Life

Reflections on reaching 30

Westerham — The observant may remember that a while back I wrote something about being 49, so you can be forgiven for thinking that I’ve lost the plot! The thing is, I have two birthdays, although not in the sense that the Queen does. One can be pinpointed very specifically, to Sunday 30 May 1965. It would have had a specific time as well, but I don’t remember what my mother told me about that, and as she ...