They asked for nothing and gave a lot back: celebrating the battle-scarred but much-loved childhood teddy

The Dublin-based portrait photographer Mark Nixon has brought together a collection of 60 photographs of old and battered teddy bears, bunnies and other stuffed animals. Some ot them are even owned by famous people, like Rowan Atkinson and Bono. Some have lost a limb or an eye or are bandaged to stop their stuffing spilling out. All have been cuddled and pummelled almost to destruction - but above all they have been loved. Here they are - with their stories.