'never until recently' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe something that has only recently happened or started, even though it has never happened before. For example: 'I had never tried skydiving until recently, when I decided to finally take the plunge.'.
We have never, until recently, been uncritical allies of America.
He has never, until recently, aimed to appeal to the whole of the Labour Party, never mind the broader electorate.
In a dig at Blair, he added, "We have never, until recently, been uncritical allies of America".
Room 209 in Butler Library has "great bulbs". This according to David Banker, assistant facilities coordinator, who came to Columbia three years ago but who has never, until recently, had to change a light bulb in the popular reading room, where thirty-six long-stemmed, half-globed lamps hang from thirty-foot ceilings.
But after eight seasons in the minor leagues, and after five organizations had given up on him, Santos, 26, is in the major leagues in a role that for all the dreaming he did, he never, until recently, imagined: as a pitcher.
I've never set foot in an auction house, never bid for anything on eBay, and never -- until recently -- been tempted to try out Priceline, the name-your-own-price travel service.
I had never had a real Valentine's Day because I never understood until recently what the traditional day meant.
Petrocelli and Cochran, both of whom live in Los Angeles, had never met until recently, despite their mutual involvement in the Simpson case.
And in a digital age, aggrieved fans can take to social media to protest in a way that was never available until recently.
The Mayor's action remains a mystery to Mr. Biederman, who insists he never knew until recently that the Mayor was upset with him.
His mother, Lois, has experienced similar symptoms involving tripping and loss of balance, but in such an innocuous form that she was never examined until recently, after her son began to experience problems.
