{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64c029908ab13d001262e484/65e1f977cedd730017abda55?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The White Feather with Ujjwal Deb","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64c029908ab13d001262e484/1709307317973-9639a8a407fddd0ecd84f96a10fb3191.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ian talks to Ujjwal Deb about the eighth P. G. Wodehouse book, \"The White Feather\" (1907), a public school novel set at Wrykyn School, in some ways a sequel to \"The Gold Bat\". Spoilers feature early and often.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics discussed include:</p><ul><li>Wodehouse's popularity in India</li><li>Ujjwal's experience on the TV show <em>Mastermind</em></li><li>The schoolboy code of honour</li><li>The possible real-life origin of Wrykyn</li><li>Whether the Jackson in this book is any relation to Mike (of Mike and Psmith)</li><li>Motor cars and motoring regulations in the Edwardian age</li><li>Racism in boxing in the period, and in public school life and literature.</li><li>C. S. Calverley and Thomas Babington Macaulay (both quoted in the book)</li><li>The history and meaning of the symbol, \"the white feather\"</li><li><em>Tom Brown's Schooldays</em> by Thomas Hughes</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"iandishes"}