“No, I’m fine to watch it from here. I panic around too many people in a crowd actually.” “As for the great sense of hope — darling, anything would be hope once Bush was gone, as far as I’m concerned. I actually left America when he got in. The change already feels better, even from here.”I didn’t spot Beyoncé, I think she has a fantastic voice, but I loved Aretha Franklin’s singing — and her bow hat: “I just hope she had real diamonds in that thing. A little bling!”