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Quote of the day by P.G. Wodehouse: 'Marriage is not a process of prolonging love, but of mummifying the corpse.' Why one of world's funniest writers had such take on marriage

P G Wodehouse quotes on love: Humour writer P.G. Wodehouse's famous quote on marriage continues to spark discussion decades after it was written. The line, "Marriage is not a process of prolonging the life of love, but of mummifying the corpse," is a witty and exaggerated observation on how romance…

The Economic Times · Jun 3

‘A temple of food’: London’s grande dame Simpson’s in the Strand rises again

As the storied London dining room reopens on its bicentenary, restaurateur Jeremy King honours its heritage while restoring a faded icon

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28

Richard Ayoade among authors in running to have pig named after book

The comedian is tipped for the Wodehouse prize for comic fiction alongside Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin and Sandi Toksvig

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

Phew, Eh Readers? The Life and Writing of Tom Hibbert review – the PG Wodehouse of pop journalism

As this collection illustrates, the late Smash Hits and Q scribe was an inimitable master of mischief whose interviews skewered everyone from Bros to Margaret Thatcher

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024

The ultimate summer reading list: 15 funny books to make you laugh

From hilarious fiction by Terry Pratchett and PG Wodehouse to memoirs by Patricia Lockwood and Adam Kay, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

The Guardian - AU · Jan 4, 2024

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Love for books

Reading is key to education success; I learned this when I was 9 and met a boy at the bus stop who asked if I read story books. We discovered authors like Enid Blyton, W.E. Jones, Anthony Buckeridge, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.K. Narayan, and P.G. Wodehouse. Reading these books helped…

The Hindu · Aug 19, 2023

Human brain ‘most fertile’ in later years: Ruskin Bond on why writers should not retire

The human brain, unlike the body, keeps "ticking away" and is at its "most fertile" in the later years, says popular author Ruskin Bond as he encourages writers in their 60s or early 70s to take leaf out of the books of legendary writers Agatha Christie and PG Wodehouse and…

The Times of India · May 19, 2023

Andrew Lloyd Webber recalls final moments with his son Nick in emotional essay

The music composer declared it was ‘a season of goodbyes, personal and public’ after losing son Nick and bringing down the curtain on musical Phantom of the Opera on Broadway after 35 years

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023

Valuable PG Wodehouse books saved from landfill

One of the books is thought to be worth more than £200

Wales Online · Feb 2, 2023