Paddingtonâs Finest Hour
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Hurrying forward, he held out a welcoming hand. âSir Percival Rushmoor,â he said. âIâm invigilating.â
âIâm sorry to hear that, Sir Percival,â said Paddington. âI hope you feel better very soon.â
Paddington always finds himself in unusual situations so it is no surprise when he has a run-in with the police, appears in a TV cookery show, and gives one of his hard stares to a hypnotist!
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Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire on 13 January 1926 and educated at Presentation College, Reading. He served in the Royal Air Force and the British Army before working as a cameraman for BBC TV for 19 years. In 2015, Michael was awarded a CBE for his services to childrenâs literature, to add to the OBE he received in 1997. Michael died in 2017, leaving behind one of the great literary legacies of our time.
