Chris

For six days Miang and I have had Chris with us. He flew back to the UK yesterday, and I have to admit, it was hard to say goodbye. He is a most extraordinary man, an accomplished surgeon, about to take up a consultant's post at Guy's Hospital in London, and an all-round wonderful person. Chris has a very kind bedside manner and he has been particularly kind to his old dad.

Keeping him company in cheering me up from afar is his sister Catherine. "My daughter the lawyer, my son the doctor", I tell my Jewish friends, surely qualifies me as well.

I'm proud of them both, I have to say.