Fergus Finlay is a former political activist and adviser to three governments, the former head of the children's charity Barnardos, a writer and a broadcaster.
I don’t know too many women who willingly broadcast their birthdays and their age to the world. But I do know one. She’s my eldest daughter, the eldest of four sisters. They’re all adults now, but they grew up as a pretty tight-knit group of kids.
And their older sister, in a sense, was the glue that bound them together. I’ve always believed the reason my girls grew up with a strong social conscience was because of their older sister.
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