Celebrating P G Wodehouse

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

Join us in sharing why we love the works of that Master Writer, Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

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Blog Posts

Prem Rao

You Must Take Part

Posted by Prem Rao on October 31, 2009 at 5:16pm

Prem Rao

Do youngsters read Wodehouse these days?

Posted by Prem Rao on October 21, 2009 at 1:52pm

Prem Rao

Plum's First Review in The Times

Posted by Prem Rao on October 17, 2009 at 7:23am

Prem Rao

Happy Birthday, Plum!

Posted by Prem Rao on October 15, 2009 at 12:35pm

Shiv Nair

Who Remembers Guy Bolton?

Posted by Shiv Nair on October 14, 2009 at 3:34pm

 

Latest Activity

Prem Rao added a blog post
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 kno...
October 31
Prem Rao added a blog post
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
Prem Rao added a blog post
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...
October 17
Prem Rao added a blog post
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
Shiv Nair added a blog post
Some weeks ago I came across a movie called Picadilly Jim on one of the TV movie channels. I jumped at the chance of actually seeing a Wodehosue movie, but to my dismay it was an updated version of the story, with all the fun and charm removed to ...
October 14
Gosh I like this theme- imagine Gussie Fink-Nottle tweeting about newts, the Earl of Emsworth about pigs and their diet and Jeeves about the psychology of the individual:)
October 14
Come to think of it, it would be hilarious if our favourite characters from Plum used Twitter. What do you think they would say? I am sure Clarence would use up all 140 characters for saying " What,what,what, eh, what?"
October 14
I have given the link, old chap. http://twitter.com/pgwodehouse Sadly the person is not too active.
October 14
Eh, what? Where on Twitter?
October 14
Something important coming up
October 14
Prem Rao added a blog post
Charles Moore had this review on Plum in The Telegraph. Evelyn Waugh called him " the head of my profession" and Charles Moore says he is the "patron saint" of writers. Well said!
October 13
Prem Rao added a blog post
Delighted to see P G Wodehouse on Twitter. I wish he/she were more active:)
October 6
Prem Rao added a blog post
Remember I wrote a few days ago about the exhibition called " Plum Pie" at Heywood Hill, the bookshop in Curzon Street? I thank PGW Net for this link to the audio slideshow on the event. PGW Net, as I am sure you will know as Plum fans, is the m...
September 27
Prem Rao added a blog post
Here's a memorable description of the scene in Twing Village Hall from " The Metropolitan Touch" featuring Bingo Little:- " There was no doubt about it, it caught the eye. It was about seven foot long and most of the lettering in about as bright ...
September 23
Prem Rao added a blog post
The Daily Mail tells us about an exhibition on Wodehouse at Heywood Hill bookshop at Curzon Street. It says visitors will be given slugs of high octane Martinis. Read more about the exhibition which is from Sept 21 to Oct 16 at the website of He...
September 19
Prem Rao added a blog post
Read this interesting article in the Deccan Herald by M J Akbar. I am sure you will like it too. Some part of the fascination for Plum was the amazing names he came up with-across the social spectrum.
September 11

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Prem Rao

Memorable Moments from Wodehouse 5 Replies

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

Murali Swaminathan

World of Wodehouse BBC 1 Reply

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

Murali Swaminathan

Aunt Agatha 5 Replies

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

 
 

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