“His obituaries rightly said a hole had been left in the Commons, that he was a first-class hellraiser and an incomparable character.”

“To the Marx songs, the tessitura of which is ideally suited to her edgy soprano, she brings incomparable authority and ravishing vocalism.”

“The Barbarians skipper Ian Jones will have sunk a few beers last night as the incomparable Kiwi had just played his last game of rugby.”