters and the beautiful ones — and it exists because she carried me when I could not carry myself.
Please contact Me
I love hearing from you. Whether you want to share your own story — your courage, the adversity you've faced, where your mental health journey has taken you — or simply the joys and highs that make life worth living, your words matter to me. I'm always glad to hear your thoughts on I Had A Dad Too too, and if the book has meant something to you, please do leave a review online — it helps more people find it than you might imagine. I can't promise to reply to every message, but I can promise this: I read every single email, comment and note that comes my way. Every one. — Arwyn Pennington Bailey