My Favourite Teacher : 126 Famous People Tell of the Teachers Who Made a Difference. /

Compelling collection of diverse real-life stories 126 well-known personalities Provides revealing insights into famous people Ideal present book! About the book My Favourite Teacher consists of 126 individual pieces about the teachers who influenced many of the leading personalities of the past 30 years. It's a great inspirational book which reveals the enormous importance teachers have on the lives of their pupils. It is extraordinary how many of the personalities in the book where inspired into their line of activity by their teachers - from David Attenborough to Sue Johnston and Steve Redgrave to Frank Skinner. Funny, moving and very personal the stories in the book reveal as much about the personalities themselves as about their teachers. Celebrities include: Sandi Toksvig Andrew Motion Emma Thompson Bruce Oldfield Julian Clary Monty Don Martin Bell John Mortimer Fiona Bruce Peter Hillary Michael Rosen David Attenborough Gary Rhodes Zoe Wanamaker Alan Titchmarsh Quentin Blake Angela Huth Nick Robinson Wayne Sleep Ann Widdecombe Ronnie O'Sullivan J illy Cooper John Birt Jasper Conran Peter Ustinov Sue Johnston Alan Sugar Joanna Trollope Clive James Hazel Irvine Jeremy Clarkson Chris Bonington Gordon Ramsay Toyah Willcox James Dyson Helena Kennedy Steve Jones Clare Balding Michael Winner Betty Jackson Simon Callow Malcolm Rifkind Geri Halliwel Tim Waterstone Betty Boothroyd Steve Redgrave Helen Mirren Brendan Barber Howard Jacobson John Nettles Clarissa Dixon-Wright Anna Ford Brian Blessed Matthew Parris Jeremy Vine Prue Leith Patrick Moore Maeve Binchy Antony Worrall Thompson Sian Phillips Oliver Sacks Mariella Frostrup Nigel Havers Frank Skinner Jennie Bond Michael Fish Joanne Harris Benedict Allen Vanessa-Mae Norman Baker, MP Susannah York Frank Gardner Duchess of Devonshire Steven Berkoff Sophie Ellis-Bextor Ranulph Fiennes Diane Abbott Ned Sherrin J ohn Inverdale Alice Thomas Ellis Roger McGough Edward Heath Sarah Beeny John Humphrys Tom Parker Bowles Marsha Hunt Anna Massey Michael Eavis Bear Grylls Timothy Spall Kirsty Wark Denis Healey Connie Fisher Gaby Logan Michael Aspel Lynne Truss Leslie Thomas Aled Jones Paula Rego Joe Royle Candida Lycett Green Deborah Meaden Peter Snow Josephine Cox Mark Ramprakash Penny Vincenzi Nigel Planer Carol Smillie Rasshied Din Helen Boaden Ian McEwan Rhoda Cameron Dickie Bird Beryl Bainbridge Susie Dent Michael Holroyd Jill Paton Walsh Sam Torrance Wendy Holden Roger Graef Tony Hawks Colleen McCullough Philip Gould Max Clifford Michael Bond Joan Sims