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| Our Man in England | Why does an English J.P. sit on a bench? Why is a younger son short of bread? Our Man in England has some of the answers with notes on JPs, horse-troughs (really), lawyers, breach of promise, younger sons and rhyming slang. |
| English Counties | Where is Salop and why can't I find it on the map? Where did Cumberland go? A brief note on some English Counties, their abbreviations and replacements plus a map. |
| Old Money | How many tanners in a quid? When does ten and six not equal sixteen? Why won't you get high on Lsd? Old money (pre-decimal currency) explains all. |
| English for Americans (and others) | A list of English English words with their American English equivalents plus some obscure words or phrases for younger readers. |
| Pronunciation guide | A home-grown guide to pronouncing some English names that aren't what you might expect. For non-English and younger readers. |
| This Sporting Life | What is a niblick? When are Players not Gentlemen? Notes on Rugby Football, Cricket, the Boat Race, Billiards, Golf and Fives. |
| School Days | What are colours, why was Reggie a Roman and an Abbott? Some notes on the public school system that PG wrote about. |
| Church Calendar | When is the second Sunday after Epiphany? Or Trinity Sunday? |
| Potted biography | A very brief chronology or time-line to put Wodehouse's works into context with major events in his life and world. |
| Out of the Map | Where are Emsworth, Wooster and Wickham? What would Dunstable do with a Duke? Look here for these and other names that step Out of the Map and on to the page. |
| Mind your language | Lists of books translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian plus a contents list of the six-volume The Great Sermon Handicap. |
| Quote - Unquote | A collection of most frequently used quotes and quoted. |
| About this site | A brief word about why this site, accessibility, copyright, correspondence and other stuff. |