Today’s birthdays

Mr James Ivory, film director, is

90; Mr John Turner, QC, former Prime Minister of Canada, 89; Mr Derek Barron, Chairman and Chief Executive, Ford Motor Company, 1986-91, 89; the Rt Rev Michael Baughen, Bishop of Chester, 1982-96, 88; Miss Virginia Mckenna, actress, author and wildlife campaigner, 87; Mr David Coleridge, former Chairman, Lloyd’s of London, 86; the Very Rev John A. Simpson, Dean Emeritus of Canterbury, 85; Sir Tom Jones, singer, 78; Mr Ronald Pickup, actor, 78; Mr Michael

Pennington, actor and writer, 75; Dame Annette Brooke, a former Liberal Democrat MP, 71;

Lord Lucas of Crudwell 67; Miss Lucy de Groot, Chief Executive, CSV, 2011-14, 67; Mr Liam Neeson, actor, 66; Lord

Boyd of Duncansby, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland; Lord Advocate, Scottish Executive, 2000-06; 65; Mr Roberto Alagna, tenor; 55; Mr Damien Hirst, artist, 53; and Mr Bear Grylls, Chief Scout; television presenter and author, 44.