Michael Bond
Michael Bond
Thomas Michael Bond, CBEis an English author, best known for his Paddington Bear series of books. Bond was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2015...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth13 January 1926
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After the war, I went to the BBC monitoring service in Caversham, a suburb of Reading. It was a big aerial system to listen to radio programmes all over the world.
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The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult.
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It's nice having a bear about the house.
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Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.