Glad to be Gary: why I treasure my deeply unpopular name

The Guardian’s editor-at-large tells the story of how he came to be called Gary – and what happend when, 50 years on, he finally met his namesake – the sporting legend Sir Garfield SobersAlmost exactly halfway between my conception and my birth, a moment of sporting history took place that would have a significant impact on the rest of my life.Fifty years ago this week, at St Helen’s cricket ground in Swansea, a Barbados-born Nottinghamshire batsman, Garfield (Garry) Sobe