Congratulations to my brilliant sister, Loretta, who has been elected first woman Master of Clare College, Cambridge.

Clare is a big part of our lives. My partner, the equally brilliant Sarah Beardsall, also went to Clare. (No doubt inspired, as we all were, by the path Loretta had beaten from Medina High to the hallowed halls.) Which in turn means I spent a lot of my own university days as a stowaway in CB2.

Here’s hoping that the new Master will allow me in through the front door!