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Dear Brian, As a standby filler for the *Diversity of Kipling *readings, I had prepared 'My Sunday at Home', in memory of my Father, who loved it. Not Kipling's funniest, I agree, but worth fifteen minutes of anyone's time. 'Adlestrop' the Edward Thomas poem which is one of the 'Nation's Favourites' was written in 1914. 'My Sunday at Home' was first published in *The Idler* in 1895. Read JRK's piece and wonder whether Thomas took *The Idler...http://www.telelib.com/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/TheDaysWork/sundayhome.html <http://www.telelib.com/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/TheDaysWork/sundayhome.html>* All good wishes, John On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:46 AM, John Radcliffe < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Totally agree with that judgement ! Only rivalled by Honeysuckle Cottage > All best, John R > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 8 Aug 2017, at 11:09, Brian Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Can anyone identify for me the story of PG Wodehouse that Kipling is > quoted in The Times of today as being 'the greatest story of the twentieth > century'? >