The Clicking of Cuthbert with Elin Woodger Murphy

Ian is joined by extra special honoured guest Elin Woodger Murphy, A legend of the Wodehouse Society (and the Wodehouse Society UK), former editor/"oldest member" of Plum Lines and Wooster Sauce and one of the organisers of this year's Wodehouse Society Convention in Garden City, NY.The book we are discussing this month is The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922), Wodehouse's first collection of golf stories, AKA Golf Without Tears. Elin also talks of her childhood spent in Port Chester and Long Island where they lived very near the Wodehouses, and of her history in Wodehouse fan circles. We also enthuse over the work of Elin's late husband, Norman Murphy.There will be plot spoilers and stymies. Next month: The Girl on the Boat with Ansley Ashe.Special thanks to Maria Jette.The Wodehouse Society website, with details of the 2026 convention in Garden City, NYMy band The Seven Inches are playing a show this month! Tickets hereYou can e-mail me at [email protected]. Help bolster the show's tottering finances at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. Jolly decent of you.Drop in at the digital clubhouse at Bluesky or Facebook Reference works consultedN T Murphy: A Wodehouse HandbookSophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersDaniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third editionMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums websiteWikipediaOther Wodehouse works alluded toCarry On JeevesThe Man UpstairsThe Man With Two Left FeetLeave it to PsmithUncle Fred in the Springtime"Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend"The Heart of a GoofLove Among the Chickens"Archibald's Benefit""Parted Ways""the Eighteenth Hole""The Man Who Disliked Cats""By Advice of Counsel"Jill the Reckless"Bongo in the Congo" (lyric)The Mating Season"Tom, Dick and Harry""The Idle King"William Tell Told Again"Sir Agravaine"Also mentioned Maria JetteWodehouse Society (US)Marilyn MacGregorEd RatcliffePlum LinesBill BloodNorman MurphyThe Wodehouse Society (UK)Wooster SauceEdward CazaletThe Wodehouse Collection at Vanderbilt UniversityThe Shaw Festival Theatre NiagaraJeeves and Wooster in Perfect NonsenseNorman Murphy: - A Guide to P G Wodehouse's New York City and Long Island- A Wodehouse Handbook- In Search of Blandings- A Wodehouse MiscellanyWeston ParkSudeley CastleSir Arthur Conan DoyleBobby JonesAbe MitchellHarry VardonTerry MordueAlfred, Lord TennysonRudyard KiplingSamuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"Marcus AureliusE. M. Hull, The SheikHal CazaletSong snippetsPet shop boys, "You know where you went wrong"Goffin and King, "He Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss)Cole Porter, "Find Me A Primitive Man"Gallagher and Shean, "Mr Gallagher and Mr Shean"There is more in this pastime than the casual observer would suppose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.