WELL-KNOWN WILLIAM FANS
A popular feature in The Just William Society Magazine is the mention of well-known people who have declared themselves in the media to be fans of Just William. Here is the list of those we have collected so far:
- Sue Townsend author
- Nina Bawden author
- Deborah Moggach author
- Jeffrey Archer author
- Alan Bennett playwright
- Martin Jarvis actor
- Maggi Hambling artist
- Arnold Wesker playwright
- John Peel broadcaster
- Kate Atkinson author
- Andrew Marr broadcaster
- Norman Tebbitt politician
- Chas Hodges (Chas & Dave) musician
- Pam Ayres comedian
- Alexander McCall Smith author
- Hunter Davies journalist
- Beryl Cooke artist
- David Steele politician
- Denis Healey politician
- Roald Dahl author
- Morris Gleitzman (Australian children’s book author)Peter Oborne, author and journalistAnne Fine, author.
- Geoff Dyer, author.
- Ian Jack, journalist.
- Sir Peter Hall, theatre director.
- Peter Vansittart.Author
- Maggi Hambling.CBE Artist.
- John Hemming-Clark, Author & Scout Leader
- Dave Myers. Celebrity Chef (Hairy Biker)
- John Wells actor
- Auberon Waugh journalist
- Harriet Waugh author
- Raymond Briggs artist
- Terry Pratchett author
- Craig Brown satirist
- Christopher Hitchens journalist
- Keith Waterhouse author
- Horatio Clare author
- Marcel Berlins lawyer/journalist
- Javier Marias Spanish author
- Eduardo Mendoza Spanish author
- Manuel Rodriguez Rivero Spanish writer
- Michael Palin actor
- John Banville author
- Denis Thatcher Ex-PM’s husband businessman
- Alan Coren humourist
- Dick Clement scriptwriter
- Ian La Frenais scriptwriter
- Adrian Mitchell poet/playwright
- Anne Fine children’s author and laureate
- Lucy Mangan journalist
- John Lennon musician
- Valerie Grove author
- Jacqueline Wilson author
- Eric Morcambe comedian
- Craig Brown journalist
- Hannah Sullivan Poet
- Catherine Lim Author
- John Edmunds BBC Newsreader
- Boris Johnson & Family Prime Minister
- Lee Child Author
- Colonel Richard Kemp. (retired)
- Julia Llewellyn author
- Caroline Quentin actor
- M G Harris author
- Eric Sykes actor
- Shirley Hughes artist/illustrator
- Ken Dodd comedian
- Robert Harris author
- John Major politician
- Julia Donaldson author
- Nick Hornby author
- Louise Rennison author
- India Knight journalist
- Jane Furnival journalist
- Michael Frayn playwright/ author
- Christianna Clements plus two brothers – children of the artist Ardizzzone
- Len Deighton author
- Melvyn Bragg writer/broadcaster
- Dennis Potter playwright
- Leslie Thomas author
- Colin Welch journalist
- Georgette Heyer author
- Rick Wakeman musician
- Terry Wogan broadcaster
- David Frith cricket writer
- Julian Barnes author
- Susan Hill author
- Dominic Sandbrook author and journalist
- John Carey, Emeritus Professor at Oxford University, author & journalist.
- Dame Esther Louise Rantzen DBE. Journalist and television presenter.
- Sophia Money-Coutts Journalist.
- Peter Ackroyd writer / author.
- Clare Mackintosh writer / former police officer.
- Roddy Doyle Author.
- Graham Norton TV presenter.