That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve.

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He was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1993 to 1996. science" in London for suggesting that climate change is not anthropogenic. In 2012 the 74 year old Ball was announced as one of the 14 celebrities who would take part in the Strictly Come Dancing TV show.

Johnny Ball (born 23 May 1938) is a British television personality a populariser of mathematics and the father of BBC Radio 2 DJ Zoë Ball.