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Siegfried Merzbacher, it seems, had received a well-timed job transfer just as the persecution of Jews in Germany was reaching a crescendo.

A brief spell of clear weather this month was particularly well-timed and coincided with the the most widespread aurora display across the UK and many parts of the northern hemisphere since 2003.

But whether history will look back on his appearance as the well-timed heralding of another economic boom - or a death knell - remains to be seen.

In New York, we can always count on well-timed offerings on stages of all sizes.

His patter — fast, outraged, informed and tinged with well-timed jokes — was a master class in old-school talk radio.