I don't know what I love more, the fact that you got THE Plum Sykes in conversation, or the news that her new book is influenced by PG Wodehouse, I found the part about him writing sentences backwards so interesting (also the absolute goldmine of 90s Vogue/NYC/London fashion history!)
Jeeves is rightfully iconic (incidentally - the pre-google most-visited search engine in the late 90s was called askjeeves!) but if anyone's looking for summer reads I strongly recommend any of the Blandings books, especially Leave it to Psmith - it has benevolent diamond necklace theft, really great outfits, a socialist hero, a bunch of funny aristocrats, flowerpots, and of course a butler, though I'd say Jeeves ranks higher on the butler scale than Beach.
Leave it to Psmith is my favourite book and I’ve never seen anyone reference it before! Blandings is my comfort castle, it’s always summer there, the descriptions of foliage, lake, pigs etc are stunning. Also Psmith himself is just a hot character with so much personality
Psmith is my favourite Wodehouse character and Blandings my favourite setting, this is the only novel that combines the two and it's absolute dynamite. And oh yeah Psmith is hot, my 18 year old self was head over heels for that level of breezy audacity <3
Yes! Love the “old” Vogue graphics! Had to blink twice to notice if that wasn’t from like 1998! Well done! Love details like that, can’t wait to listen!
Excited to listen but even before that Mr Vo's graphic design makes me damn near emotional.
Loved this conversation! All it needed was to be underscored by chic, cosmopolitan '90s sax music.
I don't know what I love more, the fact that you got THE Plum Sykes in conversation, or the news that her new book is influenced by PG Wodehouse, I found the part about him writing sentences backwards so interesting (also the absolute goldmine of 90s Vogue/NYC/London fashion history!)
Jeeves is rightfully iconic (incidentally - the pre-google most-visited search engine in the late 90s was called askjeeves!) but if anyone's looking for summer reads I strongly recommend any of the Blandings books, especially Leave it to Psmith - it has benevolent diamond necklace theft, really great outfits, a socialist hero, a bunch of funny aristocrats, flowerpots, and of course a butler, though I'd say Jeeves ranks higher on the butler scale than Beach.
Always fab commentary Lily!
Leave it to Psmith is my favourite book and I’ve never seen anyone reference it before! Blandings is my comfort castle, it’s always summer there, the descriptions of foliage, lake, pigs etc are stunning. Also Psmith himself is just a hot character with so much personality
Psmith is my favourite Wodehouse character and Blandings my favourite setting, this is the only novel that combines the two and it's absolute dynamite. And oh yeah Psmith is hot, my 18 year old self was head over heels for that level of breezy audacity <3
Yes! Love the “old” Vogue graphics! Had to blink twice to notice if that wasn’t from like 1998! Well done! Love details like that, can’t wait to listen!
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Liana I so enjoy your writing. Fresh, funny, about the stories behind the clothes we wear. Now brb, gonna go google Plum’s shoe piece
Thank you! Hopefully more fun stuff down the road.