So, here's a good note to end the year on: meeting up with our friends Jeff and Kate to see a new play based on the Wooster and Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse had an extraordinary career, writing about the same characters for sixty years --something of a record in itself. He aso survived imprisonment by the Germans during World War II (during which he was accused of being a collaborator), being championed by figures like George Orwell (never one to hold punches), and knighted by the Queen.
More important to his readers, he was also one of the finest writers of his time.
Highly recommended, if you find yourself in the mood for some silliness in these dark times.
--John R.
current reading: THE COTTINGLEY FAIRY PHOTOGRAPHS: NEW APPROACHES TO FAIRIES, FAKES AND FOLKLORE. ed. Simon Young. Fairies and Fairylore series volume 14.
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