A lovely post! Incidentally, the splendid interior filmed for Jeeves & Wooster is the Oak Room at New River Head in Islington. There is an elaborate description of it at https://www.thameswater.co.uk/media-library/pmhprrti/oak-room.pdf - carvings by Grinling Gibbons no less. There are not many rooms like this in London.
Yes, Ben's a chum - I interviewed him at https://clubland.substack.com/p/clubcast-7-ben-schott-on-clubland. But as a general rule of thumb, when looking at clubs in book series (Wodehouse, Fleming, W. E. Johns, etc), I've gone with only the original author's canon - and so that's meant excluding even the authorised pastiches!
I've always loved PGW despite his ww2 mistake. Jeeves is his greatest creation and the JGC his lair. I too now have a club. Not quite as exclusive, but selective, for my kind of people. And it has its own beer, port and wine. The food is perfectly acceptable too.
A lovely post! Incidentally, the splendid interior filmed for Jeeves & Wooster is the Oak Room at New River Head in Islington. There is an elaborate description of it at https://www.thameswater.co.uk/media-library/pmhprrti/oak-room.pdf - carvings by Grinling Gibbons no less. There are not many rooms like this in London.
Really enjoyed this and how meticulous you are with it.
It has been years since I've thought about Spode and "Eulalie." It made my day better!
Have you read Ben Shott's 'Jeeves and the King of Clubs'? If it can be regarded as canonical, it does show the JG in a rather different light.
Yes, Ben's a chum - I interviewed him at https://clubland.substack.com/p/clubcast-7-ben-schott-on-clubland. But as a general rule of thumb, when looking at clubs in book series (Wodehouse, Fleming, W. E. Johns, etc), I've gone with only the original author's canon - and so that's meant excluding even the authorised pastiches!
Great stuff, thanks for the link, I will read with interest!
I've always loved PGW despite his ww2 mistake. Jeeves is his greatest creation and the JGC his lair. I too now have a club. Not quite as exclusive, but selective, for my kind of people. And it has its own beer, port and wine. The food is perfectly acceptable too.