In keeping with my yearly tradition of never getting to this in time, again I send a belated happy birthday to Iain. I imagine if anyone is reading this, you probably managed to get this in time.
But I did manage to send him an email on the day, but I did not manage to get to the website.
To dear Mr Sinclair,
Belated Happy Birthday Greetings from the Philippines! I hope you’ve enjoyed your special day with your loved ones, and may you have more happy and healthy birthdays in the future! To add to the LRB comment about you — “Although best known for his London writings, his subjects have ranged far more widely, from his native Wales to Peru…” — I hope you can include the Philippines in your range of future subjects, and maybe do a stopover between Wales and Peru? If ever you get a chance to visit or if you’re interested in seeing this country, it would be a pleasure to show you around some of the islands starting with the island of Cebu in Central Philippines where I live now…
Wishing you all the best!