June 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
N is for #Newspaper. Some newts of leisure at their club with postprandial cigar and newspaper. #AnimalAlphabets #PGWodehouse #newt @animalalphabets.bsky.social
April 21, 2024 at 9:45 PM
N is for #Newspaper. Some newts of leisure at their club with postprandial cigar and newspaper. #AnimalAlphabets #PGWodehouse #newt @animalalphabets.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
**Bertie**
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
**Bertie**
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Aunt Agatha is not a woman who is lightly thwarted."
— The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit."
P. G. Wodehouse, born on this day in 1881
P. G. Wodehouse, born on this day in 1881
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Facebook is reminding me of this doodle I did 12 years ago. Jaws, PG Wodehouse style. #Jaws #Jeeves #PGWodehouse
February 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Facebook is reminding me of this doodle I did 12 years ago. Jaws, PG Wodehouse style. #Jaws #Jeeves #PGWodehouse
November 21, 2024 at 8:07 AM
"He looked like a sheep with a secret sorrow" is one of my favourite lines in literature #PGWodehouse
June 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"He looked like a sheep with a secret sorrow" is one of my favourite lines in literature #PGWodehouse
On sympathy:
"I was so darned sorry for poor old Corky that I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I was so darned sorry for poor old Corky that I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
On sympathy:
"I was so darned sorry for poor old Corky that I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I was so darned sorry for poor old Corky that I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself."
— Bertie, Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
I’ve set myself a goal! I’m gonna read all of Jeeves and Wooster. I feel like I know what to expect (icks included 😬) since I’ve seen the Fry and Laurie series. I was surprised not all these stories are Jeeves and Wooster, like WHOtf is Pepper? Amusing writing tho. #MyManJeeves #PGWodehouse #Booksky
September 23, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I’ve set myself a goal! I’m gonna read all of Jeeves and Wooster. I feel like I know what to expect (icks included 😬) since I’ve seen the Fry and Laurie series. I was surprised not all these stories are Jeeves and Wooster, like WHOtf is Pepper? Amusing writing tho. #MyManJeeves #PGWodehouse #Booksky
"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs tight about the hips that season."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Narrator**
"Lord Emsworth is at his best in the company of pigs. Among human beings he achieves only a sort of wandering contentment; with the Empress of Blandings at his side he attains true serenity."
— Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Lord Emsworth is at his best in the company of pigs. Among human beings he achieves only a sort of wandering contentment; with the Empress of Blandings at his side he attains true serenity."
— Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
**Narrator**
"Lord Emsworth is at his best in the company of pigs. Among human beings he achieves only a sort of wandering contentment; with the Empress of Blandings at his side he attains true serenity."
— Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"Lord Emsworth is at his best in the company of pigs. Among human beings he achieves only a sort of wandering contentment; with the Empress of Blandings at his side he attains true serenity."
— Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
April's book sent out to all of you subscribing to the Lord Emsworth Book of the Month Club
#pgwodehouse
#pgwodehouse
There's now also a substack version of this old article:
Book review: ‘The medieval pig’ by Dolly Jørgensen
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book review: ‘The medieval pig’ by Dolly Jørgensen
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book review: ‘The medieval pig’ by Dolly Jørgensen (2024)
I love history books that are all about a specific subject, it shows that a historian has become obsessed about one thing and that they’ve likely spend more time than is healthy researching it.
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com
March 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
April's book sent out to all of you subscribing to the Lord Emsworth Book of the Month Club
#pgwodehouse
#pgwodehouse
I’m in need of something that will make me smile. It’s nearing the end of the school year and I need country houses with strident aunts and annoying Boy Scouts. #PGWodehouse
June 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m in need of something that will make me smile. It’s nearing the end of the school year and I need country houses with strident aunts and annoying Boy Scouts. #PGWodehouse
_Bertie, mid-crisis, seeking some form of moral support:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 23, 2026 at 12:33 PM
_Bertie, mid-crisis, seeking some form of moral support:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, I have a feeling that Fate is against me."
— The Mating Season (1949)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_On whether sartorial standards may be relaxed during a crisis:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
_On whether sartorial standards may be relaxed during a crisis:_
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
**Bertie:** "Jeeves, what do ties matter at a time like this?"
— The Code of the Woosters (1938)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
_The Hon. Galahad Threepwood, on the practical advantages of imprecision:_
"I have found in life that a little inexactitude saves a world of explanation."
— Galahad Threepwood, Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I have found in life that a little inexactitude saves a world of explanation."
— Galahad Threepwood, Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 20, 2026 at 7:19 PM
_The Hon. Galahad Threepwood, on the practical advantages of imprecision:_
"I have found in life that a little inexactitude saves a world of explanation."
— Galahad Threepwood, Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"I have found in life that a little inexactitude saves a world of explanation."
— Galahad Threepwood, Summer Lightning (1929)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
Today, listen to our latest World of Wodehouse Podcast by Patron, Sir Stephen Fry, giving his very personal account of his first Wodehouse encounter and why he loves the writing still. www.youtube.com/@PGWODEHOUSE...
February 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Today, listen to our latest World of Wodehouse Podcast by Patron, Sir Stephen Fry, giving his very personal account of his first Wodehouse encounter and why he loves the writing still. www.youtube.com/@PGWODEHOUSE...
Today we launch the latest in our World of Wodehouse Podcasts, with Patron Simon Brett, the writer and producer, giving his personal thoughts on the great writer. www.youtube.com/@PGWODEHOUSE...
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today we launch the latest in our World of Wodehouse Podcasts, with Patron Simon Brett, the writer and producer, giving his personal thoughts on the great writer. www.youtube.com/@PGWODEHOUSE...
Bertie, on the formative years:
"The only reason I went to school was to improve my mind, but I am bound to confess that the process took a good deal of time."
— Bertie, Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"The only reason I went to school was to improve my mind, but I am bound to confess that the process took a good deal of time."
— Bertie, Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
September 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Bertie, on the formative years:
"The only reason I went to school was to improve my mind, but I am bound to confess that the process took a good deal of time."
— Bertie, Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit
"The only reason I went to school was to improve my mind, but I am bound to confess that the process took a good deal of time."
— Bertie, Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
#PGWodehouse #Wodehouse #ClassicLit