The Windhover The Windhover "The Windhover" is a sonnet by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889). It was written on May 30, 1877, but not published until 1918, when it was included as part of the collection "Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins". Hopkins dedicated the poem "to Christ our Lord". "Windhover" is another name for the common kestrel ("Falco tinnunculus"). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air, suggesting that it controls the wind as a man may control a horse. The bird then
Jeeves and the Greasy Bird Powell as Porky Jupp. The story was adapted into part of the "Jeeves and Wooster" episode "Honoria Glossop Turns Up", the third episode of the fourth series, which first aired in the UK on 30 May 1993. There are minor differences in plot, including: Jeeves and the Greasy Bird "Jeeves and the Greasy Bird" is a short story by English humorist P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in "Playboy" magazine in the United States in December 1965, and in "Argosy" magazine in the United Kingdom in January 1967.