…well the only generation come to that. Which brings me to another point. Pushing hard at the back of mind as I approach forty is the absence of a child. But the reality of my life doesn’t seem to be going that way so far and of course the ticking clock gets louder each day. I know you were forty when you had me, so I guess I shouldn’t write myself off just yet.

Philippe and I are getting on very well at the moment. He has been a star these last few months, really a star. He’s organised his…