Birthdays

Birthdays

Mr Michael Alexander, explorer and writer, 77; Lord Archer of Sandwell QC, former MP, 71; The Hon Hugh Astor, former deputy chairman of the Times, 77; Mr Peter Badge, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 66; Mr Alistair Cooke, journalist and broadcaster, 89; Sir Alan Goodison, former diplomat, 71; Miss Nadine Gordimer, novelist and Nobel prizewinner, 74; Miss Dulcie Gray, actress and writer, 77; Mr Aubrey Jones, former government minister, 86; Mr Piara Khabra MP, 73; Mr Johnny Leach, former table-tennis champion, 75; Mr James McPherson, solicitor, and Lord-Lieutenant of the Grampian Region, 70; Sir David Price, former MP, 73; Mr Arthur Rees, former chief constable for Denbighshire and Staffordshire, rugby player, and chairman, St John's Staffordshire, 85.