Celebrating P G Wodehouse

Celebrating P G Wodehouse- What Ho! What Ho! What Ho!

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Ian Carmichael-RIP

Posted by Prem Rao on February 8, 2010 at 8:32am

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Who's This? - 2

Posted by Prem Rao on February 5, 2010 at 8:38pm

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Who's This? First of a New Series!

Posted by Prem Rao on February 3, 2010 at 8:22am — 1 Comment

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Plum for Lord Haw Haw

Posted by Prem Rao on February 2, 2010 at 1:30pm

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Happy New Year

Posted by Prem Rao on December 31, 2009 at 8:38pm

 

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Developing your mental picture of what a character in a book looks like depends on the skill of the writer- and your own imagination. Seeing him on the screen means something else. The actor begins to epitomize the character for us as viewers. Ian C…
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" His was a life which lacked, perhaps , the sublimer emotions which raised man to the level of the Gods, but it was undeniably an extremely happy one. He never experienced the thrill of ambition fulfilled, but, on the other hand, he never knew the…
on Friday
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February 3
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Wherever you are on this here planet, here's wishing you and yours A Very Happy New Year. May 2010 be a great year for you. Cheers! Prem
December 31, 2009
Happy New Year, old tops!
December 31, 2009
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Remember I posted about the Wodehouse quotes contest at the Plum Idol event organised at Heywood Hill? More than 200 favourite quotes from Wodehouse were posted at their web site. The quote that won with the most votes was: “As for Gussie Fink-Not…
December 3, 2009
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November 27, 2009
Flaneur magazine What ho! So many books, so many laughs! The plots! The turn of phrase! The aunts! Plum was a genius
November 10, 2009
November 10, 2009
Flaneur magazine is now a member of Celebrating P G Wodehouse
November 10, 2009
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The long silence is attributable to The National Novel Writing Month in which I am participating. We are to dash off 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30. I am past 22,000 as on November 10. Sadly my novel is not about Plum or Plum's cha…
November 10, 2009
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Thanks to Barbara Combs for pointing this out to me. Heywood Hill has a contest called Plum Idol going in which you vote for your favourite quotation from Wodehouse amongst some on offer. The contest closes on November 16 - so hurry! Let em know…
October 31, 2009
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Many of us started reading Plum when we were fairly young. I wonder do youngsters read Plum these days? Do they read much of him or not at all? I realize that his stories are dated in terms of a very different era but the language was captivating.…
October 21, 2009
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Here is Plum's first review in The Times. This was dug out from the archives for 1921 "I think this the funniest story I have ever written" wrote Wodehouse about "Three Men and A Maid". We know he has written many more funnier stories and given u…
October 17, 2009
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Eggs, Beans & Crumpets. Lend me your ears. Let's wish The Master a Happy Birthday on his 128th birth anniversary. Plum as you know was born on October 15, 1881. What ho! What ho!! What ho!!!
October 15, 2009

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Prem Rao

Memorable Moments from Wodehouse 5 Replies

Started by Prem Rao. Last reply by Prem Rao Jun. 1, 2009.

Murali Swaminathan

World of Wodehouse BBC 1 Reply

Started by Murali Swaminathan. Last reply by Nick Hobart May. 28, 2009.

Murali Swaminathan

Aunt Agatha 5 Replies

Started by Murali Swaminathan. Last reply by Nick Hobart May. 28, 2009.

 
 
 

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