Wodehousekeeping

Ian looks at the 1997 posthumous collection of Wodehouse short school stories, Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere, featuring stories that first appeared in magazines from 1901-1911. No plot spoilers for once, except one that comes with an advance warning.WIkipedia page for the bookMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums links:List of Doyle/Holmes references in Wodehouse's early worksIndex to school stories viewable at Madame EulalieGuide to early series characters, and an attempted explanation of which Jackson is whichOther Wodehouse works mentionedAll of the school novelsTales of St Austin'sPsmith in the CityThe Prince and Betty The Luck of the BodkinsNot George WashingtonJeeves and the Feudal Spirit"Treating of Cribs""The Fifteenth Man""From a Detective's Notebook" (The World of Mr Mulliner)"The Great Sermon Handicap"The Joan Romney storiesAlso mentionedDaniel H. Garrison and Neil Midkiff, Who's Who in Wodehouse (Third Expanded Edition)Tony Ring and Geoffrey Jaggard, Millennium Wodehouse ConcordanceHenry Bohn's Classic Library (used as "cribs" by Edwardian schoolboys)Barry PainThe works of Sir Arthur Conan DoyleOtto Penzler (ed.) SherlockPeter Cannon, "The Adventure of the Noble Husband"Without A ClueCharles Hamilton, the Greyfriars StoriesF C Burnand, "Happy Thoughts"Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion"Lewis Carroll, "Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter Writing"Punch Wodehousekeeping Podcast linksWodehousekeeping on BlueskyWodehousekeeping on Facebookemail: wodehousekeeping@gmail.com

Ian is rejoined by his brother Josh to scrutinise "Psmith in the City" AKA "The New Fold", the second Psmith novel, serialised in 1908-9 and collected in book form in 1910. It is a highly autobiographical account of reluctantly working in a London bank. Mike and Psmith's schooldays are behind them, but Mike is still fixated on cricket and Psmith is still out to cause disruption wherever possible. There will be spoilers and a soupçon of politics. Special thanks to the website Madam Eulalie's Rare Plums.Article mentioned in the show that helped explain the reference to the Unionist partyBradshaw's interview with Wodehouse, quoted in the episodeMark Hodson's annotations of the novel Other Wodehouse books and stories mentionedThe Gold BatMike at Wrykyn (Jackson Junior)Mike and Psmith (The Lost Lambs)Psmith JournalistLeave it to PsmithBig MoneyNot George WashingtonOver Seventy (Autobiography)The Luck StoneThe SwoopMoney in the Bank"The Goalkeeper and the Plutocrat""L'affaire Uncle John""Comrade Bingo"Wodehouse reference books mentioned and/or consultedRichard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work to the EndRobert McCrum, Wodehouse: A LifeNorman Murphy, A Wodehouse HandbookSophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersAlso mentionedThe Fosters of WorcestershireSir Arthur Conan DoyleLeslie Havergal BradshawHall CaineManchester UnitedJimmy and Tom TurnbullJerome K Jerome, Three Men in a BoatGeorge AdeJack HobbsThe Marx Brothers

Ian is joined by former teenage Wodehouse obsessive Gavin Bradbury to look at Plum's first country house novel, A Gentleman of Leisure AKA The Intrusion of Jimmy from 1910. The book is at once a light romantic story, an exposé of the corruption in the New York police force, a satire of "gentleman criminal" style stories, and a precurser to the Blandings novels. Ian is unable to be impartial about one of the first Wodehouse novels he ever read, whereas Gavin is more critical.We discuss the differences between the novel and the related novella "The Gem Collector", why this book was such a hit on stage and screen, changing mores in acceptable morality in early twentieth century entertainment, how Jimmy Pitt differs from our ideal Wodehouse leading man, and what's still missing from the later classic formula.Other Wodehouse books mentioned:The World of Mr MullinerThe Coming of BillSomething FreshThe Man UpstairsThe Heart of a GoofPsmith in the CityPsmith, JournalistThe Luck of the BodkinsAlso mentioned:Fawlty TowersThe Young OnesThe Kenny Everett ShowCoronation StreetA Sharp Intake of BreathThe Lennie and Jerry ShowTony HancockJames CagneyPhiladelphia StoryBringing Up BabyCary GrantWodehouse TV adaptationsJohn StapletonDouglas FairbanksJohn BarrymoreTim KeyE.W. Hornung, Raffles(The real) Spike MullinsTrading PlacesAlan BennettSteve CooganMiguel de Cervantes, Don QuixoteCharles Dickens, Pickwick PapersSir Walter Scott, "Marmion"The Seven Inches, "Stop Pestering Me"

Ian is joined by storyteller Matthew Bellwood to discuss Mike and Psmith, the second half of the double novel Mike, published in 1909. This is the debut of the beloved character Psmith, and the final public school novel by Wodehouse published in his lifetime.There will be spoilers. May contain knuts.Mike and Psmith at Project GutenbergThe Lost Lambs (magazine version) at Madame EulalieOther Wodehouse works referenced:Mike at WrykynPsmith in the CityPsmith, JournalistLeave it to PsmithSomething NewJoy in the Morning (Preface)The Globe By The Way Book"The Reformation of Study Sixteen""The Stone and the Weed""Society Gossip"Also referenced:Richard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work To The EndNorman Murphy, A Wodehouse HandbookDoris Buckler, "Thanks to Psmith"Terry PratchettDouglas AdamsJane Austen, Pride and PrejudiceStella Gibbons, Cold Comfort FarmKen Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestRupert D'Oyly-Carte (the inspiration for Psmith)Sir Kreemy Knut (Sharp's Toffee mascot)E C Segar, Thimble TheaterSir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sherlock Holmes storiesF Anstey, Babboo JabberjeeCharles Dickens, David CopperfieldRudyard Kipling, Stalky and CoE W Hornung, the Raffles storiesC. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, the Captain Kettle storiesArthur Ransome

Ian is rejoined by Alexander Rennie of the "Forgotten Towns" podcast to discuss Mike at Wrykyn, the first half of the double novel Mike, published in 1909. It's a public school story focused on cricket and introduces a new series character. Other Wodehouse books mentionedMike and PsmithPsmith in the CityPsmith JournalistLeave it to PsmithVery Good JeevesRing For Jeeves (the novel where Jeeves appears without Bertie Wooster)Laughing GasThe Mating SeasonA Gentleman of LeisureAlso referenced:Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook (copiously)Richard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work To The EndSophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse, A Life in Letters (source of all the letters quoted)Alec WaughMalcolm MuggeridgeGeorge OrwellThe Foster family of WorcestershireThe Haileybury walkoutClement AtleeVarious cricketersVictoria Wood

Ian is joined by composer Peter Falconer, of the How I Hobby podcast, to look at The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion (1909) a spoof of three separate Edwardian trends: invasion literature, the boy scout movement, and the music hall. Thanks again to madameeulalie.org. There will be spoilers.Content note: racismOther Wodehouse works mentioned:The Military Invasion of America (US version of the story)The Next InvasionEggs, Beans and CrumpetsThe Man UpstairsDo Butlers Burgle BanksWeekend WodehouseLove Among the ChickensOver SeventyThe Inimitable JeevesSummer LightningThe Prince and BettyAlso mentionedIonicusVladimir NabokovJ R R TolkienJohn Le CarréShirley JacksonWilliam le Queux, The Invasion of 1910Alfred and Hildebrand HarmsworthSaki When William CameBaden-Powell Scouting For BoysGeorge and Weedon Grossmith Diary of a NobodyI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (radio show)Ici on parle français (play)Ocean's Twelve (film)Big Train (TV show)Paul Hatcher, The World Stare-out Championship FinalJohn Major, My Old ManHenry LauderAndy G, "Tawny Owl"Aerated Bread CompanyNorman Murphy, A Wodehouse HandbookBart KennedyEdgar WallaceBugsy MaloneDouglas AdamsRob Grant and Doug NaylorTerry Pratchett

I am joined by Gwen Sheldon to look at extracts from The Globe By The Way Book — A Literary Quick-Lunch for People Who Have Only Got Five Minutes to Spare (1908) in particular the spoof serial "Women, Wine and Song". We also look at "For Love or Honour" (1907) a serial from the Globe By the Way daily newspaper column. Both works were written with Herbert Westbrook, the Prince of Slackers. Thanks to Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website for sharing these out-of-print delights!https://www.madameulalie.org/articles/Deconstructing_The_Globe_By_the_Way_Book.htmlhttps://www.madameulalie.org/globe/women_wine_song_01.htmlhttps://www.madameulalie.org/grp/For_Love_or_Honour.htmlAlso referenced:"Jeeves Takes Charge" from Carry On, Jeeves"Goodbye to All Cats" and "The Amazing Hat Mystery" from Young Men in SpatsNorman Murphy, A Wodehouse HandbookWodehouse scholars John Dawson, Karen Shotting and Neil MidkiffLewis CarrollWilliam Haselden, the book's illustratorThe work of Glen BaxterHall CaineWinston ChurchillJonathan SwiftAlexander PopeThe Suffragette movementBioscopes and myrioramasThe radium crazeThe Saphead (film)Flanders and Swann, "A Song of the Weather"E Phillips OppenheimPeter Motteaux (the "Was for him the work of a moment" chap)Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort FarmFrancis Beaumont, The Knight of the Burning PestleThere is little more to tell.

Ian Cockburn talks to Mora about the first of two collaborations with Herbert Westbrook, Not George Washington (1907), a semi-autobiographical novel about life in Edwardian London as a struggling writer. There will be spoilers.Free eBook of Not George Washington at Project GutenbergNot George Washington public domain audiobook at LibriVox(NB the book is not public domain in all countries)Also mentioned in the podcast:Reference books and resources:Norman Murphy's A Wodehouse HandbookSophie Ratcliffe's P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersDaniel Garrison & Neil Midkiff Who's Who in WodehouseMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums Other Wodehouse books and storiesOver Seventy (memoir)The Small BachelorLove Among the ChickensA Gentleman of Leisure "Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit" (Very Good, Jeeves)"Best Seller" (Mulliner Nights)"An Unfinished Collection""The Last Instance"Other booksGeorge Du Maurier, TrilbyGuy Thorne, When it was Dark (which I read about in Claud Cockburn's Bestseller)Not mentioned in the podcast is the archetype of "struggling London writer novels", George Gissing's New Grub StreetThis might be the painting of Napoleon and his generals Wodehouse meant.For more about Westbrook check out the podcasts on The Gold Bat and on Love Among the ChickensFor more about Seymour Hicks check out the episode on The Head of Kay'sMora's podcast (about the fantasy series/world Malazan) is Smiley'sThe music for the Boxing jingle is by Shaun Day.