Today’s birthdays

Lord Framlingham, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Commons, is 79; Mr Stephen

Kovacevich, pianist and conductor, 77; Sir Simon Tuckey, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, 76; the Rt Rev George Cassidy,

Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, 1999-2009, 75; Sir

Mike Tomlinson, Chief Inspector of Schools, 2000-2002, 75; Sir

Cameron Mackintosh, theatre

producer, 71; Mr Owen Seymour

Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, 1994-2008, 68; Prof Sir Richard Barnett, Vicechancellor of the University of Ulster, 2006-15, 65; Sir John Grant, former diplomat, 63; the

Rev Dr Richard Turnbull, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, 2005-12, 57; Mr Mark Gatiss, actor and writer, 51; Mr Ernie Els, golfer; Open Champion 2002 and 2012, 48; Ms Beverley Jones, athlete; Paralympic bronze medallist, women’s discus, F37, London 2012, 43; and Mr Kimi

Räikkönen, racing driver; Formula One World Champion, 2007, 38.

Today is the anniversary of the surrender of Gen Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777.