Winnie-the-Pooh. Hooray for Pooh! (Why, what did he do?) More than he knew is the quick answer to that. The long answer (which Owl insisted on) is that aged six, I was so impressed by Pooh’s ...

Life is full of little mysteries, like what those black clumps on trees really are (nope, they’re not nests) and why towels have those flat, non-fluffy stripes (they’re called dobby borders, BTW).

Winnie the Pooh is one of the world’s most famous fictional bears and most popular children’s literary characters – as well as a star of both big and small screen. But the tales of Pooh ...