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The late actor remembers the elegant, large teacher who made the algebraic quest for ‘x’ genuinely exciting

The Newsnight presenter recalls being enormously happy at school – even if she used to be belted for being cheeky

The Great British Bake Off judge recalls the wise advice of a charismatic tutor who helped her through her school years

A vivacious and slightly scatty English teacher found ways of making lessons inspiring for this property wheeler dealer

An eccentric man who quaffed whisky and smoked in class was the first to recognise this actor’s star quality

A formidable German teacher and a Princeton academic inspired the woman who went on to become word expert on Countdown, the television programme