Not only an effortless master at writing, he dished out elegance and ease in equal parts using his peerless powers of oration, and if one visits YouTube and types his name, it's not hard to get lost in videos of Hitchens speaking across the world on a cornucopia of subjects.
I don't know which trick their (bigger) rivals are missing, but these are infinitely superior, with peerless lasting power (I go a month before having to remove them, purely because they've grown out, not because they're chipped) and what lies beneath is strong, healthy-looking nail.
Even the US Vogue editor-in-chief, peerless in her power over the city's fashion scene, could not afford to miss this.
Baggies keeper Foster left a large gap towards his left-hand post but Hazard showed peerless technique and power to find it with unerring accuracy for Chelsea's third.
But the try did come after England forced a repeat set, Sinfield's brilliant delayed pass collected by the peerless Sam Burgess, who powered over from 20 yards.
Presiding over the proceedings are Aretha's peerless vocals, which combine power and subtlety in continually surprising ways.
Although the empire achieved its largest territorial extent immediately after World War I, Britain was no longer a peerless industrial or military power.
At his best, the Scud's power game was peerless in its brutality, his long levers delivering vicious serves and heavy groundstrokes with dispiriting ease.
Two weeks later in Spain, on the twisty Jarama track, he produced a very different, but equally remarkable, victory - making no errors and using his peerless race-craft and the power of the Ferrari engine while fending off four faster cars for 50 laps.
