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What ho, Wednesday! For those of you celebrating International Accounting Day, how about reading 'Do Butlers Burgle Banks', a story of inheritances, heists and shootouts. Are ill-gotten gains tax deductible? #accountancy #wodehouse
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What ho, Wednesday! For those of you celebrating International Accounting Day, how about reading 'Do Butlers Burgle Banks', a story of inheritances, heists and shootouts. Are ill-gotten gains tax deductible? #accountancy #wodehouse
What ho, Wednesday! It's Stress Awareness Day so make sure you look after yourselves. Dust off that yoga mat, decide to sip some soothing herbal tea instead (bit easier), then decide that even easier is a glass of wine. We intended to do the yoga we swear!
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What ho, Wednesday! It's Stress Awareness Day so make sure you look after yourselves. Dust off that yoga mat, decide to sip some soothing herbal tea instead (bit easier), then decide that even easier is a glass of wine. We intended to do the yoga we swear!
What ho, Wednesday! "Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in Ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them too prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share."
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What ho, Wednesday! "Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in Ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them too prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share."
We've been informed of a special treat for Wodehouse fans - The Cinema Museum will be hosting a previously lost 1927 PG Wodehouse film, ’The Small Bachelor’ on 23rd of November. Please see the following webpage for details: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/kenning...
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We've been informed of a special treat for Wodehouse fans - The Cinema Museum will be hosting a previously lost 1927 PG Wodehouse film, ’The Small Bachelor’ on 23rd of November. Please see the following webpage for details: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/kenning...
What ho, Wednesday! Unsure of what to dress as for Halloween next week? Take a leaf (or not) from Gussie in ‘Right ho, Jeeves’. Mephistopheles is a bit of a mouthful to say and complicated to explain, mind you. But there's plenty of other characters in fancy dress to give you ideas.
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What ho, Wednesday! Unsure of what to dress as for Halloween next week? Take a leaf (or not) from Gussie in ‘Right ho, Jeeves’. Mephistopheles is a bit of a mouthful to say and complicated to explain, mind you. But there's plenty of other characters in fancy dress to give you ideas.
There's just one month to go until the deadline for the UK Society's Essay Prize so we hope you are putting the finishing touches to your submissions! Emails are coming in thick-and-fast so we're doing our best to keep up.
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There's just one month to go until the deadline for the UK Society's Essay Prize so we hope you are putting the finishing touches to your submissions! Emails are coming in thick-and-fast so we're doing our best to keep up.
What ho, Wednesday! Today is P.G. Wodehouse's birthday, born on 15th October 1881. Get yourself a cake, raise a martini, pull the autobiography off the bookshelf and have yourself a blast. #wodehouse #martini
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What ho, Wednesday! Today is P.G. Wodehouse's birthday, born on 15th October 1881. Get yourself a cake, raise a martini, pull the autobiography off the bookshelf and have yourself a blast. #wodehouse #martini
We're still nursing 'mild' hangovers, the kind of which "the noise of the cat stamping about in the passage outside [causes] exquisite discomfort" after our biannual PGW Society Dinner hosted at Gray's Inn last week. Photograph by PicturePartnership.
October 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We're still nursing 'mild' hangovers, the kind of which "the noise of the cat stamping about in the passage outside [causes] exquisite discomfort" after our biannual PGW Society Dinner hosted at Gray's Inn last week. Photograph by PicturePartnership.
What ho, Tuesday(?!) Thursday is World Post Day. To honour PGW who used to fling his envelopes out of the window knowing someone would pop it in the nearest postbox we'll be tossing letters about. If I do this I run the risk of enraging the local squirrel population who I doubt know what to do.
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
What ho, Tuesday(?!) Thursday is World Post Day. To honour PGW who used to fling his envelopes out of the window knowing someone would pop it in the nearest postbox we'll be tossing letters about. If I do this I run the risk of enraging the local squirrel population who I doubt know what to do.
What ho, Wednesday! Saturday is National Animal Day. Here's our first delve into the Wodehouse archive housed @britishlibrary.bsky.social; an Uncle Fred story about a friendship between a greyhound and a cat. Anyone good at reading handwriting is welcome to transcribe!
October 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What ho, Wednesday! Saturday is National Animal Day. Here's our first delve into the Wodehouse archive housed @britishlibrary.bsky.social; an Uncle Fred story about a friendship between a greyhound and a cat. Anyone good at reading handwriting is welcome to transcribe!
What ho, Wednesday! It’s Oktoberfest so here’s a collection of lovely German translations of a variety of Wodehouse for those who read it, so sit down with a beer and a bratwurst and celebrate.
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What ho, Wednesday! It’s Oktoberfest so here’s a collection of lovely German translations of a variety of Wodehouse for those who read it, so sit down with a beer and a bratwurst and celebrate.
We're only two months away from the deadline for essays for the Society's essay competition in 2025. Deadline is 17 November! www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/essayprize
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We're only two months away from the deadline for essays for the Society's essay competition in 2025. Deadline is 17 November! www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/essayprize
What ho, Wednesday! Tomorrow in 1902, Wodehouse published his first of (give or take) ninety books, The Pothunters. Time to have a nice cup of tea (or something stronger) to celebrate. Pip pip!
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What ho, Wednesday! Tomorrow in 1902, Wodehouse published his first of (give or take) ninety books, The Pothunters. Time to have a nice cup of tea (or something stronger) to celebrate. Pip pip!
What ho, Wednesday! International Literacy Day passed earlier this week. We had a spiffing time amongst the bookshelves celebrating the gifts literacy has given us, although not everything is for everyone: “Bertie, do you read Tennyson?"; "Not if I can help.”
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
What ho, Wednesday! International Literacy Day passed earlier this week. We had a spiffing time amongst the bookshelves celebrating the gifts literacy has given us, although not everything is for everyone: “Bertie, do you read Tennyson?"; "Not if I can help.”
What Ho, Wednesday! In a couple of days it's Read a Book Day. What are you reading to mark the occasion? 'If I were You', I'd be on the Wodehouse of course.
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What Ho, Wednesday! In a couple of days it's Read a Book Day. What are you reading to mark the occasion? 'If I were You', I'd be on the Wodehouse of course.
What ho, Wednesday! Yesterday was National Dog Day. There's lots of dogs in Wodehouse's fiction and his real life. A fan of the pekinese there's plenty of them to choose from. Why not read 'Ukridge's Dog College', where there are six. Illustration from 1923's Strand by Reginald Cleaver.
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What ho, Wednesday! Yesterday was National Dog Day. There's lots of dogs in Wodehouse's fiction and his real life. A fan of the pekinese there's plenty of them to choose from. Why not read 'Ukridge's Dog College', where there are six. Illustration from 1923's Strand by Reginald Cleaver.
There's still a few performances of Wodehouse in Wonderland (very favourably reviewed in the @dailymail.co.uk yesterday and elsewhere previously) so get to the @edfringe.bsky.social and pop on over to the Assembly George Square Studio before Sunday!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
There's still a few performances of Wodehouse in Wonderland (very favourably reviewed in the @dailymail.co.uk yesterday and elsewhere previously) so get to the @edfringe.bsky.social and pop on over to the Assembly George Square Studio before Sunday!
What ho, Wednesday! Now for some wonderful editions of ‘Right ho Jeeves’ (top left), ‘Thank you, Jeeves’ (top right), and ‘Code of the Woosters’ (bottom). A beautiful edition to any bookshelf, regardless of your ability to speak other languages!
August 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What ho, Wednesday! Now for some wonderful editions of ‘Right ho Jeeves’ (top left), ‘Thank you, Jeeves’ (top right), and ‘Code of the Woosters’ (bottom). A beautiful edition to any bookshelf, regardless of your ability to speak other languages!
What ho, Wednesday! In a few days it's National Rum Day. Lots of things are described as 'rummy' in Wodehouse. Not the right sort of rum we understand, but any excuse will do.
August 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What ho, Wednesday! In a few days it's National Rum Day. Lots of things are described as 'rummy' in Wodehouse. Not the right sort of rum we understand, but any excuse will do.
What ho, Wednesday! We’re putting this one out to the community - it’s Korean, but what’s the book? The usually helpful Google Translate comes up with ‘the editor regrets these three years’. Answers on a postcard, please! A beautiful volume nonetheless.
August 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What ho, Wednesday! We’re putting this one out to the community - it’s Korean, but what’s the book? The usually helpful Google Translate comes up with ‘the editor regrets these three years’. Answers on a postcard, please! A beautiful volume nonetheless.
A reminder that the P G Wodehouse Society (UK)'s Essay prize for 2025 is happening at the minute! Welcoming all comers we are hoping for as fascinating entries as we had last time. There's a new FAQ on the thorny issue of AI. www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/essayprize
August 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A reminder that the P G Wodehouse Society (UK)'s Essay prize for 2025 is happening at the minute! Welcoming all comers we are hoping for as fascinating entries as we had last time. There's a new FAQ on the thorny issue of AI. www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/essayprize
What ho, Wednesday! It’s International Friendship Day today, so let’s celebrate by indulging in ‘Mike and Psmith’, two friends for the ages. Other stories of friendship are available, of course.
July 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What ho, Wednesday! It’s International Friendship Day today, so let’s celebrate by indulging in ‘Mike and Psmith’, two friends for the ages. Other stories of friendship are available, of course.
What ho, Wednesday! We found this amongst the collection - a poster from a production of ‘By Jeeves’ in Japan from 2014. It looks like it was a glorious production. Let’s hope there’s others to come soon!
July 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
What ho, Wednesday! We found this amongst the collection - a poster from a production of ‘By Jeeves’ in Japan from 2014. It looks like it was a glorious production. Let’s hope there’s others to come soon!
What ho, Wednesday! This is a Latvian translation entitled ‘Cheers, Jeeves!’. Answers on a postcard to what the English version is. Our Latvian is not really up to scratch. Or existent. At all.
July 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What ho, Wednesday! This is a Latvian translation entitled ‘Cheers, Jeeves!’. Answers on a postcard to what the English version is. Our Latvian is not really up to scratch. Or existent. At all.
What ho, Wednesday! An image from this week's Society meeting at the Savile Club where Paul Kent delivered his yearly quiz to those who assembled both in person and online. Always challenging, but with a sense of camaraderie for those of us without encyclopaedic knowledge of the Wodehouse canon.
July 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What ho, Wednesday! An image from this week's Society meeting at the Savile Club where Paul Kent delivered his yearly quiz to those who assembled both in person and online. Always challenging, but with a sense of camaraderie for those of us without encyclopaedic knowledge of the Wodehouse canon.