March 21 should have been my eldest daughter’s 34^th birthday.

It isn’t because – typically – she turned up eight days late at 8.20pm on March 29 after an emergency Caesarean section.

It was also the first time one of the early James Bond movies was screened on terrestrial television in the UK.

The anaesthetist made no secret about his disappointment at missing the start of the film. Continue reading →