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Wodehousekeeping
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Ian Cockburn and guests discuss the work of P. G. Wodehouse, one book at a time.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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July 1, 2026
Indiscretions of Archie with Peter Falconer
<p>Ian is rejoined by composer, writer, musician, voice artist, and parafictionalist <a href="http://peterfalconer.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Falconer </a>to look at Indiscretions of Archie (1921), a series of short stories adapted into the form of a novel. Topics arising include the First World War, Prohibition, 'the Irish question' and Labour Relations.</p><p>There will be plot spoilers. </p><p>Next month: The Clicking of Cuthbert, or Golf Without Tears.</p><p>You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com. </p><p>Replenish the show's doubloons at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received.</p><p>Hob nob and so forth at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wodehousekeeping.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094742356860" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><p><strong>Reference works consulted</strong></p><p>Robert McCrum: Wodehouse: A Life</p><p>Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters</p><p>Norman Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook</p><p>Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition</p><p>Lee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern</p><p><a href="https://www.madameulalie.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website</a></p><p>Wikipedia</p><p><strong>Other Wodehouse works alluded to</strong></p><p>The Swoop</p><p>A Gentleman of Leisure</p><p>Piccadilly Jim</p><p>The Inimitable Jeeves</p><p>The Code of the Woosters</p><p>The Prince and Betty</p><p>"Extricating Young Gussie"</p><p>"Leave it to Jeeves" AKA "The Artistic Career of Corky"</p><p>A Damsel in Distress</p><p>"Jeeves and the Chump Cyril"</p><p>Bring on the Girls (with Guy Bolton)</p><p>"We're Crooks" (song)</p><p>Uneasy Money</p><p>"Napoleon" (song)</p><p>"In Alcala"</p><p>"Doing Clarence a Bit of Good"</p><p>"Jeeves Makes an Omelette"</p><p><strong>Also mentioned </strong></p><p>Baldwin King-Hall</p><p>Herbert Westbrook</p><p>Ella King-Hall</p><p><a href="https://www.madameulalie.org/biblia/biblia.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Biblia Wodehousiana</a></p><p>T. D. Skidmore (US illustrator)</p><p>Fred Astaire</p><p>A. Wallis Mills (UK illustrator)</p><p>Ian Hay</p><p>C H Bovill</p><p>James Bond</p><p>"Fatty" Arbuckle</p><p>Abe Erlanger</p><p>Abgail's Party</p><p><strong>Song snippets</strong></p><p>The Archies, "Sugar Sugar"</p><p>Sananda Maitreya, "If You Let Me Stay"</p><p>The Beach Boys, "It's Trying to Say"</p><p>The Divine Comedy, "Don't Mention the War"</p><p>Shonen Knife, "Fruits and Vegetables"</p><p>Little Richard, "Lucille"</p><p>Kenny Carter, "Showdown"</p><p>Sterling Trio "It's A Long Way Back To Mother's Knee" </p><p>Cole Porter, "You're the Top"</p><p>Noel Coward, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"</p><p>The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, "Annie's Cousin Fannie"</p><p>Flanders and Swann, "Strike"</p><p>Magnetic Fields, "Goin' Back to the Country"</p><p>Cocteau Twins, "Tishbite"</p><p>Georges Brassens, "La chanson pour l'Auvergnat"</p><p>Sting, "An Englishman in New York"</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
May 30, 2026
Jill the Reckless with Alexander Rennie
<p>Ian is joined for a fifth time by Alexander Rennie of the now concluded Forgotten Towns <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4yeV9M0p2H4uC03pJ1tXqe?si=92e211bc414e4408&nd=1&dlsi=cff1b8c77eeb4bb4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcast</a> and blog. They discuss Jill the Reckless, AKA The Little Warrior, from 1920. A standalone Anglo-American novel centred around the New York stage, it includes the first mention of the Drones Club. Ian and Alex both consider this one of the stronger Wodehouse books so far covered in the podcast. </p><p>There will be plot spoilers. </p><br><p>Next month: Indiscretions of Archie.</p><br><p>You can e-mail me at <a href="mailto:wodehousekeeping@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wodehousekeeping@gmail.com</a>. </p><p>Help finance the show, Otis Pilkington style, at <a href="https://shows.acast.com/wodehousekeeping/episodes/ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping</a>. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received.</p><p>Monitor my feeble attempts at self-promotion at <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wodehousekeeping.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094742356860" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><strong><u>Reference works consulted</u></strong></p><p>Robert McCrum: Wodehouse: A Life</p><p>Sophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters</p><p>Norman Murphy: A Wodehouse Handbook</p><p>Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third edition</p><p>Lee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern</p><p>Frances Donaldson, ed: Yours, Plum</p><p><a href="https://www.madameulalie.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_the_Reckless" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p><br><p><strong><u>Other Wodehouse works alluded to</u></strong></p><p>Something Fresh</p><p>The Prince and Betty</p><p>Uneasy Money</p><p>The Adventures of Sally</p><p>Leave it to Psmith</p><p>Bill the Conqueror</p><p>Big Money</p><p>"The Man Upstairs"</p><p>Indiscretions of Archie</p><p>The Inimitable Jeeves</p><p>A Damsel in Distress</p><p>"The Mixer"</p><p>The Luck of the Bodkins</p><p>The Rose of China</p><p>"Napoleon" in Have A Heart</p><p>The Small Bachelor</p><p>"Bill" in Show Boat</p><p>Anything Goes</p><p>Psmith Journalist</p><p>Company For Henry</p><br><p><strong><u>Also mentioned</u></strong></p><p>Alfred, Lord Tennyson</p><p>John Grant</p><p>Willy Mason</p><p>Walt Mason</p><p>Flanders and Swann, "The Safety Curtain", "Strike" and "In the D'Oyly Cart"</p><p>Richard D'Oyly Carte</p><p>Book of Daniel, The Bible</p><p>Beastie Boys, "Shadrach"</p><p>David Devant and His Spirit Wife, "Pimlico"</p><p>The Bowes-Lyons family</p><p>Dickens, David Copperfield and Bleak House</p><p>Beachcomber (J.B. Morton), the Captain Foulenough stories</p><p>Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy</p><p>Ian Sproat</p><p>Julian Mitchell</p><p>The Ziegfeld Follies</p><p>Abraham Lincoln Erlanger</p><p>Napoleon Bonaparte</p><p>Cockburn's Port</p><p>Rennie Heartburn and Indigestion Relief</p><p>Diet Coke</p><p>Etta James, "I Just Want to Make Love To You"</p><p>Automat</p><p>Omar Khayaam</p><p>Alexander Woollcott</p><p>William J Halley, "Pullman Porters on Parade"</p><p>Robert S. Bader, Four of the Three Musketeers</p><p>Apocrypals podcast</p><p>Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals </p><p>The Orange Tree, Richmond</p><p>Patricia Hodge</p><br><p>Thank you for reading the notes! Typing them sometimes feels a little futile, but you make it all worthwhile.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 30, 2026
A Damsel in Distress with Josh Cockburn
<p>Ian is joined again by his brother Josh to talk about P. G. Wodehouse's A Damsel in Distress, the 1919 standalone novel that has a lot of similiarites to a Blandings Novel. It also features the return of Keggs (The Man Upstairs, The Coming of Bill) and the themes of medieval-style chivalry, class snobbery and musical theatre. We also talk about the 1937 film version, starring Fred Astaire, featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, and a screenplay co-written by Wodehouse.</p><br><p>There will be spoilers.</p><br><p>You can e-mail me at <a href="mailto:wodehousekeeping@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wodehousekeeping@gmail.com</a>, anonymously or otherwise</p><p>Furnish me with the needful at <a href="https://shows.acast.com/wodehousekeeping/episodes/ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping</a></p><p>Join in the feast of reason and flow of soul on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wodehousekeeping.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094742356860" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><strong>Reference works consulted</strong></p><p>Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life</p><p>Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters</p><p>Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook</p><p>Richard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work to the End</p><p>Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff, Who's Who in Wodehouse</p><p>Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern</p><p>Barry Day, The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse</p><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/wodehousekeeping/episodes/madameulalie.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website</a></p><p>Wikipedia and IMDb</p><br><p><strong>Other works by Wodehouse mentioned: </strong></p><p>A Gentleman of Leisure</p><p>Something Fresh</p><p>A Damsel in Distress (play and film adaptations)</p><p>The Girl Behind the Gun (show)</p><p>"The Good Angel"</p><p>"<a href="https://www.madameulalie.org/strand/Love_Me_Love_My_Dog.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Love Me, Love My Dog</a>"</p><p>Something Fishy</p><p>Summer Lightning</p><p>Bachelors Anonymous</p><p>"Sir Agravaine"</p><p>The Prince and Betty</p><p><a href="https://www.madameulalie.org/punch/Avenged.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Avenged!"</a></p><p>"Extricating Young Gussie"</p><p>Piccadilly Jim</p><p>Uneasy Money</p><p>Spring Fever</p><p>The Code of the Woosters</p><p>Jill the Reckless</p><p>Miss 1917 (show)</p><p>Oh Kay (show)</p><p>Rosalie (show)</p><br><p><strong>Also mentioned: </strong></p><p>Ian Hay</p><p>Basil Foster</p><p>W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, 1066 and All That</p><p>George Gershwin</p><p>Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (Bollywood adaptation)</p><p>Maud and Ivan Caryll</p><p>Euros Childs, "Thrips"</p><p>Jerome Kern</p><p>Taskmaster</p><p>Reece Shearsmith</p><p>Mary Deane</p><p>The Regal Theatre</p><p>Alice Dovey</p><p>Anton Chekhov</p><p>Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle</p><p>Enid Blyton</p><p>Richard Harris Barham, The Ingoldsby Legends</p><p>Lewis Carroll, "The Walrus and the Carpenter"</p><p>Alfred, Lord Tennyson</p><p>Machiavelli</p><p>David and Jonathan (Book of Samuel)</p><p>Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac</p><p>Riot Women</p><p>Guy Bolton</p><p>Ira Gershwin</p><p>Pandro S Berman</p><p>George Stevens</p><p>Allan Scott</p><p>Fred Astaire</p><p>Ginger Rogers</p><p>Joan Fontaine</p><p>George Burns</p><p>Gracie Allen</p><p>Reginald Gardiner</p><p>Ray Noble</p><p>It's A Wonderful Life</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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