Suggested Reading Order
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Read more: Postcards – Three is company
There are phases in life when the sun shines and everything is right with the world; when each new dawn brings another celebration and another memory to cherish. The people…
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Read more: Incident at Brimley – Part 1
I put young Gabe to bed and turned to Brenda, his mother. Apprehension was written large on her face. Not that tonight was any different from the many times I…
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Read more: Incident at Brimley – Part 2
We saw chaos and consternation amidst the gathered crowd. A murmur of voices rose into bedlam. ‘Witch! Witch! The witch has come.’ ‘She walks again.’ ‘She has come with the…
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Read more: Postcards – An Exchange of Letters
September 19_____ Bobbie, A long time ago, on two separate occasions, I took the liberty of photographing you as we conversed on things mundane and jovial. At the time, you…
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Read more: Postcard – Out of Africa (With commentary by Bertie Wooster)
It is well known in the Wooster circles that Bertie Wooster is not much of a morning person. It is also known that this is not a reality he had…
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Read more: Postcards – From The Junior Ganymede Club Book
The Junior Ganymede Club may simply be described as a club for ‘gentlemen’s gentlemen’ – valets and butlers. The Club Book, a most secretive manual, is a record of the…
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Read more: Big Marge’s Homecoming – Part 1
I The Humble Stallion, located in a particularly shabby corner of Spitalfields, was never short of patrons. Its clientele consisted mostly of hard-working wage earners, but there was a not…
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Read more: Big Marge’s Homecoming – Part 2
IV It was a bright morning in Brinkley Court. Margaret had been there all of three days and she was enjoying herself very much. The work was a breeze compared…
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Read more: Big Marge’s Homecoming – Part 3
VIII Supper was over. It had been long and indulgent. Praise for Anatole’s cooking had as usual reverberated through the dining hall. The Lobster Thermidor and the Oie nouvelle aux…
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Read more: Big Marge’s Homecoming – Part 4
XI It was around 7 pm. Sir Shash was sitting by the smallish lake in the Brinkley estate. He noticed the soft hues in the sky and just a glimmer…
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Read more: Postcard – Luxor
The Queen of Crime Fiction was never short on ideas for a new story. The magnificent history of Luxor and a stay at a legendary hotel had supplied a most…
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Read more: Postcards – The Drones Gang in Egypt
What the gang had to say: Chuffy – Sweat is the road to awe. Egypt is awe inspiring. Pauline – Of all the extraordinary places we have been together, this…
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Read more: The Chase
I David Taylor, all of nine, jumped over a cart and ran like his life depended on it. The toy figurine of the king with the sword had proven too…
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Read more: Postcard – Girls’ Day Out
There are two reasons I agreed to pen down this commentary for Aunt Dahlia’s most popular Milady’s Boudoir magazine on an article aptly titled ‘Ideas for a Girls Day out’.…
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Read more: Postcards – The Brash and the Beautiful 2 (with commentary by Stiffy Byng)
The Brash and the Beautiful – Part Deux –By Stiffy Byng I am back with another edition of The Brash and the Beautiful for Aunt Dahlia’s Milady’s Boudoir magazine. It…
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Read more: A Conversation
Honoria Glossop: I must say that I am surprised at finding this photograph of Bertie Wooster in your photo album, Madeline. Were you not engaged to him once? Is this…
