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…

" 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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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!!!