RIP Michael Bond

Paddington Bear is genuinely one of the Britains’ finest cultural creations, gonna make a marmalade sandwich for tea in his honour

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I was amazed to discover he was still alive last year. Bloody good innings.

Gotta squeeze Brian Cant in there too.

And Hart of course isn’t just dead, he’s double dead.

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and Leo Baxendale, and I know it’s a few years ago now but I’m still gutted about Oliver Postgate

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and Neil Buchanan obvs

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And Bodger

Shit it’s all kicking off isn’t it.

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When I worked at a book magazine my colleague interviewed him and said he was as lovely as you’d hope.

He actually had a small cameo in the recent film, which is very sweet.

Big fan of the jar of marmalade left as a tribute in Paddington station.

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Imagine giving the world as much pleasure as he did.

My daughter wrote him a fan letter some years back and he sent a handwritten response. A proper old-school gent and no mistake.

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Would be great if by the end of the day it was surrounded by marmalade jars. And an inflatable ET.

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Can’t wait to have kids and read them the books and tell them that they were written by a lovely man

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