Discussions about creating a special TWS tie for members began back in 1993, but wasn’t until near the end of that decade that Shamim (Pongo) Mohamed designed a tie that had broad, diagonal stripes of brilliant red and black separated by narrow stripes of gold—very oojah cum spiff! Shamim engaged Ben Silver Co. to produce a supply of neckties] and bowties, all made in pure English silk. Though on the expensive side, the ties were highly sought after. They were sold to society members in 1997–98, again in 2001–02, and most recently in 2019–20. If ever a society member would like to arrange for another batch of ties to be made, please let us know.
In December 2025, the winner of that year’s Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction was announced. Rosanna Pike drew the brass ring for her debut novel, A Little Trickerie, published by Penguin Random House. Based on the real-life “Holy Maid of...
News from the World of Wodehouse December 8, 2025 If you live outside the U.K. but have some magical way of listening to BBC Radio 4, then be sure to tune into “Opening Lines” on December 23 at 12:45–1:00 p.m. U.K. time. The novelist Ian Sansome will be taking a...
12/1/25: A new chapter in our 45-ish-year-old journal has begun! After nearly 20 years in the editor-in-chief seat for Plum Lines, that title - along with the moniker of OM - has been bestowed on Tad Boehmer, as you will see when you receive the December 2025...
A new crop of ties would be most welcome news. Yes please!