| 单词 | marvellous |
| 例句 | It swam to the side, and then with marvellous agility a froglike figure climbed out of the water and up the bank. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was the most marvellous room that he had ever been in. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "But it is pretty marvellous don't you think?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Of chitterlings of pigs were made Its beautiful rafters, Splendid the beams and the pillars Of marvellous pork. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She would treat me to traditional cooking and tell me marvellous stories of her youth. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hear the new one at the Alhambra is first-rate. There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced. The most amazing tactual effects.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z So do please tell me, just what marvellous things might I learn from observing your father?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z For when the pastor asked me, with that marvellous smile, “Whose little boy are you?” my heart replied at once, “Why, yours.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Frodo gazed in wonder at this marvellous gift that he had so long carried, not guessing its full worth and potency. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Buck’s marvellous quickness and agility stood him in good stead. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember when he was butler at Granchester Lodge, he was full of the most marvellous ambitions. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z There were, as I recall, many misspelt, ill- formed sentences about how much in love the couple were, how wonderful the second footman was, and how marvellous the future was that awaited them both. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Considering you never went to school, I think it’s quite marvellous,’ Sophie said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Here one was met by a bench - and indeed, by a most marvellous view over miles of the surrounding countryside. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The prisoners were tied to pillars of marvellous pork. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And South Africa has a marvellous record of going it alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Whatever it may be,’ said Pippin, ‘they will be marvellous trees indeed if they can offer any rest at night, except to birds. I cannot sleep on a perch!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "You squeeze the head between your teeth and suck out the inside. It's marvellous. You and I will do all those things this summer, my darling," she said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z By golly, I thought, what marvellous things a mouse can do! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “It is marvellous how political Plants grow in the shade.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Let’s just try to have a marvellous time this weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I sniffed the plastic shells and immediately Pondicherry came to life in my mind, a marvellous relief from the disappointment of calling for help and not being heard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a marvellous place to put a manuscript, I must say.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z We were just coming back from the front line, and at a turning of the road near our billets, marvellous in the morning twilight, stood this cherry tree before us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” the gray-haired man said, “it’s a tough situation. I don’t know how marvellous I was.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z ‘It’s fantastic! It’s fabulous! It’s marvellous! It’s irresistible!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I plunged my arm eagerly into the locker and brought up one marvellous object after another. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You were wonderful. Absolutely marvellous,” the girl said, watching him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “This is marvellous,” she said, looking at the glass. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m marvellous now. I just never felt so fantastically rocky in my entire life. Did you order?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Opinion was more divided on Rourke's work, but many people also loved it: "I thought the writing very clean, with some marvellous descriptive sections." Not the Booker prize: and the winners are ... 2010-10-12T11:31:00Z What we very badly need to remember is that the things right under our noses are extraordinary, fascinating, irreplaceable, profound and just kind of marvellous. Top 10 tips for writing poetry 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z He recognises something of himself in this wanderer who loved the voices of New York City, whose masterpiece remained a marvellous idea. Rereading: Up in the Old Hotel, by Joseph Mitchell 2012-06-22T21:55:18Z In his review for the Guardian, Jordan Hoffman called Ronan “marvellous,” and many top critics agree. Brooklyn stars a torn Saoirse Ronan as an Irish immigrant in 1950s America 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Colin Firth's performance is extraordinary: it's marvellous how his face manages to be at once so immobile and so expressive. Readers' reviews 2011-01-13T22:17:00Z The book includes a marvellous picture of Dan and Alfred Hitchcock standing in front of the theatre’s marquee—an atmosphere of toughness, comedy, and erudition cackles between the two men in their ostentatious suits. The Shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Is a Cultural Crime Scene 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Let's hope he didn't think his marvellous imperfect product had come down too far in the world, consorting with ragamuffins or sink schools, when it appeared in the magazine in 1989. Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism by John Updike – review 2012-05-24T10:00:01Z I celebrate the marvellous diversity of opinion and taste on display and perhaps return to comment some more. Not the Booker prize 2011: vote for the shortlist 2011-08-10T15:25:49Z I thought that sounded marvellous – and that's where I ended up. How we made Blue Peter 2013-02-25T16:59:01Z This marvellous numbers app gets your child to count by placing fingers on the iPad's touchscreen, with cute cartoon numbers appearing, depending on how many fingers are pressed. The 50 best apps for children 2012-08-04T16:24:08Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Daniel Evans' revival of the musical masterpiece about the flower girl who's trained to pass for a duchess is bloomin' marvellous. My Fair Lady – review 2012-12-19T13:14:23Z Elder does not neglect a single detail of what is perhaps Britten's greatest orchestral accomplishment, and both the playing of the London Philharmonic and the singing of the Glyndebourne chorus have marvellous presence. Billy Budd 2010-05-21T20:30:00Z Waller-Bridge swears like a trooper but punctuates her profanities with words such as “marvellous”. Phoebe Waller-Bridge: 'I have an appetite for transgressive women' 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Photograph: Nasa/Reuters Why does science fiction always look more marvellous than the real landscapes of alien worlds? Curiosity rover: why does sci-fi always look more marvellous than reality? 2012-08-08T15:05:34Z "Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvellous, intoxicating." Arbitrage's villain takes advantage – why do we love it? 2013-03-04T13:07:12Z Frey gloats—“Here we are now, two kingslayers! … Fear is a marvellous thing.” “Game of Thrones” Season Finale: Women and Wildfire 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But, in between much lucid exposition and some ekphrastic gymnastics to die for, there is a disappointingly vanilla and platitudinous avatar of Sprackland abroad on that marvellous shore. Strands – A Year of Discoveries on the Beach by Jean Sprackland – review 2012-07-27T21:45:12Z Despite Jaws and Jurassic Park, Duel's truck continues to be Spielberg’s most convincing monster For 45 years, Spielberg has wholeheartedly committed himself to the marvellous. What Steven Spielberg's science fiction tells us about America 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z It just shows you how beautiful and marvellous Edinburgh is. This is Edinburgh by Miroslav Sasek - review 2012-11-08T12:00:00Z Modernism is growing fast in all directions wherever you look, from Van Gogh's exhilarating undergrowth of hectic marks to Cézanne's ethereal geometry and Monet's marvellous waterlilies. Impressionist Gardens; Another World: Dal?, Magritte, Mir? and the Surrealists 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z She’s an heiress who does many marvellous things with the wealth that has been bestowed upon her, and with the power that comes with it. What’s Missing from “Foxcatcher” 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z And then there's the marvellous Druzhba sanatorium by the sea at Yalta, a stack of cogged carousels rising out of a bank of trees, each notch a living space. Swansongs of a superpower: Russia's secret architecture 2011-02-07T21:31:01Z As well as marvellous paintings, unfinished paintings and lesser paintings, Manet: Portraying Life features curiosities and abandoned works never shown in his lifetime. Manet: Portraying Life – review 2013-01-21T18:45:01Z This film is such a wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary gift. Emmanuelle Riva, 85, star of Amour, tells of her extraordinary life 2013-02-10T08:00:07Z Put like this, of course, it all sounds rather marvellous. Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation by Judith Mackrell – review 2013-06-01T10:01:01Z As a result, not having a mirror to hand, he is unaware of what has happened to him – hence the unconscious comedy of lines such as "I am marvellous hairy about the face." Cornelius Medvei's top 10 talking animals in literature 2011-01-06T11:32:27Z He was a marvellous chairman, very caring, hard working, very responsible. 2010-02-06T14:24:00Z A rising tide has not lifted all boats, and those who do not consider themselves the beneficiaries of globalisation have grown weary of hearing how marvellous it is. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z I don't know how Neil deserves her, or her cooking, which was by and large marvellous. Hail the beeb 2010-08-07T23:02:00Z He would sometimes say something rather fanciful, he had a marvellous imagination. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z The only explicit gestures in the whole marvellous image are her hand delicately touching his face and his upon her bare shoulder. Kitagawa Utamaro 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z There is a girl group on the list, by the way – the marvellous Marvelettes. Readers recommend: Songs with handclaps ? the results 2010-07-15T21:08:00Z "That was marvellous!" he enthusiastically gushes after My Beloved Monster, a semi-funky paean to dysfunctional relationships. Eels ? review 2011-07-08T18:05:22Z My kebab was marvellous – smothered in hummus and served on a bed of chips. Liverpool TwiTrip ? the verdict 2010-12-07T07:00:00Z On the off-chance Oxford and Cambridge need a hand with the recruitment drive, here comes a legion of films telling us how marvellous they are. Six things we learned from Toronto 2014 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z On the smells and tastes and sounds of a country saturated in gluttony, he is marvellous: thyme, milk, sweat and dung are all vividly present on the page. The Last Banquet by Jonathan Grimwood – review 2013-07-20T10:01:08Z It's really marvellous to see and it's a benefit to the city's creative scene. Liverpool's booming blogosphere shows city's cultural resurgence 2013-02-14T14:41:59Z The main event is undoubtedly the christening of Kneehigh's new travelling theatre tent, The Asylum, with a revival of the marvellous The Red Shoes. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-07-23T15:53:00Z He led "the marvellous life of southern kids" focusing largely on US football. Mecca for modern music 2012-05-29T13:02:04Z It was marvellous having somebody in charge who knew what they were doing. How we made The Servant, by Sarah Miles and Wendy Craig 2013-03-25T19:10:59Z Doll quickly circulated another note: “This is wonderful and miraculous news. We think this is the most marvellous Thanksgiving Day that we could ever imagine!” How did one of the worst paedophiles in history get away with his crimes? | Robert Booth 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z And it’s full of marvellous perceptual ironies: “On the bus ride back, / we pass a store named Ni Hao, / selling pelts. Hello in all directions.” The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Should be marvellous to hear the Chorus speeches in that setting! Reader reviews: your take on Timon of Athens and Metamorphosis Titian 2012 2012-07-20T14:00:00Z Some of them were depicting and even exploring the marvellous mountains much earlier. The magic of mountains in art 2011-02-08T10:54:44Z That's still all wrong, they cry: Mayer is a disgrace to feminism, moving the goalposts when it comes to having a stellar career and a marvellous family life. Do Marissa Mayer's maternity plans make her a fit role model for women? 2012-07-21T23:05:56Z It has been almost two years since the marvellous The Trip to Italy was on our screens. Where next for Steve Coogan's The Trip? 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z It is the beginning of a marvellous passage of writing, at once homiletic and imagistic. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z In a marvellous conclusion to the banquet scene, where she and Macbeth are stranded at either end of a hugely long table, she is left alone, stricken. The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z Tate's glamour at least attracts private owners to make loans – who knows, perhaps we will one day see this marvellous picture in London through a collector's desire to be part of the Tate show. Locking our Picasso away 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z But generally this was a Giselle that alternated between the marvellous and the off-focus; enjoyable to watch but without the high notes of tragedy and romance. Royal Ballet: Giselle ? review 2011-01-13T21:31:01Z Yourcenar's marvellous account of the life and mind of the Emperor Hadrian is a flawless historical fiction. Teju Cole's top 10 novels of solitude 2011-08-24T11:45:07Z As that teenager became a scrawny student who got 80% of his calorific intake from Strongbow, Lister was still there, showing how marvellous life could be when boiled down to its simplest pleasures. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Even assuming the marvellous Bananas spoof is forgotten save by a few Woody anoraks like me, this sportscaster satire still feels stale. In Pete Versus Life, the winner is Woody Allen 2010-08-06T11:22:00Z True, he does look simply marvellous in it, but it is all rather worrying. TV review: Christopher and His Kind 2011-03-20T21:04:00Z What a marvellous sentence Hopkins sets soaring across the first seven lines of the octet: I particularly like those cliff-hanger adjectives summoned "in the riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air". Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z How marvellous of Lily to take Jane’s hand and kiss it. Theatre, Film, and Culture of 2014 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age stars, in heroically incongruous fashion, in this marvellous infomercial for Magic Hour, the new album from Scissor Sisters. This week's top five music links 2012-05-25T08:38:19Z And out of the body he could make these marvellous sculptural rhythms. Henry Moore talks about Rodin's irresistible influence – from the archive 2013-03-23T07:59:02Z “But term has ended, and a marvellous one at that.” A Debut Novel Creates a World From Pages Taken From the Past 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The connection with contemporary music forged at Princeton continued through the 1960s, when Rosen made marvellous recordings of Boulez's Second and Third Piano Sonatas. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z Long before newspapers, people lapped up stories of marvellous births, comets, and freak weather. A sea of red that evokes thoughts of more than just algae 2012-11-30T13:20:02Z The "spectacular and marvellous" museum of Galicia would open next year, he said. Spain's extravagant City of Culture opens amid criticism 2011-01-11T19:53:11Z He had hundreds and hundreds of wonderful, brilliant and marvellous songs. Funeral held for Gerry Rafferty 2011-01-21T14:02:22Z The renaissance in English music from the turn of the century onwards had produced marvellous composers – Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walton – but ones who had worked best in the concert hall. Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea – review 2013-02-07T08:00:01Z It doesn't satisfy me any more, and I think that's because Tolkien, who created this marvellous vehicle, doesn't go anywhere in it. Philip Pullman: a life in writing 2011-03-03T12:00:00Z A project so marvellous, of such quality with such a director. Emmanuelle Riva, 85, star of Amour, tells of her extraordinary life 2013-02-10T08:00:07Z The troubling Third Sonata, meanwhile, was marvellous throughout, with its quiet tension, subtly shifting dynamics and subdued lyricism. Tetzlaff/Vogt – review 2013-01-22T13:31:59Z It’s a marvellous, mercurial ghost story, haunted by anonymous text messages as Maureen juggles her shopping duties with attempts to make contact with her dead twin brother. Kristen Stewart: ‘It's not confusing if you’re bisexual. For me, it’s the opposite’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z This recipe was inspired the marvellous Le Pigeon Cookbook. Outside chance: Yotam Ottolenghi’s barbecue recipes (for indoors or outdoors) 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z You may think of a marvellous plot, but unless you know how to structure it, which bit goes where and where, you won't get the full impact of it. On writing: authors reveal the secrets of their craft 2011-03-26T00:05:44Z Even ordinary-seeming animals are marvellous in the light of evolution: the chicken, for example, is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. Caspar Henderson: rereading The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges 2012-11-23T22:55:06Z The scandals engulfing the Murdoch empire have presented him with a marvellous opportunity, and he has been quick to act and has appeared tougher than before. Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader by Mehdi Hasan and James Macintyre - review 2011-07-15T21:55:11Z In the marvellous ending, Collins uses archive footage of a vast gymnastic extravaganza, in which legions of lithe youths perform intricate patterns in a huge stadium. Fastest! Tallest! Marxist! The visual art of Phil Collins 2011-02-06T22:29:00Z The Stadium of Light is a marvellous name but it is situated on the banks of the River Wear in a post-industrial setting. Kathryn Hunter, actor – portrait of the artist 2013-02-26T17:00:03Z Khan, a former human-rights campaigner, shifted her job description in 2016 with “The Saffron Tales,” a marvellous compendium of Persian cuisine. The Best Cookbooks of 2019 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The journalist and interviewer said he was "in wonder" at the "marvellous" work of medical staff after initial thoughts of his own mortality. Michael Parkinson reveals he has prostate cancer 2013-07-07T11:39:33Z So begins the eccentric and utterly marvellous reign of Betsey Trotwood: simultaneously one of the most benign, and alarming, aunts in literature. Literary aunts: the good, the bad and the ugly 2011-03-25T13:43:17Z Will it offer a revelation equal to Eve Best's marvellous production at the Globe? The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z It's back-to-back music of the most gentle, serene sort, and a marvellous companion for a few hours. Radiohead 2011-02-23T08:00:02Z Hordern is marvellous, mumbling his way through Whistle with a detached arrogance, either oblivious to, or in denial about, the creepy events the whistle has summoned. Your next box set: Ghost Stories for Christmas 2012-11-30T09:19:32Z A bit like looking into a kaleidoscope of marvellous unpredictable patterns, these beautiful films gently opened rather than closed down the imagination as you absorbed the spoken word. A week in radio 2012-02-09T21:00:02Z All I can think now is that the black pudding was absolutely marvellous. A black pudding saved my life 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Hawley is a marvellous songwriter, but his oeuvre – sombre, heartfelt, lovelorn – doesn't really lend itself to festive jollity. The perfect New Year's Eve playlist 2010-12-31T08:00:03Z You are released from the miserable aspects of having to earn your living in this marvellous business called show, so have fun: be as serious as you like, but enjoy yourself. How to act: stage stars share their acting tips 2012-11-28T19:30:02Z Until slowly everything began to seem to me marvellous. Elena Ferrante: ‘Nothing is comparable to the joy of bringing another living creature into the world’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z Never more so than with the marvellous You Me Bum Bum Train . La B?te; One-on-One festival; You Me Bum Bum Train 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z Broadway society", he said of his audiences: "They are a marvellous audience, especially on a first night. Tennessee Williams lambasted his rivals as 'vampires' 2013-02-17T00:06:15Z What it does, in fact, is conduct an expertly guided tour along a rather marvellous scenic route. The Books that Shaped Art History – review 2013-04-20T10:00:01Z “Within a week, all the recriminations, the ‘why didn’t you tell us earlier’s were over and they’re marvellous now.” 'Age has nothing to do with it': how it feels to transition later in life 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z This was one of those marvellous concerts where everything seemed to illuminate everything else. Melvyn Tan ? review 2011-08-17T17:43:06Z You could see it all from that marvellous glass pagoda. Peak cabin: a fire-spotter's lonely vantage point in Washington state 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton The National Gallery and the Royal Ballet are collaborating in an uncommon and marvellous way with Metamorphosis: Titian 2012. Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 – review 2012-07-21T23:05:39Z There were many marvellous works of art being created in the world of 1504, in places as various as Mexico and Benin. Trying to revive the Renaissance 2010-06-03T14:01:00Z Love was marvellous, irreplaceable, but not to be counted on. Just Send Me Word by Orlando Figes – review 2012-05-30T07:00:02Z But there are also attractive exceptions such as "Whale Music", in which Motion offers us a whale's eye view in a poem of marvellous gravity and caprice. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-11-25T00:05:29Z It's a marvellous play to put the Angels in New York, feeding on time energy off the city that never sleeps. Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan – series 33, episode five 2012-09-29T19:05:00Z Hattie Morahan's marvellous Nora seems to be wafted uncontrollably from one place and person to another, from playing the doll to being the creature who finds herself slamming the door on husband and children. A Doll's House; Hedda Gabler; St John's Night – review 2012-07-14T23:04:21Z No doubt it will get marvellous reviews, pushing the line that British sculpture was one of the truly great artistic phenomena of the 20th century and who knows, perhaps they will be justified. The Royal Academy's shameless self-promotion 2011-01-04T15:31:28Z The Daleks are a wonder of pop art's fantastic vision, at once absurd and marvellous. Daleks are a legacy of British pop art 2013-02-25T15:04:55Z His real name's not been revealed yet but that's OK, because the music is marvellous, and besides, murk and mystery are part of the appeal, if not the process. New band of the day: Holy Other (No 994) 2011-03-30T15:50:56Z She was marvellous and monstrous, sirocco and mistral, fragile and brutish, inspired and vacant. Elaine Stritch: I'll Miss Her 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z The strongest aspect of this marvellous film is that Langan never lets it become simply a picaresque portrait of charming incompetence, comic corruption and exotic scenery. African Railway and The Edible Guardian 2010-04-29T07:00:00Z Aldred's marvellous, wistfully crooned Sail This Ship Alone suggests he should follow the song's advice and just tour with a guitar. Paul Heaton's The 8th ? review 2011-07-10T17:16:01Z We always read Mohawk Chief Jake Swamp's marvellous book 'Giving Thanks' as a reminder that Thanks-giving was present in America long before the pilgrims. Making Up Thanksgiving as She Went Along 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Like much else in the film, they serve to underscore what it is to be an ordinary human being, and why that's such a marvellous thing to be. How Never Let Me Go gave up and died 2011-02-14T13:07:30Z This marvellous film deservedly won the Oscar for best animated feature in 2003, and it remains the highest-grossing film in Japanese history. Spirited Away: No 8 2010-10-21T10:47:00Z An orange is a classic Christmas gift, a tradition dating from a time of less sophisticated global shipping logistics, when receiving a single orange was a rare and marvellous treat. Holiday Gift Guide for Foodies: From Murderous Mermaid Salt to Lamps Made Out of Croissants 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z While we’re waiting for something to happen, why not indulge yourself in some of the marvellous Oscars coverage that The Guardian has produced this year. Oscars 2021: the dresses, the winners, the weird semi-masked ceremony in a train station – live! 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z With the title track, they created a marvellous anomaly: a club anthem about enduring monogamy. Mercury prize 2010: A dozen of the best 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z "This lights you up because these guys have done something new and brilliant and that's marvellous." Cleese 'unexcited' by new TV comedy 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Onstage, the chorus cavorted in satins, sequins, frills, and furbelows, each outfit more marvellous than the last. When did we stop getting dressed up for the theatre? 2011-03-31T14:46:41Z His talents were united by a ferocious intelligence that expressed itself with marvellous lucidity and malicious wit. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z From the very beginning, criminals had recognised that Prohibition represented a marvellous business opportunity; in major cities, indeed, gangs had quietly been stockpiling booze supplies for weeks. How Prohibition backfired and gave America an era of gangsters and speakeasies 2012-08-25T23:05:52Z Yes, that is marvellous and do you know why I think that? Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z Had marvellous evening playing Armstrong, Fitzgerald, 'Mr Tambourine Man', etc. The real Larkin 2010-06-26T23:04:00Z A marvellous year for retired readers – those of us spending final years with books and walking boots. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z "It was absolutely marvellous," he said, as it was when the full George Lewis band toured Britain with Colyer's men two years later. Ian Wheeler obituary 2011-08-10T18:32:53Z Her current direction, as such, is loungeish soul – exemplified by the smooth-sided Stay and Kiss the Specifics from her last album The Deep Field – but she's also a marvellous torch singer. Joan As Police Woman – review 2012-08-06T11:12:06Z His leading role as a frenzied, worn-to-the-bone lighthouse keeper’s apprentice in Robert Eggers’ marvellous maritime nightmare The Lighthouse is a perfect example. How Robert Pattinson became an unlikely arthouse superstar 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It was so marvellous that she simply said quietly, 'You owe me an explanation. The wild magic of Diana Wynne Jones 2011-03-29T09:41:03Z Yesterday's episode of the sitcom, from 2002, was silly and marvellous, and it's a real treat to hear both her writing and her voice again. Radio review: Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting 2010-12-09T08:00:00Z Because that prose is a marvellous instrument, capable of lyrical surprises and the rawest plainness, at once highly constructed and spillingly oral. My hero: Philip Roth by James Wood 2013-03-22T16:00:06Z Which means if it's not marvellous Nolan will steal almost three hours from your life. San Diego Comic-Con Day 2 – scenes from the floor 2012-07-13T19:45:00Z Here are some of her reminiscences, a marvellous window on a vanished world: Our uniform consisted of shoes, boots, jodhpurs, dungarees, two shirts, a green jumper, coat and beret. Women of the woods, come forward! Your place in history awaits 2012-06-07T09:00:00Z There is a marvellous image at the beginning of White Fever, an account by Polish journalist Jacek Hugo-Bader of his demoralising road trip across Siberia. White Fever by Jacek Hugo-Bader - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z For me it was ... a marvellous dream to be able to work with Marjane -- we are both Iranians and we are both in exile. Death in Venice as films set in Iran, Greece impress 2011-09-03T15:46:26Z It's part of my "enormous appetite for life" that sounds marvellous, but doesn't conjure the reality: guzzling my daughter's cold leftovers, celebrating the end of the day with the popping of a cork. Suzanne Moore: 'I've joined the gym!' 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The screenplay does a marvellous job of capturing his all-too-imitable style. Oliver Stone's The Doors: a flash in the pan that won't light anyone's fire 2011-02-17T12:07:12Z And I watched some of that and one group after another came and they did a marvellous job. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z In short: “Let me tell you a joke that will make me look marvellous and all the rest of you stupid and little.” I've never seen … any James Bond film | Hadley Freeman 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The logic appeals like that of a dream that's both marvellous and frightening. Spirited Away: No 8 2010-10-21T10:47:00Z It's marvellous, but it's too early to describe the in-depth sensation of playing, because this would need a lot of hours of literally living with it. Evelyn Glennie's stone xylophone 2010-08-18T21:00:00Z I encourage anyone who has felt any kind of warm glow reading this review to make sure they get themselves down to Beat-Herder next year, its 'beats and barminess' are blooming marvellous. Beat-Herder Festival diary: Nile Rodgers rocks the Ribble valley 2013-07-17T12:24:23Z “It’s absolutely marvellous. It’s going to be a very special day for everybody,” Harry’s father Prince Charles said during a visit to France this week. When Harry weds Meghan: A week until Britain's royal wedding 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The ghost of Fred Astaire sometimes smiles benignly down, but there is a marvellous energy, too: The Lambeth Walk is a real rumble-tumble pleasure. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z Now and then, she would stir from her dozing to be briefly marvellous. Angelina Jolie springs back to life from a career slumber in Maleficent 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village is both a marvellous descriptive poem and a powerful political essay. Poem of the week: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith 2010-05-31T09:35:00Z Under optimal circumstances, these meetings enter literature, as in Berryman and Lowell’s many marvellous elegies for the poets who were dying out just as they were getting started. When Ezra Pound and W.B. Yeats Ate a Peacock 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z My favourite character was George because he was very inventive and brave in making the marvellous medicine. George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl - review 2013-03-11T12:00:00Z It’s the voice in “Ruffage” that makes it so marvellous—a sort of sharp, lusty fierceness that one doesn’t normally see applied to beets or celery. The Best Cookbooks of 2019 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z And the presentation that Werner – particularly as encapsulated by those three words, 'bliss of evil' – is what gives the movie its marvellous tone. Nicolas Cage - back on top 2010-05-14T23:37:00Z Away from Pearl Jam, his instincts run weirder but, still cleaving to a songwriting sensibility that understands the rewards of staying just the right side of sentimentalism, the effects are marvellous. Eddie Vedder – review 2012-08-01T17:53:52Z The show is called The Marvellous and Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing and is likely to be both unlikely and marvellous. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-02-11T17:51:37Z It must be marvellous for the younger members of this great company to have such a great speaker of verse to emulate. 2010-02-16T12:50:00Z There are some marvellous moments and passages of excruciating dullness. New world disorder at Artes Mundi 2010-03-22T22:30:00Z The British feminist, Bea Campbell – no friend of James – remembers it as "a torrid, marvellous time, with groups being formed suddenly, and everywhere". A life in writing: Selma James 2012-06-08T21:45:05Z And what other creatures does the wizard have in his marvellous briefcase? MTV's exclusive movie trailers: five things we learned 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z It should give him the breathing space to exercise his considerable strengths, but it would be a marvellous novel indeed that could match the energetic play of perspectives displayed here. The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z There is a marvellous sense throughout of riding being celebrated. The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot – review 2012-05-26T23:05:41Z Timothy Spall's Best Actor prize for his portrayal of JMW Turner, in Mike Leigh's Mr Turner, is a glorious triumph for this marvellous actor. Cannes 2014 awards: Timothy Spall an anchor in a stormy night of surprises 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z There were interesting cutaways of Mike Leigh looking pensive as his marvellous film Another Year was, sadly, not quite showered with awards in the way its admirers hoped it might be. Baftas 2011: Peter Bradshaw on the winners and losers 2011-02-14T14:57:24Z Both will look marvellous among his many leather-bound books, in his apartment that smells of rich mahogany. Peloton isn’t alone in making sexist gift gaffes. Even I once vouched for a pink beret 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Any collection of people is marvellous in its way, but how often do you get the chance to learn that? Where Will We Go Without Café Loup? 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The social reformer and suffragist Edna Brush Perkins, in her marvellous travelogue “The White Heart of Mojave,” wrote about the romance of wandering in the desert, and, potentially, disappearing into it: The Timbisha Shoshone of Death Valley and the Shadow of Trump 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Warner's pictures are modern answers to the great and marvellous Renaissance art of Arcimboldo, who delighted the 16th-century Habsburg court with paintings of faces composed of fruit or vegetables. The Experimental Food Society's culinary revolution 2010-09-22T20:59:00Z “I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house,” she said. Zsa Zsa Gabor: oddly modern figure shaped contemporary celebrity 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z That being said, his Hughes is a marvellous creation: sly, paranoid but wistful and romantic, and still capable of dreaming big. Rules Don’t Apply: Howard Hughes is the enigma Hollywood still obsesses over 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z I had to admit to myself that it was another art, another marvellous magic, and I just wasn't that kind of magician. War Horse: adapt and survive 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z It will be marvellous to see how Patsy, Edina and the rest of the cast have progressed since they last graced the screen. Why Absolutely Fabulous now looks absolutely prescient 2011-08-29T20:30:02Z A marvellous cast steers the evening away from indulgence towards parody and poignancy. Macbeth; Circle Mirror Transformation; The Paper Architect – review 2013-07-13T23:05:59Z Four years ago as part of the city's year of culture, Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral became an exhibition space when it played host to a marvellous show by dreamthinkspeak. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-09-28T23:06:25Z First track Light Years is marvellous and magically mournful. New band of the day – Poindexter (No 1,393) 2012-11-12T17:17:50Z Oh, she's marvellous and I'm glad she has knowledge of my doings. John Lydon 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z “Our brave nurses and doctors are frontline in this case … this time our army are in doctors and nurses uniforms and they’re doing a marvellous job,” Moore said. War veteran, 99, raises £5m for NHS by walking lengths of back garden 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Battered and bedraggled as the NHS may have now become, this marvellous building remains its noble progenitor and still embodies its original promise of public service. Campaigners fight plan to sell world-renowned Finsbury Health Centre 2010-04-12T14:49:00Z Its arts coverage is a quiet treasure, with dedicated time and depth for really rich listens, and a rather marvellous eclecticism. A week in radio: Ken Dodd and Italo Calvino on Radio 3 2012-06-07T20:30:04Z One can see bits of them in those marvellous TV monologues, Talking Heads. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z Goethe sentimentalised it in The Sorrows of Young Werther, "the appearance of the marvellous tree with its wax candles, sweets, and apples would put them in heavenly rapture." Inventing the Christmas Tree by Bernd Brunner – review 2012-12-14T08:00:01Z "We had a marvellous time, he was in a world of his own Clive, he was so eccentric," remembered Hudd. Dad's Army star Clive Dunn dies 2012-11-08T09:55:45Z His story is emblematic of this whole marvellous project. Tino Sehgal: These Associations – review 2012-07-28T23:05:31Z The trauma of his birth is fading, superseded each passing day with the marvellous reality of him. ‘I can’t forget the horror of my son’s birth’ | Leah McLaren 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z I'm not saying the BBC is marvellous and there's no inequality at all, but I have never experienced it. Telegraph's woman editor joins 5 live 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z It all sounds like remarkable, astonishing and marvellous doesn't it? Notes on PEN's annotated first edition auction 2013-05-20T10:58:00Z Many good psychologists are fine writers – Freud's case studies are marvellous stories. The Man Booker International prize finalists speak: Part Two 2013-05-15T10:31:24Z Kubrick’s marvellous film, with its imaginative force, would certainly win. Elena Ferrante: ‘Solaris is not Tarkovsky’s best film, but it made the greatest impression on me’ 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z And his marvellous spatuletail hummingbird, for it is a fowl of the air. TV review: Attenborough's Ark – Natural World Special 2012-11-10T08:00:01Z "But these men who become film moguls, there's a certain sort of genius about them that makes for marvellous theatre," he said. Trailer trash 2012-02-12T00:06:12Z The Daily Mail called the London production a “marvellous piece of rubbish.” The Improbable Insanity of “Cats” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Nigel, who'd always found things heavenly and marvellous, was suddenly lost for words, and the brutal cry he let out was the first truly shocking moment. The Archers: Ambridge does disaster 2011-01-02T21:01:28Z He is a sort of marvellous machine, and utterly convincing. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z Yet he writes with a marvellous trenchancy that sometimes becomes savage indignation. Moral Combat: A History of World?War II by Michael Burleigh 2010-06-11T23:15:00Z There is no arguing that Bayreuth, marvellous though it often is in so many artistic ways, remains to some degree contaminated by the Nazi connection. Richard Wagner was no ranter 2011-07-25T21:00:01Z The piano is a marvellous means for a composer to try out new, potentially radical ideas in black and white, as it were. Composing for the piano in black and white 2010-06-03T22:05:00Z One hopes that every child's first museum will contain marvellous objects displayed in a way that will capture the imagination. Hertford Museum: a cabinet of curiosities 2011-03-17T08:00:00Z It was, in a strange way, a marvellous space to inhabit; a space full of marvel. Kissing the Dead 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z But is there any specific role from her marvellous roster of performances that suggests Streep has what it takes to play the British prime minister? Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher ? what's not to like? 2011-02-08T20:30:31Z The composers' marvellous instinct for voices ensured that they found, in the Coasters' Billy Guy and Carl Gardner, the ideal actors to perform their little drama, with Leiber coaching their delivery in minute detail. Jerry Leiber obituary 2011-08-23T17:58:52Z Former Doctor Tom Baker remembered him as "a wonderful companion" with "a marvellous resonant voice". Doctor Who 'Brigadier' dies at 81 2011-02-23T14:36:21Z This marvellous dish is a favourite from my time in Chengdu. 20 best summer fish recipes: part 1 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z He opens up a marvellous opportunity for me to mention the unmentionable. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z One of the truly marvellous things about horror is that every country has their own unique collection of beasts and ghouls in their folklore. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-08-19T23:08:01Z "You want people to love you and think you're marvellous and that kind of stuff." Zoë Wanamaker: 'Acting is a vicious business' 2013-05-05T08:00:02Z How marvellous its opening track still sounds: "I didn't want to compete/ Or play out on the street/ For in a secret life/ I was a roundhead general." F&M playlist 2011-08-25T20:30:00Z So I repeat the controversial claim: "Truly marvellous and celestial was Leonardo ..." The Da Vinci ode: I was right about Leonardo's genius 2011-04-01T14:19:07Z Love Your Library Day is a marvellous opportunity for us all to celebrate the hugely important role libraries play in the heart of our local community. Library turns to pole dancing to entice new readers 2013-01-18T14:26:47Z “But she absolutely doted on him. Even as a baby, she would regularly bring him up in conversation. She thought he was the most marvellous person on the planet.” Jacob Rees-Mogg: my early career as an avant garde film star 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z One would imagine that this might lead to a deeper appreciation of how marvellous it is to be alive. This Week in Fiction: Akhil Sharma on Alcoholism and Honor Killings in India 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Then it's onto a party hosted by the rather marvellous and endlessly energetic Ron Diamond. Oscars 2012: Nominees' diary 2012-02-26T18:39:40Z He had a marvellous career that started when he was an undergraduate and amazingly then went on. Fortune: Bremner and Sergeant tributes 2013-12-31T16:35:25Z He told me he never saw The Sacred Made Real, the National's marvellous, moving 2009 show of religious painting and sculpture from 17th-century Spain. Salvaged saints: Michael Landy's martyrs invade the National Gallery 2013-05-22T18:30:01Z As marvellous as these innovations may seem, they can also be destructive, rendering entire professions obsolete even as they boost productivity and convenience. Five ways work will change in the future 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Of hundreds of exposures shot that day, none were bad and most were marvellous. The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Wildlife TV presenters usually insist that what they're showing us is amazing, marvellous and wonderful, and imply that it, too, should somehow affect us. Tales of the unexplained: why these Monsters are entirely alien 2010-12-06T11:57:00Z Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes is a marvellous place, Full of jokes and potions by the box and the case. JK Rowling's New Harry Potter Story Takes Readers to Diagon Alley 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z The statement is marvellous, a valid non sequitur. Remembering Robert Venturi, the Close Reader of Architecture 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Fountain has a marvellous ear for dialogue, and is written in a sharp, profane language that makes English English sound terminally dull. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain – review 2012-07-06T21:55:09Z It sounds marvellous, but the team are far too jumpy to let me watch the rehearsal. Glyndebourne's odd double 2012-08-09T19:00:12Z But he did and I thought what a marvellous man he was for devoting his life to human rights. “The worst spot in Gaza”: “You will not understand how hard it is here” until you see this checkpoint 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z In a marvellous piece of irony, Sharpe dedicated the book to "the South African police force whose lives are dedicated to the preservation of western civilisation in southern Africa". Tom Sharpe, Wilt novelist, dies aged 85 2013-06-06T09:45:25Z If he makes you worry about Twombly's sincerity, he can also make the marvellous Turner look like a man who painted with tobacco juice and custard. The great upstager: how Monet made Turner and Twombly look ordinary 2012-06-19T18:33:01Z She's dressed in well-cut slacks and blouse, her hair swinging freely around her face, and it's safe to say she looks rather marvellous today. Rosamund Pike: 'I seek adventure all the time' 2011-01-20T22:59:01Z People are always pleased to see you and tell you that you're marvellous. From pop star to chiropractor: musicians' post-musical careers 2010-09-23T21:29:00Z It is a marvellous image and it captivated audiences when it was first shown. Queen on tour: 'unofficial' exhibition of royal portraits arrives in London 2012-05-16T15:29:17Z Rebecca Ferguson A young mother from Liverpool with marvellous dress sense and a gently understated soul voice. The X Factor 2010: the finalists 2010-10-04T12:25:00Z I believe that only those who write detective stories themselves can really appreciate his marvellous sleight of hand. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z Wells was a marvellous futurist, who imagined submarines, lunar exploration, and, in “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” a way around the slow Mendelian process of selective breeding. This Week in Fiction: T. Coraghessan Boyle on the Perils of Genetic Manipulation 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z They seem to me to be marvellous imaginative fantasies, which sometimes reproduce states of mind. 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z Thanks to everyone who posted a review on the site these week – if I've mentioned you above, drop me a line at richard.lea@guardian.co.uk and I'll send you something marvellous from the cupboards. Reader reviews roundup 2012-07-20T14:54:13Z Children get past this quite easily, thanks to the marvellous agility of their fresh minds. Melting marvels: the top 10 toasties of all time 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z I became marvellous at being fired and learned to soothe, and even thank, the person who was firing me, the better to start again at the beginning. ‘Alcoholism continues long after you stop drinking': my 15 years sober 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Yet each summer a marvellous transformation takes place in the area outside that becomes active during the Watch This Space festival. Richard III; The Doctor's Dilemma; The Fire Garden – reviews 2012-07-28T23:06:10Z It's marvellous: seemingly solemn, but the black humour in this procession of gore is signalled by the title. Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away 2010-04-29T22:30:00Z Her parents still live there, we could have a little house on their property, it would be a marvellous existence. A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z It was marvellous to hear him bring the shading and care with words that are the hallmarks of his Lieder singing into the opera house. Tannh?user ? review 2010-12-12T17:49:00Z Everything on this album's first disc could be a single – which is marvellous, until it turns out to be the same single. David Guetta: Nothing But the Beat ? review 2011-08-25T14:30:01Z While this marvellous novel resists a glibly humanizing attempt to imagine what lies “beyond words,” the need to imagine remains. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It all sounds marvellous, but charmed as I am by the situation and their enthusiasm, I'm beginning to think the Grahams may have fallen off the edge of a Wagnerian precipice of insanity. Bringing Wagner to Gloucestershire 2010-07-22T22:06:00Z If she is sacked then - after a positive verdict - there is less of a row to have, the message could be: "Thank you for your marvellous work, now time for a fresh start." Suella Braverman row: Who's scared of Rishi Sunak? 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z "To think Kitt's helped Tim and that his life is so different now to how it was, because he was so poorly, is marvellous." Norfolk parents hear son's heartbeat three years after his death 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z "It was a marvellous creature! The fact that he didn't have any words was not an issue for me," he said. Mark Margolis: Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor dies at 83 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Last year Anglesey photographer Gareth Mon Jones captured marvellous moving and still images there after five years of trying. Bioluminescent plankton: 'It's the northern lights of the ocean' 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z "The RAF did a marvellous job that day, keeping the Luftwaffe away from us," he recalled. D-Day veteran Les Budding, 97, tells of first-wave role 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z On the surface, the Scottish Tories appear to be having a marvellous time with the SNP's ongoing woes. Where do Tories stand in post-Sturgeon Scotland? 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z "I mostly felt, my God, what a marvellous life you had, you are very fortunate," she said. Mary Quant: The mini skirt pioneer who defined 60s fashion 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z I mostly felt, my God, what a marvellous life you had, you are very fortunate,' she said. Dame Mary Quant: Pioneer of 60s high street fashion 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Sandra Davies, whose husband Teifion fell at home, said it was "marvellous" as he did not want to go to hospital. NHS Wales: Falls project avoids 50 needless ambulance callouts 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Mrs Roberts said her husband was a "marvellous man, a fabulous father and a fantastic grandfather" and said she remains "heartbroken" by his death. Covid: Widow of Aberdare nurse who died suing NHS 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z A spokesperson for the publisher said that by making both versions available, “we are offering readers the choice to decide how they experience Roald Dahl’s magical, marvellous stories.” Perspective | As criticism mounts, Roald Dahl’s publisher offers a messy compromise 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Lord Lloyd-Webber is writing an anthem based on the Biblical text of Psalm 98, that begins: "O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things." Andrew Lloyd Webber piece among new coronation music 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “He was a great pope, a marvellous pope. He was able to explain the scriptural matters of faith and also the traditional teachings of the Church,” said Father Callistus Kahale Kabindama, a priest from Zambia. Many thousands expected for funeral of former Pope Benedict 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z "If I can live through this next six months, day by day, what comes next will be marvellous." Sound Of 2023: Fred Again's emotive electronica earns second place 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z "Not only was he the best player in the world, he was a marvellous human being." Pele's funeral: Brazil legend given joyous send-off 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z "She was absolutely marvellous and totally professional. It's an occupational hazard having a portrait painted," he said. Queen Elizabeth II: Essex artist delighted portrait chosen by BBC 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z "All those sorts of marvellous moments, I shall never forget." Queen Elizabeth II: Children remember 'that fantastic twinkle' 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z "Despite that, he still hit the ball. He had a marvellous eye and appetite for hitting balls." Grandma's washing & 6am nets - meet England's new batter Harry Brook 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Sandwiched in between the two marvellous displays in the field was England's most intelligent batting of the summer. 'England go from freewheeling freshmen to maturing students' 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The festival's events include a Dennis and Gnash Dash, a comics character parade, and a "marvellous marble world record attempt." Hollywood-style sign causes Beantown buzz in Dundee 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z "You feel really proud to do something good for the environment and for such a marvellous species." UK red kite success story sees birds sent to Spain 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z "She's got a marvellous ability just to make you so relaxed and able to talk to her freely and simply." Platinum Jubilee: People who met the Queen talk of their memories 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Britain's Postmaster General, then Herbert Samuel, said: "Those who have been saved, have been saved through one man, Mr Marconi…and his marvellous invention." Marconi's first radio broadcast made 125 years ago 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z “It was a magnificent adventure, marvellous and extraordinary. It will stop at the end of the year,” he wrote on Twitter on Saturday. French veteran Gilles Simon retiring at end of season 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The drawing, described by the prince as "marvellous", pictured the Union and Ukrainian flags side by side. Prince Charles and Camilla tour BBC newsroom 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z She told them: "It is very interesting, isn't it, when there is some very vital thing, how everybody works together and pulls together - marvellous isn't it?" Queen reveals Covid left her 'very tired and exhausted' 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z In the letter, Lawrence talks about his joy at owning the Brough which, he says, is "altogether a marvellous machine" and compares it with a Rolls-Royce car. English Civil War letter found in a book on the Siege of Colchester 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Speaking at her home in Fleet, Hampshire, Barbara Ratcliffe, who had been part of the campaign to have her released, said news of her imminent return was "absolutely marvellous". Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe mother in-law 'thrilled' at release from Iran 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Actor and comedian Dawn French called her "mighty and marvellous" and said her death was "a huge loss". Beryl Vertue: TV producer behind Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock dies at 90 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z "It is marvellous that Sicilian and Italian friends thought to bring it back where it was born," Acropolis Museum Director Nikolaos Stampolidis said of the fragment, once part of the temple's eastern frieze. Parthenon fragment returns to Greece, rekindling campaign for UK to hand over marbles 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z He described Mammoth as marvellous, and the product of the "extraordinary talent" of writer, comedian and lead actor Mike Bubbins. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: What Geoffrey the butler did after the reunion 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z However, she adds that it has been marvellous "not to be the only brain in the room". Zadie Smith: My first play was an accidental adventure 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z “We are now about to visit the most marvellous places and see the most wonderful things.” Netflix lands golden ticket by buying Roald Dahl estate 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Prof Naismith told BBC News: "The immune system is so marvellous that it still does better than we can - evolution is hard to beat." Covid: Immune therapy from llamas shows promise 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z He described getting back in a plane as "marvellous". WW2 pilot has 100th birthday flight over Shropshire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z "It would be marvellous if they won," he said. Back of the net! Prince Charles backs England for Euros win 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Putney Swope was described by the New York Times film critic as "funny, sophomoric, brilliant, obscene, disjointed, marvellous, unintelligible and relevant". Robert Downey Jr pays tribute to 'true maverick' film-maker father 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z May was marvellous last yet but not this year! Weather warning: Surfer rescued as 60mph winds batter Wales 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z We hope that a bit like our neighbour just down the road, the Royal Albert Hall, it will become an iconic, marvellous cultural building in its own right. Kensington Olympia: Stage set for London's biggest theatre since 1976 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The leader Justin Rose, who suffered yesterday before salvaging a level-par 72, will be hoping to channel his Thursday self, when he shot a marvellous 65. The Masters 2021: third round – live! 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z “The police are marvellous people,” he told reporters. Diners at clandestine Paris soiree fined for lockdown breaches 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Dame Shan said he was "marvellous at chatting up people" and had "a terrific sense of humour". Prince Philip: The Duke of Edinburgh and Wales in light and dark times 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr Lawrence, a retired solicitor, said it was an "absolutely marvellous feeling" to see the proposals clear a major hurdle in the law-making process. Claudia Lawrence: Father of missing chef dies aged 74 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z France, a man down, then showed marvellous maturity by playing the match in Ireland’s half. 6N: France hold out Ireland to end 10-year drought in Dublin 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z He described the NHS staff who helped him through this as "marvellous", and pledged to help those same "super" people who were working on the front line during the coronavirus pandemic. Capt Sir Tom Moore: How the retired Army officer became a nation's hero 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z "She joked about how flying 'straight and level' was her mark... and how marvellous it was to take to the air on her own." WW2's 'Spitfire Women': Eleanor Wadsworth, one of last female pilots, dies 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Within four minutes Sánchez was forced into a marvellous save, blocking at point-blank range with his right knee after Aubameyang connected with Saka’s low cross from the left. Lacazette sinks Brighton to deliver back-to-back wins for Arsenal 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z I’m a lucky actor, I get offered all sorts of marvellous things. John Lithgow: 'Trump keeps on surviving. Karma never quite wins' 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z “It gives us hope because after being locked up so long, look how happy they are to see each other again. It’s marvellous.” Factbox: Selected quotes as COVID-19 pandemic reaches new milestone 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z His wife of 56 years, Janice, added: “It’s absolutely marvellous. It has just taken over our lives at the moment. It should have started in March, but because of Covid everything was on hold.” Dutch salvage mission begins for RAF bomber shot down 77 years ago 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z On paper it may not sound as if it would work, but the combination of figs, Chinese rice wine and ricotta is marvellous. Tempura herbs and hasselback beetroot: eight flavour-packed new veg recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z "I decided to go back on lead guitar after seeing him with the Bluesbreakers. He had a Les Paul, his fingers were marvellous. The guy knew how to do a bit of evil, I guess." Obituary: Peter Green 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Espanyol call themselves the “marvellous minority” but often there’s little marvellous about it. Espanyol slip away to Barcelona's tune but the silence will sting too | Sid Lowe 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “Without a doubt Houghton Hall is one of the great monuments in a way ... of this country, so to be showing works in it, in the grounds here is marvellous,” he said. After UK lockdown delay, sculptor Anish Kapoor exhibits at Walpole's mansion 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his condolences saying in a tweet that Ethiopia "lost a precious life today" and describing the singer as "marvellous". Top Ethiopian politician arrested over protests 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “Melvin was a marvellous chap but he was a control freak,” Michael says, picking this out as a key, if not strictly great, moment. From Bowie to Beyoncé: Glastonbury's 50 greatest moments 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z "It was marvellous to see the Harry Potter books do so well and spark such intense bidding," he added. Harry Potter book found in skip sells for £33k 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z I have been blessed with help from marvellous friends who were formerly dancers. Move on up! The most joyful dance clips to raise the spirits 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z It was thus that I discovered the marvellous versatility and incredible yield of the buttermilk pancake. Brilliant breakfasts: 10 delicious, healthy ways to start the day – from shakshuka to pancakes 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Didn’t get a chance to see the Tate’s marvellous Warhol exhibition before Coronavirus locked everything down? Andy Warhol: Take a virtual tour around the Tate Modern exhibition 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z It’s all quite discombobulating and really rather marvellous. The new-look shopping mall that doesn't sell stuff 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z His goal at Spurs was his sixth in three games but his all-round display, culminating in a marvellous run to set up Raúl Jiménez’s winner, was exceptional and the 23-year-old just keeps getting better. Premier League, Carabao Cup and clásico: the weekend's talking points 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z She said she hoped the video would "shine a light on a marvellous shop, especially as High Streets are at risk in all towns". Two Ronnies sketch recreated in 280-year-old shop 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z At school she has marvellous teachers who make everything work. Malena Ernman on daughter Greta Thunberg: ‘She was slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness’ 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Did you think it was your conversational A-game, or your marvellous croutons? Cheese and quizzes: my simple secrets for the perfect dinner party 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But perhaps they would be enough like thinking, feeling beings that their fiction would be communicating something rather marvellous after all. If a novel was good, would you care if it was created by artificial intelligence? | Richard Lea 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z "I hope this bench will be here for a long time after I am, and I hope that people will remember Danny, because he was a truly marvellous person." 'A quiet reminder of people gone but not forgotten' 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z He said Lord Reed would continue the "marvellous tradition" of leading Scottish judges of the past such as a previous Lord Reid, one of the most outstanding judges of the 20th Century. Who is the new top judge at the Supreme Court? 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z "But it was marvellous! My God it was marvellous!" 'I stole a plane to get out of the Navy' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Of course you do, you marvellous, honourable man! Sorry, Timbers, this is not the way to aplogise to the missus | Barbara Ellen 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Grandma is marvellous already; she doesn’t need to look like a teenager. Space ageing: why sci-fi novels shun the badass older woman 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z And they digressed, embroidering an extravagant tapestry of miniature, marvellous detail. The first fairytales were feminist critiques of patriarchy. We need to revive their legacy | Melissa Ashley 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “There’s an absolutely marvellous moment, when the soul sees God and there is a cataclysmic chord, after which the soul screams, ‘Take me away,’ ” Over said. In Brexit Britain, the Parliament Choir Is in Purgatory 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z There’s a marvellous scene in the Austrian Alps, where Per has travelled after the couple’s engagement, and where Jakobe has arrived without notice. A Neglected Modern Masterpiece and Its Perverse Hero 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The book I am currently reading Mostly at this stage I am rereading myself, and finding something marvellous on every page. Clive James: ‘The most overrated books almost all emerged from a single genre – magic realism’ 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z "It was marvellous, so powerful. I can still feel it now. And I was totally convinced I can do this." 'I stole a plane to get out of the Navy' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Back then – for all its marvellous defiance after Dunkirk – Britain was supported by the armed forces of the Commonwealth and the resources of the empire, to say nothing of American aid. Into the storm: the horror of the second world war 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z This was considered such a marvellous healing that Mother Church officials interviewed him about it. Dying the Christian Science way: the horror of my father’s last days 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “I had a marvellous hairdo,” she remembers, “and a little hat.” Another side of Samuel Beckett 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z I also think it’s the most marvellous title of any novel in English – it couldn’t be better. Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’ 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Then Alex packed his things and told the camera it had all been marvellous. Are you really the ‘real’ you? 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Gifs and memes are mostly lazy and formulaic, but occasionally marvellous. Why I hate emojis | Suzanne Moore 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The film turns the pages of a marvellous scrapbook, but doesn’t convey how Maradona and Naples shared a common heartbeat and soul. Maradona and Naples created an unearthly and sometimes dark magic. I was there | Ed Vulliamy 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z While most of Britain is still almost exclusively white, it’s marvellous that some parts are different and that identities – including white British people – mingle together. As a black teenager, I loved Morrissey. But heaven knows I’m miserable now | Joshua Surtees 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The other author I loved at around 11 was Jean Plaidy, who wrote marvellous novels about the Tudors. Colm Tóibín: ‘A book wouldn’t improve Trump’ 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z Its bill, with its huge pouch of skin, is a marvellous tool, not only for scooping up fish and holding a catch, but also for evaporation-cooling when it exposes and flutters the skin. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “She was a marvellous editor who taught me the most about everything, but she was stuck in a period and wouldn’t budge,” Jaffrey says. ‘I was cast as the exotic girl – then as the terrorist’s mother’: Madhur Jaffrey on acting, food and race 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z On one occasion, Thatcher was on the phone from London, berating Reagan over his importunate 1983 invasion of Grenada, when he put his hand over the receiver and said: “Gee, isn’t she marvellous!” Britain and the US: the highs and lows of a special relationship 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Almost all of these women are extremely grateful for their “miraculous”, “marvellous”, “last-chance” babies, while at the same time feeling extremely anxious about their “risky”, “tentative”, “too-good-to-believe” pregnancies. More women over 40 are getting pregnant. But is that really about their choices? | Zeynep Gurtin 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z He also wrote a regular column for the Oxford Mail, and former editor Simon O'Neill said he was "Oxford's marvellous American friend". Former BBC radio presenter dies of cancer 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The Ferrari driver had a marvellous run under the floodlights of the Sakhir Circuit from pole and looked on course to win until an energy recovery system failure severely curtailed his pace. Lewis Hamilton wins in Bahrain after Charles Leclerc loses power and lead 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z And it was great to see our marvellous chairman, Tony Bloom, still twirling his scarf with delight in an otherwise empty Barry Kitchener stand at the Den, while being serenaded by our marvellous fans. Premier League fans assess the run-in. Part 1: Arsenal to Huddersfield 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Ferrari’s car had looked absolutely planted during testing, quick and enjoying marvellous balance that allowed its drivers to attack the corners. Valtteri Bottas dominates Australian Grand Prix to win Formula One opener 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z "What I love about Zohra is that in some ways it's like a traditional Western chamber orchestra - but also we have these marvellous Afghan instruments embedded," she says. Meet Afghanistan's first all-female orchestra 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z A marvellous paean to the pint, and to the researchers probing its depths. How research erases women, the prehistory of Polynesia, and everything you wanted to know about beer: Books in brief 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z It was a marvellous display of confidence and commitment from the young driver. Lewis Hamilton wins in Bahrain after Charles Leclerc loses power and lead 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z “Valery is like Prowsey, they are both in fantastic shape in defence and attack. We scored two marvellous goals,” he said. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z "For the first couple of days she was marvellous," her mother recalls. 'I might have had her for a bit longer' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z All Danny said about him was that he was a “marvellous soul, loved his morning tea”. Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Mr Aso also called the rise in life expectancy "marvellous" on Sunday, and said Japan needs a social security system that supports people of all generations. Japan minister U-turns on birth-rate gaffe 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z I’m an atheist, and generally sceptical of marvellous explanations for less-than-marvellous situations. Sarah Sanders believes Trump’s presidency was a divine plan. God bless America! | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Shrewsbury Christmas Festival, billed as a "Christmas Wonderland with marvellous wintery surprises" opened on Saturday and was due to run until just before midnight on Sunday. Christmas festival shuts after one day 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z In 1962, he published the marvellous “Willowdale Handcar,” in which three young people take off one day on a railroad handcar. Edward Gorey’s Enigmatic World 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z "It would be good if it could be increased for more patients, it's a marvellous idea." Wales aims to speed up cancer diagnosis 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z She goes, ‘It’s bloody marvellous! I have them all in at night and we watch the news.’ Rob Goldstone on Trump: 'I think he likes Russia because Russia liked him' 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s marvellous to see him back after all his physical problems and great to see him on top form again. Tony Jacklin’s Ryder Cup 2018 player guide: Tiger Woods gives USA the edge 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The comments ranged from "marvellous" and "that's how it's done" to "simple and effective". Colombian fare dodgers made to mop floors 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z A marvellous wit and raconteur, in his own mind he was simply a "writer who keeps getting wheeled out". Obituary: Denis Norden 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z A stunt, for sure – but also a marvellous demonstration of technical competence. The case against Mars colonisation 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s a marvellous coup de théâtre, assisted by Philippe Jordan’s propulsive conducting, and at first sight it seems to offer a smug, empty message: the sublimity of German genius overcomes the nightmare of history. Wagner On Trial at the Bayreuth Festival 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z “There was so much time that marvellous summer,” remembers Birkin in A Month in the Country. Boiling point: why literature loves a long, hot summer 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z That said, Ol was just marvellous… and he wrote the screenplay. How to pick up Mamma Meryl's mantle 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z What a marvellous couple of goals they were from Edinson Cavani, perhaps shutting a few people up in the process, and under the remarkable Oscar Tabarez anything appears possible at this stage. World Cup 2018 power rankings: Brazil reign while Sweden still edge England 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Jamie Vardy can be a marvellous finisher but England would have to completely change their style to play to his strengths. Refreshed or disrupted, talismanic Harry Kane is England’s focal point 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Ms Groff’s writing is marvellous, her insights keen, each story a glittering, encrusted treasure hauled from the deep. Lauren Groff’s short stories pulse with hidden malevolence 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z "This material is unknown to Tolkien fans so it's going to be marvellous." Tolkien artworks on show for first time 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z "I think it would be a marvellous opportunity for the UK to host it," she said, according to newspaper reports. UN puts brave face on climate talks torpor 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z I had a marvellous time, I was so chuffed that the BBC chose me and asked me to take part. What these UK Eurovision acts know now 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z They should at the least apologize, let alone pay reparations out of the marvellous wealth they have assembled over the centuries. A Pope Given to Apologies Has Nothing for Indigenous Canada 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z How marvellous that young people can barely afford a house. The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z In 2014 while at Manchester City, the club made a video of him opening Christmas presents including kitchen utensils, stationery and a shovel which the midfielder said were "marvellous". Boring Milner welcomes James to Twitter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z "The marvellous thing about social media and the web is that there are no limits, and it is low cost compared to other forms of publicity, or setting up an office in another country." 'Nappies are like clothes, it's a fashion thing' 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z In lieu of hot Champions League action, there another marvellous example of his trying it on, at the expense of his old pal Bill Shankly, in the second story of this old Joy of Six. Chelsea v Barcelona: Champions League – live! 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Having once led the world in sewer engineering with Sir Joseph Bazalgette’s cavernous underground network of marvellous tunnels, London was now the undisputed global leader in sewer blockage. London’s fatberg on show: ‘We thought of pickling it’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z How marvellous that people living in outer suburbs spend weeks of their lives stationary in traffic. The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Two marvellous essays appeared this year that suggest promising stirrings in our own literary undergrowth. It’s time to face the facts about our digital world | John Naughton 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z The knitted knocker is marvellous and helps to even me out. The year my cancer changed everything 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Some of his short stories are marvellous but many read like five-finger exercises, often aiming at a humorousness that hasn’t aged well. Arthur C Clarke at 100: still the king of science fiction 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z “Those who are there want to stay there, because it is a marvellous job, and very well paid of course. They aren’t happy if you criticise.” Fifa’s ethics investigator does not have skills for job, says damning report 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z How marvellous that homelessness is on the rise. The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr MacGregor and Ms Cook do justice to these marvellous objects, at the same time driving home the point that humans are “hard-wired” for religion, a concept they both use. Neil MacGregor on living with gods 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z In the making of this series, there have been moments when I have begun to question whether confidence is such a marvellous thing at all. Too scared to speak up? How to be more confident 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z When I showed it to the marvellous writer Aimee Bender, she said it felt like the ending. What makes a Man Booker novel? Six shortlisted authors share their secrets 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Lewis famously called the book a "marvellous" classic-in-the-making, and the New York Times called it "freshly original and delightfully imaginative." 'The Hobbit' Is Turning 80. Here's What Reviewers Said About It in 1937 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z It might turn out to be marvellous, of course. The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z They are the most intelligent animals in the world – just marvellous to work with. ‘My pony was that good, I’d give him my lunch – he was earning the money’ 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z "But I am not a nostalgic person. This period with Yves Saint Laurent was marvellous but it is 50 years ago." Pierre Bergé, partner of Yves Saint Laurent, dies at 86 - BBC News 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Malcolm Gluck, a British wine critic who has penned numerous books, says there is a "marvellous conspiracy" among winemakers and writers to pretend English wine is great. The English wine makers taking on the Europeans - BBC News 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr Dixon added: "Nevertheless, it's marvellous to be connected to such a prominent man." The men who drew the Mason-Dixon Line - BBC News 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z After the song was released overnight, the duo tweeted: "Thank you Taylor Swift, what a marvellous reinvention!" Taylor Swift: Why Right Said Fred are credited on Look What You Made Me Do - BBC News 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z And it is then that I realise: nature can be marvellous. Don’t infantalise pregnant women. Tell them how tough breastfeeding can be | Lizzy Davies 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z A post on the show's Twitter feed said: "We are saddened to hear that today we lost Pudsey, a most marvellous winner. Our thoughts are with Ashleigh." Britain’s Got Talent champion dog Pudsey dies - BBC News 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z “It was a marvellous circle of ideas,” says mathematician Michael Atiyah, another Fields medallist, who is now at the University of Cambridge, UK, and who also worked on these theories. The strange topology that is reshaping physics 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z It’s gloriously funny – Edmund’s mother Lady Bertram with her pug, for example, is a marvellous study of indolence and benign blandness – and tender and thrilling. Which is the greatest Jane Austen novel? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Some marvellous news from the University of Toronto: memory lapses are good for your brain, they are part of its efficiency and an important part of being intelligent. So forgetting is good for you. But why does it have to be my friends’ names? | Michele Hanson 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z First, some marvellous interplay between Hughes and Gray opened up the defence and only a last-ditch clearance from Jung denied the lurking Abraham. England lose to Germany on penalties in European U21 Championship semi-final 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z For soil is in part a creation of life, born of a marvellous interaction of life and inert matter aeons ago. Silent Spring—I 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z His father told French media he was a "marvellous son" and a "radiant young man". London Bridge attack: Three French victims among dead - BBC News 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The Belgium international has produced some outstanding performances and his Golden Gloves award is a fitting tribute to a marvellous season. Garth Crooks' team of the season: Kane, Alli, Sanchez, Hazard, Coutinho, Courtois, Conte 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z It was well written, informative, and accompanied by a marvellous photo of the devoted Assads playing with their lovely children. Colm Tóibín: how I rewrote a Greek tragedy 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z On the afternoon of the following day, the chief of police of Birmingham visited the menagerie and congratulated Bostock on his "marvellous pluck and daring". When a lion prowled the streets of Birmingham - BBC News 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z I hope this marvellous club with amazing support return to the Premier League soon. Garth Crooks' team of the week: Harry Maguire, Christian Eriksen, Pedro 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z If either had received their marching orders for a little 'argy bargy' in the first half it would have destroyed what was a marvellous contest and first-class entertainment. Garth Crooks' team of the week: Mignolet, Kompany, Herrera, Barkley, Sane, Rashford 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z The scientists of America have a truly marvellous story to tell; in fact, thousands of them. A Modest Proposal for the March for Science 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z This promises to be a fantastic showdown, it could go either way, it’s too close to call, it’s the most delicately poised Merseyside derby since the 80s, and other marvellous clichés. Liverpool v Everton: Premier League – live! 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Sleep is a culturally fluid phenomenon, reveals Benjamin Reiss in this marvellous scientific and literary study. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z “Coca is a marvellous gift of nature, offering a moderate stimulant like coffee – but full of vitamins and minerals,” he said. Bolivia aims to rebrand coca, as crop best known for cocaine remains tough sell 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z However, Mrs Foster told Sky that while Brexit "is a game changer" and a "challenge" it was also a "marvellous opportunity" for the UK and Northern Ireland. DUP leader Arlene Foster 'did not consider resigning' after NI election - BBC News 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z “If you want to park the bus, then you lose Özil. He is a guy who needs possession. With possession, he is a marvellous player.” Arsène Wenger needs Arsenal to bolster Big Six record at Liverpool | David Hytner 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s not because they aren’t marvellous machines that have become central to our lives, but they’re all much of a muchness. The sad truth about the excitement over the Nokia 3310 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z It was “a marvellous old machine”, says Christian Holter, chief executive of SOLID, a company in Graz, Austria, that specializes in large-scale solar-thermal cooling and heating systems. How heat from the Sun can keep us all cool 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z From a rivalry that seemed predictable, it was a marvellous, unexpected, match-changing shot. Spectacular Relief from the World at the Australian Open 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z In his anatomical drawings, many of which record his own careful dissections of corpses, he sees the human body as a complex and marvellous machine. The charisma droids: today's robots and the artists who foresaw them 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z He plays what can only be described as a ‘no-look’ slice before winning a point with a marvellous lob over the skuttling Spaniard. Australian Open 2017 day eight: Nadal v Monfils and more – live! 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z In celebration of astonishing aliases and marvellous monikers from throughout pop history, we take a look back at some of the most bizarre names in music. The Variety Bazaar and other bizarre names in music - BBC News 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z There’s been some marvellous buildup to this tournament, that always seems to catch the imagination. Gabon v Guinea-Bissau: Afcon 2017 – live! 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z “It is a marvellous thing to dip a brush into the paint and make marks on anything, even a bicycle, the feel of a thick brush full of paint coating something.” Los Angeles, lovers and light: David Hockney at 80 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z In its margin he scribbled a mathematical idea and added: “I have discovered a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition that this margin is too narrow to contain.” Witty marginalia – just another reason to love the printed book | Steven Poole 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z To all the players, managers and staff thank you for upholding a marvellous tradition and providing us with the most glorious entertainment. Garth Crooks' team of the week: Alli, Barkley, Defoe, Rashford, Giroud 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z It permits us, with a marvellous neutrality, and later it may permit artificial intelligence, humanity 2.0, or a lot more bugs instead. Humanity may self-destruct, but the universe can cope perfectly without us | Lionel Shriver 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Donald Trump regularly advertises the marvellous health and tip-top functioning of his brain. Thanks to Trump’s personality disorders, there’s never been a better time to learn how our minds work | Deborah Orr 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z At the same time, he apologises to his team-mates, members of the club, sponsors and the fans for an incident that risks damaging the image of this marvellous sport.” Rugby player banned for three years for tackling female referee in match 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Those were not my maddening and marvellous children. Reflections on a life story : Nature : Nature Research 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z It gets us close to one of the most marvellous minds that ever existed. Fake or fortune: is this lost Leonardo da Vinci drawing the real deal? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The failure by mainstream political parties to produce a new and persuasive economic narrative, which does not rely on sustaining impossible levels of growth and generating illusory jobs, provides a marvellous opening for demagogues everywhere. Trump’s climate denial is just one of the forces that points towards war | George Monbiot 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Last season’s title win by Leicester City was a marvellous collective triumph, and their weak defence of that title is a collective problem. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z One of the marvellous things about football is that you can quite easily leave your best player out of the team and still strengthen it, through little fault of their own. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z When the internet came, people thought it was marvellous. Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong on the U.S. Election, Free Trade and Why Government Isn't a Startup 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Afterward, a man in front of her turned to his companion and said, “Wasn’t that marvellous! Gin and tonic?” she recalled. The Dynamism of Janet McTeer 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The dry desert air may have a lot to do with the marvellous smell of books in the library. 'Our temples of culture': readers reflect on their favorite libraries across the US 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z In a marvellous 1973 essay, “On the Perfection Underlying Life,” she coolly contemplates the “panic of complete helplessness,” which “drives us to fantastic extremes.” Agnes Martin, a Matter-of-Fact Mystic 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z And then there is Japan itself - its marvellous other-worldliness always fascinating, always surprising. Japanese Grand Prix: Why Suzuka is a challenge from start to finish 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z It is marvellous, you create your own environment, you have your couches, ice-creams, massages, celebrity chefs on the lunch canteen menu. Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong on the U.S. Election, Free Trade and Why Government Isn't a Startup 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z At sixteen, she and her girlfriends began hanging out at a coffee bar in the York Theatre Royal “to flirt with the boys, or not flirt—be elusive and marvellous.” The Dynamism of Janet McTeer 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “The hotel is a magnificent old building. In the lobby they’re doing a marvellous job of renovating it. It’s restful.” Trump not 'welcome here': opening of DC hotel met with protests 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Dahl said he grew up having a "marvellous family life" in Cardiff. Who inspired Roald Dahl's Mrs Pratchett character? - BBC News 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Twitter has hummed with tributes: "One of the first verbal anarchists" remarked one tweet, "Australia has lost a marvellous maverick," said another. Richard Neville: The taboo-breaking 'practicing futurist' - BBC News 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z After tickets are purchased it’s a case of heading left and down the staircase, over which sit images of Ronaldo, most showing off that smile that says: “Look at me … marvellous aren’t I?” Cristiano Ronaldo’s museum: a reminder of a great ego and an even greater talent 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z "The numbers are coming down. We've really done a marvellous job. "I feel so proud of myself because I am changing lives. Working Lives: The rise of Botswana's rough diamonds - BBC News 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z "These were a marvellous Olympics, in a marvellous city," said International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. Rio Olympics 2016: Spectacular closing ceremony as Olympic flag goes to Tokyo 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Justin Gatlin seemed to prepare perfectly—he didn’t blitz his semifinals like he did last year—and he got a marvellous start. The Brilliance of Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, and Wayde Van Niekerk 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z The Observer said he had "a marvellous future," while Metro said he delivered the "stand out performance" in the show. Anthony Boyle: Belfast actor enjoying rave reviews in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - BBC News 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z I became seriously addicted to the portal’s Site of the Day feature, which let me find marvellous wonders on what was still a very tiny Web. Does the Snapchat Generation Even Know What Yahoo Is? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The fact is he's been in marvellous form for the last 18 months, but it is an important performance for him. England v Pakistan: Yasir Shah takes five wickets as tourists impress 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z But he is a marvellous tennis player, unquestionably the second best in the world right now and arguably one of the best in history. Serena Williams, Andy Murray, and a Political Wimbledon 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z "Donald was a marvellous man, a great credit to our country and a great credit to our game." Donald Bell: The first footballer to win the VC - BBC News 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The Wall Street Journal said: "Spielberg uses digital wizardry to throw dreams of friendship and adventure on the big screen, and what marvellous dreams they are - funny, grotesque and tender, as well as spectacular." Finding Dory holds off Tarzan and BFG at US box office - BBC News 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The book is such a marvellous testament to history and provides a fantastic account from 1639 of the City of London's role in the Plantation of Ulster and its administration. Londonderry 'Domesday book' set for prestigious Unesco honour - BBC News 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Quote: "This is a complete surprise. I am absolutely delighted. It is marvellous that the son of a Yorkshire coal miner should be given such an honour." Birthday Honours list 2016: Twelve famous faces - BBC News 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z “They call themselves the marvellous minority,” Piqué said, pointedly. It’s the Sids 2016! The complete review of the 2015-16 La Liga season 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Quirky, to say the least, but rather marvellous too. 20 of the best iPhone and iPad apps and games this month 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z "Everything was live. It was a marvellous time to be working, I loved every minute of it." Brief Encounter's Margaret Barton: 'I was never a film star' - BBC News 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z "She is a marvellous creature, she hugged me, she didn't shed a tear." Migrant crisis: Orphan baby who moved Italy starts new life - BBC News 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The Argentinian scurrier is a marvellous player – whole-hearted and inspirational and shrewd and nifty – but those attributes are not unique and he’s 31. Football transfer rumours: N’Golo Kanté and Willian to join Manchester United? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The thousands of marvellous achievements of this civilization that work for us so well and enrich us can equally impoverish, diminish, and destroy our lives, and frequently do. The best commencement speeches: from Jill Abramson to Neil Gaiman 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Frankfurt are still a goal down at Darmstadt, and the marvellous Meier is set for a spell of being undervalued at a Premier League contender. Premier League and Football League: clockwatch – live 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z A marvellous decision by a referee who has been on top of everything tonight. Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid: Champions League semi-final – as it happened 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “We’ve got a marvellous challenge, if we win the five games remaining we will be champions,” he said. Barcelona lose to Valencia to blow La Liga title race wide open 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z He has a marvellous way with words, writing of monogamous albatrosses living like “long-distance truck drivers — at home with their partner only occasionally and making the most of it when they are”. Ornithology: Oology unshelled : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z When I look at the footage now, it seems the perfect emblem of that place: wild and dreamlike and marvellous. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Frankfurt are still a goal down at Darmstadt, and the marvellous Meier is set for a spell of being undervalued at a Premier League contender. Premier League and Football League: clockwatch – live 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z A marvellous decision by a referee who has been on top of everything tonight. Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid: Champions League semi-final – as it happened 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z As one former resident said immediately before the zone changed hands: “It’s sad, it’s bitter-sweet to see the flag coming down on this marvellous project.” Story of cities #16: how the US-run Canal Zone divided Panama for a century 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z What a shot by Vardy, though, and a marvellous save to boot. England 1-2 Holland: International friendly – as it happened 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z With 17 minutes remaining, Gordon made a marvellous double save, beating away an initial shot and then recovering his ground to deny Martin Braithwaite from point-blank range. Scotland 1-0 Denmark 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z He added that the free trade element was "marvellous". EU referendum: Founder of FTSE 100 broker backs EU exit - BBC News 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z In spite of being Ferrari's signature color, red is also a standard option from Lamborghini, the other Italian super sports car manufacturer with a glorious history and a penchant for marvellous aesthetics. I love this Ferrari-red Lamborghini 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z He called them the "caryatids of that great and marvellous epoch that was ours". Inside the topless sisterhood - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z What a shot by Vardy, though, and a marvellous save to boot. England 1-2 Holland: International friendly – as it happened 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z "The new release of the full survey opens up the possibility to mine this marvellous dataset for new discoveries. Many teams of scientists are already using the Atlasgal data to plan for detailed Alma follow-up." Milky Way gas survey completed - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z "It offers a marvellous history of climate change and coastal erosion," said Prof Sear with regards to the findings. Dunwich: The storms that destroyed 'lost town' - BBC News 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z A repurposed motor from a blender acts as a pump amid a marvellous collection of reused bits and pieces that make up his Belgrove Distillery, crammed into a converted, cobwebbed 18th Century stable. Whisky maker uses fryer oil to fire ‘liquid gold’ - BBC News 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z This has been a marvellous day of tennis all right. Australian Open 2016: Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep out in first round – as it happened 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The point is that La Marseillaise sounds marvellous, and brings a tear to the eye. A Point of View: Is it time for a new British national anthem? - BBC News 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z “The light here is marvellous – much better than England.” Tinseltown's comeback: Los Angeles' resurgence as America's cultural capital 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z But there were other heroes, including the goalkeeper Petr Cech who, not for the first time, produced a marvellous save when it mattered the most. Olivier Giroud hits a treble at Olympiakos and it’s job done for Arsenal 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z "Doing it in a big final is a marvellous achievement." UK Championship final: Neil Robertson makes 147 and wins title 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z This has been a marvellous day of tennis all right. Australian Open 2016: Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep out in first round – as it happened 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Djokovic attributed leading Serbia to victory in the 2010 final as contributing significantly to his marvellous 2011 season, when he began to challenge the hegemony at the top of the game. John McEnroe: Davis Cup success will help Andy Murray at Australian Open 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z ‘The light here is marvellous – much better than England.’ Tinseltown's comeback: Los Angeles' resurgence as America's cultural capital 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Now, it seems we may be on edge of new discoveries as marvellous as when Howard Carter opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Tomb raiders: what treasures could lurk inside Egypt's lost chambers? 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Some people would assume that you’re sitting around feeling simply marvellous and shining your baubles. JK Rowling meets Lauren Laverne: ‘Success never feels the way you think it will’ 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z In that case, it will go down in the history books as a marvellous thing that grew and died under certain historical conditions, mostly in the twentieth century. Tap’s Tangled History 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Madrid were as disastrous as Barcelona were marvellous. Luis Suárez hits two as Barcelona go on rampage against Real Madrid 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z "They left a marvellous legacy both in building these museums and in terms of their collections," he said. Art donors say regional galleries need more support - BBC News 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z We were happy in London: we travelled and met marvellous people from all over the world, including our now-best friends. A letter to Mexico City ... the home I rediscovered through the eyes of my son 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z This doesn’t look good – England were 240/2 after 42 overs – but it is more the consequence of some marvellous bowling than of poor batting. Pakistan v England: second ODI – as it happened 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z "All our marvellous regional opera companies are in real trouble and struggling." British opera 'in crisis' says renowned director Graham Vick - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Cech’s reflex save was marvellous and not for the first time, Arsenal were indebted to him. Kieran Gibbs rescues point for Arsenal after Tottenham dominate derby 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z "But we still talk about that day - it was marvellous." The day Iceland's women went on strike - BBC News 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z BST11:32 Whether you want to catch up on previous goals and results, or just want to bask in the glory of Northern Ireland’s qualifying campaign, their FA have put together this rather marvellous video. Finland 1-1 Northern Ireland and more: Euro 2016 clockwatch – as it happened 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z This doesn’t look good – England were 240/2 after 42 overs – but it is more the consequence of some marvellous bowling than of poor batting. Pakistan v England: second ODI – as it happened 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The Mets began as marvellous losers, miraculously won a couple of times, and then succumbed to their reputation as the New York underdog who’ll never get over it. How to Find Your Replacement Team for the Playoffs 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z It quotes his BBC Nationwide colleague Sue Lawley as saying "he was a very good presenter - he did the most marvellous pieces for camera, and he could write, which was terrific". Newspaper headlines: EU vote revs up, and England rugby 'wake' - BBC News 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z He added: "I shall never forget the chap, he was ever so marvellous." Hugh Scully, former Antiques Roadshow host, dies - BBC News 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Whether you want to catch up on previous goals and results, or just want to bask in the glory of Northern Ireland’s qualifying campaign, their FA have put together this rather marvellous video. Finland 1-1 Northern Ireland and more: Euro 2016 clockwatch – as it happened 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z He was a marvellous father of seven who lived in the Old City. Binyamin Netanyahu promises 'harsh offensive' on Israel violence 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z |
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