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Award-winning columnist and blogger. Keeping an eye on the tribulations and trivia of a fast-changing world

February 3, 2022

Rhodes on recreating mammoths, avoiding the C-word and the passing of some much-loved expressions

Peter Rhodes|Feb 3, 2022

February 2, 2022

Rhodes on a dry month, a surprise price rise and a tribute to the wartime generation

Peter Rhodes|Feb 2, 2022

February 1, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a blond buffoon, fake respect for a duke and why cops looked the other way

Peter Rhodes|Feb 1, 2022

January 31, 2022

Rhodes on calming music, controlling cyclists and why the Clangers can relax

Peter Rhodes|Jan 31, 2022

January 28, 2022

Peter Rhodes on releasing prisoners, awaiting blitzkrieg and getting your expiry date

Peter Rhodes|Jan 28, 2022

January 27, 2022

Rhodes on funding the Beeb, finding new magistrates and finishing off a doomed character

Peter Rhodes|Jan 27, 2022

January 26, 2022

Rhodes on a title for Camilla, electric car risks and saving lives with pasties

Peter Rhodes|Jan 26, 2022

January 25, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a special honey, an unspoiled coral reef and an inspired job description

Peter Rhodes|Jan 25, 2022

January 24, 2022

Peter Rhodes on the connection between a bogus 'Red Indian,' a crusade to save the forests and the life passion of David Attenborough

Peter Rhodes|Jan 24, 2022

January 20, 2022

Rhodes on keeping warm, forgetting films and why Radio 3 is like Stonehenge

Peter Rhodes|Jan 20, 2022

January 19, 2022

Rhodes on the National Anthem, Mr Gervais's latest comedy and the most dangerous encounter for a monarchy

Peter Rhodes|Jan 19, 2022

January 18, 2022

Rhodes on Keir's beer, dodgy headlines and what to do with the Beeb's embarrassing statues

Peter Rhodes|Jan 18, 2022

January 17, 2022

Rhodes on getting the guilty, missing in action and the side-effects of transplanting a pig's heart

Peter Rhodes|Jan 17, 2022

January 14, 2022

Rhodes on a rush for Rollers, benefits of vaping and something strange about Partygate

Peter Rhodes|Jan 14, 2022

January 13, 2022

Rhodes on rattling sabres, finding fossils and the irresistible march of the rudest word

Peter Rhodes|Jan 13, 2022

January 12, 2022

Rhodes on Roman treasure, living with Covid and what is our progressive society progressing towards?

Peter Rhodes|Jan 12, 2022

January 11, 2022

Rhodes on fuel bills, spinsters and papal advice to the child-free

Peter Rhodes|Jan 11, 2022

January 10, 2022

Peter Rhodes on celebrity headlines and language lessons

Peter Rhodes|Jan 10, 2022

January 7, 2022

Rhodes on a new look at the British Empire, the Falklands War and chatty jurors

Peter Rhodes|Jan 7, 2022

January 6, 2022

Rhodes on sweaters, strange rituals and warnings of war on the anniversary of the Capitol riot

Peter Rhodes|Jan 6, 2022

January 5, 2022

Peter Rhodes on hangovers, instruction books and the folly of shunning expert advice

Peter Rhodes|Jan 5, 2022

January 4, 2022

Peter Rhodes on delayed honours, a fine politician and a misprint that won't go away

Peter Rhodes|Jan 4, 2022

January 3, 2022

Peter Rhodes on Worzel's politics, a duchess's downfall and a good result for the crystal ball

Peter Rhodes|Jan 3, 2022

December 31, 2021

Peter Rhodes on complacent MPs, a lethal weapon at Windsor and the soul-sapping strain of reading the news

Peter Rhodes|Dec 31, 2021

December 30, 2021

Peter Rhodes on unfunny humour, reflections on revellers and the joy of animal-themed adverts

Peter Rhodes|Dec 30, 2021

December 29, 2021

Peter Rhodes on Partygate, turkeys and vegans who sometimes eat meat

Peter Rhodes|Dec 29, 2021

December 28, 2021

Peter Rhodes on the Lost Chord, the perfect soup and the threat of tanks and banks

Peter Rhodes|Dec 28, 2021

December 27, 2021

Peter Rhodes looks back on a year of Census, floods and making history - with jabs

Peter Rhodes|Dec 27, 2021

December 24, 2021

Peter Rhodes recalls Christmas in a war zone and tidings of hope for the folk back home

Peter Rhodes|Dec 24, 2021

December 23, 2021

Peter Rhodes on tax dodgers, renaming a capital and sub-zero fashion up North

Peter Rhodes|Dec 23, 2021

December 22, 2021

Rhodes on feeling Christmassy, vacuuming ears and job satisfaction at the surgery

Peter Rhodes|Dec 22, 2021

December 21, 2021

Peter Rhodes on lavish dramas, the winter solstice and an uninvited guest in a political interview

Peter Rhodes|Dec 21, 2021

December 20, 2021

Peter Rhodes on dear beer, profitable peanuts and 'orrible otters

Peter Rhodes|Dec 20, 2021

December 17, 2021

Peter Rhodes on naming boys, predictable gags and the irrational rage of the trolls

Peter Rhodes|Dec 17, 2021

December 16, 2021

Rhodes on dirty humanity, embarrassed boffins and optimism over Omicron

Peter Rhodes|Dec 16, 2021

December 15, 2021

Rhodes on flammable foodstuffs, missing goods and what have the Romans done for us?

Homepage|Dec 15, 2021

December 14, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a missing delivery, computers at odds and how time doesn't always fly

Peter Rhodes|Dec 14, 2021

December 13, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a missing delivery, computers at odds and how time doesn't always fly

Peter Rhodes|Dec 13, 2021

December 10, 2021

Peter Rhodes on kids in smog, dealing with Mr Angry and bright young things in Whitehall

Peter Rhodes|Dec 10, 2021

December 9, 2021

Rhodes on ignoring a storm and the enigma of care costs

Peter Rhodes|Dec 9, 2021

December 8, 2021

Rhodes on the horrors of quicksand and how technology might have saved little Arthur

Peter Rhodes|Dec 8, 2021

December 7, 2021

Peter Rhodes on driving courses, a republican at the BBC and an unforgettable king

Peter Rhodes|Dec 7, 2021

December 6, 2021

Peter Rhodes on keeping the Queen healthy, the horror of smog and men who look like thumbs

Peter Rhodes|Dec 6, 2021

December 3, 2021

Peter Rhodes on power cuts, a mild spell and whatever happened to Winterval?

Peter Rhodes|Dec 3, 2021

December 2, 2021

Peter Rhodes on illegal number plates, an RAF legend and why Christmas Day should be chosen by the Met Office

Peter Rhodes|Dec 2, 2021

December 1, 2021

Peter Rhodes on safe money, a star's safety and a surprise encounter with A&E

Peter Rhodes|Dec 1, 2021

November 30, 2021

Peter Rhodes on the end of money, gender-free Brit awards and a grim outlook for Harper's Law

Peter Rhodes|Nov 30, 2021

November 29, 2021

Peter Rhodes on keeping hens, offending an archbishop and the great smell – of glass?

Peter Rhodes|Nov 29, 2021

November 26, 2021

Peter Rhodes on fluffed lines, a nation in debt and a new word for our age

Peter Rhodes|Nov 26, 2021

November 25, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a new TV detective, time-wasters at A&E and the war clouds gathering over Ukraine

Peter Rhodes|Nov 25, 2021

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