Thursday, 15 August 2024

He had created a world that was complete, self-sufficient and almost faultless

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The man and his work were one. Evelyn Waugh later described Wodehouse’s work as timeless, but it is also immutable. The comparative lack of ...
Wednesday, 14 August 2024

The moral test with which Wodehouse was confronted in June 1941 was one that was beyond him

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The moral test with which Wodehouse was confronted in June 1941 was one that was beyond him. In addition to his upbringing, there was his te...
Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Millions are to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots

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Wodehouse was not alone in flirting with the studios. The talkies had triggered a new gold rush, anticipated by Herman Mankiewicz when in 19...
Monday, 15 July 2024

Change in to white flannels, play from midday to sundown, breaking only for a cold lunch and a pint or two in the pavilion

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Every summer weekend during this opulent decade, young men from the City, or the Imperial Civil Service, or the newspaper and magazine world...
Sunday, 14 July 2024

The old postcards to not detect Maurilia as it was but a different city which, by chance, was called Maurilia

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It is pointless to ask whether the new ones are better or worse than the old, since there is no connection between them, just as the old pos...
Saturday, 13 July 2024

Fifty-six units a week as the safe upper limit for male alcohol consumption

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Back in 1982 both the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Medical Journal’s ABC of alcohol were giving fifty-six units a week as ...
Friday, 12 July 2024

His Majesty was brought up on beer and so were his ancestors and his officers

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It is disgusting to notice the increase in coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of the country in consequence. E...