Ian talks to Ujjwal Deb about the eighth P. G. Wodehouse book, "The White Feather" (1907), a public school novel set at Wrykyn School, in some ways a sequel to "The Gold Bat". Spoilers feature early and often.

Topics discussed include:

• Wodehouse's popularity in India
• Ujjwal's experience on the TV show Mastermind
• The schoolboy code of honour
• The possible real-life origin of Wrykyn
• Whether the Jackson in this book is any relation to Mike (of Mike and Psmith)
• Motor cars and motoring regulations in the Edwardian age
• Racism in boxing in the period, and in public school life and literature.
• C. S. Calverley and Thomas Babington Macaulay (both quoted in the book)
• The history and meaning of the symbol, "the white feather"
• Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes

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