Today’s birthdays

Gen Lord Ramsbotham, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales, 1995-2001, is 83; Mr Alan Mills, Tournament Referee at The Championships, Wimbledon, 1982-2005, 82; Dr

K.B. Griffin, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1979-88, 79; Mr James Bowman, counter-tenor, 76; Lord Nimmo

Smith, a former Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 75;

Sir Roger Singleton, Chief Executive, Barnardo’s, 1984-2006, 75; Miss Sally Field, actress and director, 71; the Hon Nigel Havers, actor, 66; Ms Jana Bennett, media executive, 61;

Mrs Justice Theis 57; Mr Paul Manning, former track and road cyclist; Olympic gold medallist, Team Pursuit, Beijing 2008; now coach, 43; and Miss Emma Stone, actress, 29.