There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.

From Right Ho, Jeeves which I’m re-reading as my bedtime book. No matter how many times I read that line, it still makes me laugh. Genius.

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Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera , Simon Brett
Mr Chartwell, Rebecca Hunt
Very Good, Jeeves, P G Wodehouse
Girls of the Swallow Patrol, S E Marten
The Traveller Returns , Patricia Wentworth (Miss Silver)
The Double Image, Helen Macinnes
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess, Simon Brett
Bones Under the Beach Hut , Simon ( Read more... )

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I was going to post today about Mary Portas and her doomed attempt to turn around a failing charity shop but thelondonpauper has said it all brilliantly already. So, having misled you twice...


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I enjoyed the Radio4 dramatisation of Something Fresh. Martin Jarvis was splendid as Lord Emsworth, although I’ll always think of Richard Vernon in the role. Now here’s a puzzle. For as long as I’ve known about P G Wodehouse, I’ve pronounced his name, ‘Woodhouse’. Last week on The Book Quiz Kirsty Wark said ‘Woadhouse’ and I heard the same ( Read more... )

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