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"His grin, the way he'd sneak around causing chaos and then act like nothing happened, made life with him unpredictable but never dull," they said.

Phil debut in 2011, bringing an uninhibited lustiness to Handel, and with each successive appearance she has caused the Baroque to seem increasingly modern, almost as unpredictable and changeable as Boulez.

Everybody can come in, and that makes it unpredictable, and unpredictable can be scary.

Despite his unpredictable behaviour, Mr Incredible was runner-up in the Midlands Grand National last year when based with Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins.

But these days, she said, “it’s the closing of an experience — for now. Because life can be unpredictable.”