The Jeeves and Wooster TV series is such a gift. The scripts (based heavily on Wodehouse’s original stories) are brilliant, the settings and costumes are lovely, and Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are note-perfect as Bertie and Jeeves. It also gets bonus points for being overtly anti-fascist.
February 15, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The Jeeves and Wooster TV series is such a gift. The scripts (based heavily on Wodehouse’s original stories) are brilliant, the settings and costumes are lovely, and Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are note-perfect as Bertie and Jeeves. It also gets bonus points for being overtly anti-fascist.
Not the first edition, I'm afraid; that's the Everyman Wodehouse Library hardcover design from 2001. Here's the first edition from Herbert Jenkins in 1936. Please excuse the correction!
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Not the first edition, I'm afraid; that's the Everyman Wodehouse Library hardcover design from 2001. Here's the first edition from Herbert Jenkins in 1936. Please excuse the correction!
Dulwich has Wodehouse's study recreated with all its contents on display. It's worth a visit if you're a fan.
February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Dulwich has Wodehouse's study recreated with all its contents on display. It's worth a visit if you're a fan.
Like so many of Wodehouse’s ‘Mulliner’ stories, this comes across as a repurposed bit of business from a Bertie Wooster novel. The delivery is quintessential Wodehouse but there’s a nagging sense that the events described are taking place divorced of greater context. #TheStoryOfWebster #PGWodehouse
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Like so many of Wodehouse’s ‘Mulliner’ stories, this comes across as a repurposed bit of business from a Bertie Wooster novel. The delivery is quintessential Wodehouse but there’s a nagging sense that the events described are taking place divorced of greater context. #TheStoryOfWebster #PGWodehouse
This sounds like some grimly twisted version of Galahad Threepwood's memoirs in P. G. Wodehouse's Summer Lightning.
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
This sounds like some grimly twisted version of Galahad Threepwood's memoirs in P. G. Wodehouse's Summer Lightning.
#BookReview for "Doctor Who: The Auntie Matter"
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
2.1. Doctor Who: The Auntie Matter - Doctor Who - The Fourth Doctor Adventures - Big Finish
Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, Avengers, Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Leg...
www.bigfinish.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:17 AM
#BookReview for "Doctor Who: The Auntie Matter"
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
Anyone who's a fan of both P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories and Doctor Who will find this highly entertaining. It's a touch sillier than most Dr. Who audiobooks, but has many classic elements.
www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/d...
Look, basically I haven’t a pissing clue. It may be Wodehouse’s invention, or it may have been doing the rounds at the time, and I don’t have time to find out.
Anyway, tinkerty tonk (or however you wish to spell it) and down with the Nazis (of whom I’m afraid we’ll hear more tomorrow)
Anyway, tinkerty tonk (or however you wish to spell it) and down with the Nazis (of whom I’m afraid we’ll hear more tomorrow)
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Look, basically I haven’t a pissing clue. It may be Wodehouse’s invention, or it may have been doing the rounds at the time, and I don’t have time to find out.
Anyway, tinkerty tonk (or however you wish to spell it) and down with the Nazis (of whom I’m afraid we’ll hear more tomorrow)
Anyway, tinkerty tonk (or however you wish to spell it) and down with the Nazis (of whom I’m afraid we’ll hear more tomorrow)
However... Wiktionary cites Wodehouse’s 1927 work, The Small Bachelor, in which Mrs Waddington tells Lord Hunstanton he will find her on the roof. “‘On the roof. Right! Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment,’ said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs.”
tinkety-tonk - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en.wiktionary.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:58 AM
However... Wiktionary cites Wodehouse’s 1927 work, The Small Bachelor, in which Mrs Waddington tells Lord Hunstanton he will find her on the roof. “‘On the roof. Right! Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment,’ said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs.”
At times current events overwhelm me. I’ve found an episode or two of this incredibly funny adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster & his valet Jeeves to be a perfect antidote. Hard to imagine better casting.
“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
At times current events overwhelm me. I’ve found an episode or two of this incredibly funny adaptation of P. G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster & his valet Jeeves to be a perfect antidote. Hard to imagine better casting.
“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
“There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
I loved PG Wodehouse's Hollywood character *The Nodder*, who was like a yes - man but so low status he wasn't permitted to speak.
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I loved PG Wodehouse's Hollywood character *The Nodder*, who was like a yes - man but so low status he wasn't permitted to speak.
And although it predates their entry into the public domain, P.H. Cannon's Scream for Jeeves recasts some Lovecraftian tales through the eyes of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster (with a touch of Sherlock Holmes)
www.publishersweekly.com/9780940884601
www.publishersweekly.com/9780940884601
Scream for Jeeves: A Parody by P. H. Cannon, Jason C. Eckhardt
Cannon parodies P.G. Wodehouse and H.P. Lovecraft by combining the two, and brevity, clean prose and a good ear make it work. Be...
www.publishersweekly.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:38 AM
And although it predates their entry into the public domain, P.H. Cannon's Scream for Jeeves recasts some Lovecraftian tales through the eyes of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster (with a touch of Sherlock Holmes)
www.publishersweekly.com/9780940884601
www.publishersweekly.com/9780940884601
sure but to me that's not treating it like a person (I think you need to ascribe it thoughts and emotions etc for that)
the conversational "assistant" interface is just how the machine works
the conversational "assistant" interface is just how the machine works
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
sure but to me that's not treating it like a person (I think you need to ascribe it thoughts and emotions etc for that)
the conversational "assistant" interface is just how the machine works
the conversational "assistant" interface is just how the machine works
These are works of art. I read every single one, and gave dramatic readings aloud to my partner across the room for at least half of them. They've really captured Wodehouse's style for Bertie and it's brilliant.
January 29, 2026 at 2:17 PM
These are works of art. I read every single one, and gave dramatic readings aloud to my partner across the room for at least half of them. They've really captured Wodehouse's style for Bertie and it's brilliant.
PG Wodehouse’s Bonfire of the Vanities.
Stephen King's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Dario Argento's Christmas Shoes
January 27, 2026 at 4:30 AM
PG Wodehouse’s Bonfire of the Vanities.
Cally has many soft and warm options of course but she often chooses to be among the boots and shoes. This reminds me of both @jortsthecat.bsky.social's boot tray (does he still sleep in the boot tray?) and also of PG Wodehouse's boy-who-does-the-shoes-and-boots Harold, from The Purity of the Turf
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Cally has many soft and warm options of course but she often chooses to be among the boots and shoes. This reminds me of both @jortsthecat.bsky.social's boot tray (does he still sleep in the boot tray?) and also of PG Wodehouse's boy-who-does-the-shoes-and-boots Harold, from The Purity of the Turf
Interesting conversation with
historian Sir Simon Schama
who uses P. G. Wodehouse’s phrase
‘amateur dictator’
to describe the US President
youtube.com/watch?v=c_6M...
historian Sir Simon Schama
who uses P. G. Wodehouse’s phrase
‘amateur dictator’
to describe the US President
youtube.com/watch?v=c_6M...
America is ‘no longer an ally’ | Historian Sir Simon Schama
YouTube video by Times News
youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Interesting conversation with
historian Sir Simon Schama
who uses P. G. Wodehouse’s phrase
‘amateur dictator’
to describe the US President
youtube.com/watch?v=c_6M...
historian Sir Simon Schama
who uses P. G. Wodehouse’s phrase
‘amateur dictator’
to describe the US President
youtube.com/watch?v=c_6M...
We are excited to announce that there's another podcast for all you Plum fans! Hal Cazalet, PGW's step-great grandson and author/performer known for his shows in the UK and overseas celebrating Wodehouse’s Broadway career, has created a podcast. Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and RSS!
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 AM
We are excited to announce that there's another podcast for all you Plum fans! Hal Cazalet, PGW's step-great grandson and author/performer known for his shows in the UK and overseas celebrating Wodehouse’s Broadway career, has created a podcast. Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and RSS!
P.G. Wodehouse’s “Right Ho, Jeeves” turns on the advisability of wearing a white mess jacket…
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
P.G. Wodehouse’s “Right Ho, Jeeves” turns on the advisability of wearing a white mess jacket…
PG Wodehouse’s books may not be to everyone’s taste/liking, but his consistent disdain for cops is one of my favorite aspects of his work.
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
PG Wodehouse’s books may not be to everyone’s taste/liking, but his consistent disdain for cops is one of my favorite aspects of his work.
Seeing this, posting my green
(minimising handling of the Gilbert, as I have concerns about the possible chemical contents of the green dye)
(minimising handling of the Gilbert, as I have concerns about the possible chemical contents of the green dye)
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Seeing this, posting my green
(minimising handling of the Gilbert, as I have concerns about the possible chemical contents of the green dye)
(minimising handling of the Gilbert, as I have concerns about the possible chemical contents of the green dye)
The first chapter of P. G. Wodehouse's THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS is a masterclass in setting up a novel. My MFA students study the opening scenes. The whole book is a lesson in escalation and structure. Plus, it's hilarious.
January 22, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The first chapter of P. G. Wodehouse's THE CODE OF THE WOOSTERS is a masterclass in setting up a novel. My MFA students study the opening scenes. The whole book is a lesson in escalation and structure. Plus, it's hilarious.
For those who might be interested, Ilkley Oxfam bookshop had a near full set of PG Wodehouse’s Blandings books this afternoon. Newest paperback editions, in the classic literature section.
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
For those who might be interested, Ilkley Oxfam bookshop had a near full set of PG Wodehouse’s Blandings books this afternoon. Newest paperback editions, in the classic literature section.
Hmm... I've read some of Wodehouse's stuff, but I'm not sure the humor will survive much longer. Humor itself seems to be under attack. I also read one derivative Jeeves books. Pretty sure is was "authorized", but I wasn't too favorably impressed by it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Hmm... I've read some of Wodehouse's stuff, but I'm not sure the humor will survive much longer. Humor itself seems to be under attack. I also read one derivative Jeeves books. Pretty sure is was "authorized", but I wasn't too favorably impressed by it.
Personally, I take such literary depictions (‘The Go-between’ etc.) with a large pinch of salt. Few really reflect what my research revealed.
Wodehouse’s mask certainly slipped when not writing fiction.
Wodehouse’s mask certainly slipped when not writing fiction.
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Personally, I take such literary depictions (‘The Go-between’ etc.) with a large pinch of salt. Few really reflect what my research revealed.
Wodehouse’s mask certainly slipped when not writing fiction.
Wodehouse’s mask certainly slipped when not writing fiction.
Recently re-read PG Wodehouse's 'Right-ho Jeeves' and found myself not just laughing out loud, but in tears of laughter. Cats thought I was having a breakdown.
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Recently re-read PG Wodehouse's 'Right-ho Jeeves' and found myself not just laughing out loud, but in tears of laughter. Cats thought I was having a breakdown.