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From: The Spectator
Date: 20021207
Author:Massingberd, Hugh

I don't know if it is a sign of old age,' wrote P. G. Wodehouse in the mid-1950s, 'but I find I hate Christmas more every year.' Another marked change that the Master noticed in 'the senile Wodehouse' was that he no longer had the party spirit and preferred to stay at home with a good book. Both these observations are quoted in a pleasantly discursive set of reflections on old age, The Time of Your Life, compiled and illustrated by John Burningham (Bloomsbury, L14.99, pp. 288, ISBN 0747560854), which would certainly tempt one not to venture out.

The principal themes are how quickly time ...

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