Today’s birthdays

Sir David Harrison, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1994-2000, is 92; Sir Graham Day, former company chairman, 89; Lord Hotham 82; Gen Sir Alexander Harley, Master Gunner, St James’s Park, 2001-08, 81; Mr Peter Oosterhuis, former golfer and commentator, 74; Prof Sir Liam Donaldson, Chancellor, Newcastle University, 2009-19; Chief Medical Officer, 1998-2010, 73; Mr Ken Hom, chef, author and broadcaster, 73; Sir Nicholas Stadlen, a former High Court Judge, 72; Mr Allan Wells,

former track and field sprinter; Olympic gold medallist, 100m, Moscow 1980, 70; Mrs Sarah Rose Troughton, Lordlieutenant for Wiltshire, 69; Mr Peter Duncan, Chief Scout, The Scout Association UK, 2004-09, 68; Mr Colin Deans, former Scotland rugby international, 67; Dr Timothy Evans, Apothecary to the Queen and to the Royal Household, 67; Sir Alan Parker,

Founder and Chairman, Brunswick Group LLP, 66; Miss Sandi Toksvig, writer and comedienne, 64; Mr Ben Elton,

comedian and author, 63; Mrs Kathy Cook, former sprinter; three time Olympic bronze medallist, 62; and Mr Stephen Barclay, MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 50.

Today is the anniversary of the opening of The Royal Festival Hall as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951.