{"id":801129,"date":"2026-10-13T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801129\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:12:09","slug":"paddington-star-hugh-bonneville-meets-norwichs-famous-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801129\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddington star Hugh Bonneville meets Norwich&#8217;s famous bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Hugh Bonneville, known for his roles in Downton Abbey and the Paddington films, visited Norwich Cathedral to see the city\u2019s Paddington Bear statue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The star&#8217;s visit came just before an appearance at the University of East Anglia (UEA) on Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Hugh Bonneville visited Paddington at Norwich Cathedral (Image: University of East Anglia)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While seated with his co-star&#8217;s statue, the 62-year-old discussed topics ranging from Celebrity Traitors to the role of creativity in modern life.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He reflected on the success of the Paddington films, the character\u2019s lasting appeal and gave some advice to students at the UEA.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bonneville said &#8220;there is no need to rush and that creativity will save us&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He also spoke about the importance of imagination, curiosity and creative thinking in today\u2019s fast-paced society.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  During the talk, he recommended a shortlist of must-read books, including The Bible, A Tale of Two Cities and the writings of Sir David Attenborough.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When discussing Traitors, he claimed the problem-solving demands would be &#8220;way off&#8221; his page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugh Bonneville, known for his roles in Downton Abbey and the Paddington films, visited Norwich Cathedral to see&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-801129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}