There probably aren't many finer pubs in London to enjoy a pre-binge tipple than the Cittie Of York on High Holborn. I've visited this hostelry before, but failed to register its location right next to Gray's Inn. I'm sure if the Society Remembrancer Norman Murphy's London guidebook was still in print, I would have been better informed but I would have missed out on the pleasant surprise.

There followed an excellent night's entertainment – good company, fine food based around Berkshire Pork, readings, songs and a surprise appearance from Jeeves and Wooster themselves. The socialist tide has obviously reduced Bertie to having to work for PricewaterhouseCoopers – the esteemed firm of chartered accountants. He must have known that prize for scripture knowledge would come in useful one day.

On a serious note the Dinner wouldn't have taken place (or it would have set us back considerably) without the support of our sponsors, so thanks must go to them as well as all the members of the society who put the thing together. The accountancy firm's Larry Darby and David Gibbs admitted later to slight nervousness at performing the Jeeves and Wooster sketch – but the Gussie Fink-Nottle method of preparing for public speaking appeared to do the trick and they pulled it off admirably.

John Mortimer

Richard Briers

Grace was read (in Latin) by Oliver Wise. We didn't go in for that sort of thing at my school and a quick look around my table revealed more blank looks, until someone confessed to having paid some attention in language classes and informed us that Oliver's accent was impeccable. "Accipe, precamur, Domine tumpty, tumpty tum etc" – a dashed clever lyric, but most of which escapes me.

The food was served by what seemed to be a small army of waiting staff – the ratio must have been one for each diner. The food was positively divine – Barbary Duck served in three ways; steamed fillet of sea bass with jam; Loin of Berkshire Pork and a rhubarb desert. Even the French johnny next to me agreed it was acceptable fare – but he had been in the country so long he'd developed a taste for fish & chips. Would Anatole have ever approved of or served the good old f and c? For more pig details, and to find out exactly what the Emsworth Paradox is, visit this website's Back The Berkshire section (click here).

After Sir Edward Cazalet's Loyal Toast and Sir John Mortimer's toast to Plum and the Society the main entertainment began. Tony Ring had prepared a series of readings reflecting Plum's fixation on a certain breed of female blood relatives. 'A Surging Sea Of Aunts' was the title and the performers were Edward Fox, Gabrielle Drake, Lucy Tregear, Andrew Rees, Lara Cazalet, David Cazalet and HRH The Duke Of Kent (pictures of whom, in no particular order, follow this paragraph). Piano accompaniment was by Stephen Higgins. I for one had forgotten just quite how many aunts there are in Wodehouse beyond the pairing of Bertie's Agatha and Dahlia and the performers' pleasure in reading the words flooded the room with the applause flooding back to the stage – rather like the aforementioned surging sea, what?

David Cazalet	Gabrielle Drake
HRH Duke Of Kent with Lara Cazalet	Lucy Tregear with Andrew Rees
Edward Fox

A topping night's entertainment and the wine flowed very freely as well. Rumours that several society members (some of them from The Committee) and their guests were seen considering visiting Secrets and Stringfellows later that evening are probably true, and may feature in Galahad Threepwood's memoirs if they're ever published.

Dinner photos (click here)