As mentioned on qi Gyles Brandreth’s teddy bear collection at Newby Hall in Yorkshire
If you go down to the woods south of Ripon today, you’re in for a big surprise. For what seems like every bear that ever there was has gathered there for certain because… well, that’s where they live now. Superstars of the bear world, including Paddington, Fozzy, Sooty and Pudsey, now call Newby Hall home after arch arctophile Gyles Brandreth gifted his collection – one of the largest in the world – to the estate.
Among his famous furry friends, who now share the purpose-built Bear House in the grounds of Newby Hall, are Mr Bean’s knitted teddy, Tony Blair’s companion Lynton, and Francois, the late French president Francois Mitterand’s bear. Brandreth’s collection was previously ensconced in a museum in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, but he was always on the lookout for a permanent home for them to be together forever as one happy, furry family.
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