Birthdays are not a milestone

So I didn't celebrate my 30th birthday. But I realised that age is just a number and what you consider special is up to you

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Last weekend, I turned 30. But don't ask me how I celebrated, because I did not. Well, not really anyway.

I spent the weekend eating lots of good food, but mainly over casual meals with friends and family.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 01, 2018, with the headline Birthdays are not a milestone. Subscribe