Today’s birthdays

Lt Col Sir Robert Stewart, Lord-lieutenant for Clackmannan, 1994-2001, is 91; Mr Tony Bennett, singer, 91; Mr Leonard Mccomb, painter and sculptor, 87; Mr Steven Berkoff, actor, director and writer, 80; Mr Martin Sheen, actor, 77; Lord Philip, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 75; Mr Jack Straw, former Labour Cabinet Minister, 71; Ms Sue Slipman, Chairman, Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd, 2003-05, 68; Mr Geoffrey

Podger, Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive, 2005-13, 65; Prof Michael Arthur, Provost and President, UCL, 63; Ald Sir Roger

Gifford, Lord Mayor of London, 2012-13, 62; Mr Justice Holgate,

Planning Liaison Judge, 61; Mr

Simon Keenlyside, baritone, 58; and Mr Ola Abidogun, athlete; Paralympic bronze medallist, 100m - T46, London 2012, 24.

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Rupert Brooke in 1887.