Just over 50 years ago, Michael Bond introduced lucky children (and adults) to A Bear Called Paddington, the bear from Darkest Peru, who had been found sitting on a battered suitcase in the London railway station. Having stowed away in a lifeboat at the urging of his Aunt Lucy (now in a retirement home for bears), Paddington was swiftly adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Brown of 32 Windsor Gardens, and became sibling to Jonathon and Judy, and fast friends with local antique dealer Mr. Gruber, with whom he shared ‘elevenses.’ As a child, I fell in love with Paddington through Bond’s easy prose, delightfully illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, and then through the animated series televised by the BBC (episodes available via You-Tube)