The prime minister, Brian Mulroney, telephoned Johnson live on Canadian television to thank him for "a marvellous evening for Canada".
In her memoir, Hartley includes an old diary entry from 1967: "Had marvellous evening playing Armstrong, Fitzgerald, 'Mr Tambourine Man', etc. Read Rossetti, Conquest, de Vries and talked about Joyce.
But anyway – Asensio was marvellous tonight, Saul and Isco too.
Hulme does a polite, dignified set of thank yous and hands over to Geoffrey Rush, who has the most marvellous hair this evening.
"You coordinated a marvellous program last night, Chuck," said the first man.
"I've had such a marvellous time tonight.
"The marvellous performance staged tonight by the cast brought a unique Scottish flair to this very special occasion," he said.
A date for the diary: on Thursday, July 6, Cocadisco and Paris' Dirty Soundsystemthe dudes behind those marvellous Dirty Diamonds compilationshost an evening called Bombe Surprise at this great new venue, 43 South Molton (43 South Molton Street, off Bond Street, London W1. 43southmolton.com).
He had a knack for the redundant, tripartite catchphrase: "Hello, good evening, and welcome!," "Marvellous, smashing, terrific!," and, of course, "Super, super, super!" Frost's bright, sedulous manner made his guests shine; when Richard Nixon decided, in 1977, to explain himself after his resignation, he selected Frost as his interlocutor.
"And all that marvellous, festive day and night, / they came and went / the officers, the rank and file, / their fallen comrades side by side / beneath the makeshift crosses of midwinter graves... .. wrote Carol Ann Duffy in her 2011 collection The Christmas Truce.
The Catalans were marvellous against Huddersfield on Saturday night, and the performances of Eloi Pélissier, Mathias Pala, Morgan Escaré and several others reinforced the importance of confirming a meaningful international programme for France this autumn.
