In Dads, Britain’s finest and funniest share their anecdotes and personal recollections about both what it is like to be a dad – from the shock of looking after a new born to the mixed blessings that are teenagers – and their changing relationships with their own fathers.

The phenomenal list of high-profile contributors includes Sir Richard Branson, Bill Bryson, Andrew Collins, Jilly Cooper, Richard Curtis, Sir Alex Ferguson, Anna Ford, Joanne Harris, Charlie Higson, Kathy Lette, Davina McCall, Fiona Millar, David Miliband, Anthony Minghella, John O’Farrell, David Puttnam, Ian Rankin, David Tennant, Alan Titchmarsh and Fay Weldon

Hugely entertaining and thought-provoking in turns, this celebration of fatherhood explores just what it is to be a dad.