Readiscovery

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Tag: PG Wodehouse

  • Faulks Wodehouse or faux pas?

    Carry On, Jeeves? No way, not when the Master is dead. The devotees are crying blue murder, aghast at the forthcoming tale about Wooster and Jeeves not written by PG Wodehouse himself . They are astounded by the audacity of Sebastian Faulks, who is adding a sequel to the canon…

  • Cuppa and other words first used by P.G. Wodehouse

    When you think of P.G. Wodehouse, you think of pigs, aunts, potty earls and dapper younger brothers, unflappable omniscient butlers, goofy young men and irresistible young women – and a language that’s absolutely unique, peppered with words and phrases as funny  and bizarre as the situations the characters get into.…

  • PG Wodehouse and the Garden of Eden

    Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong invoked the Garden of Eden while talking about the racial and religious harmony that exists in Singapore. (See previous post.) I love Singapore but never thought of it in those terms. For what is the Garden of Eden but a paradise lost? I am…