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

April 5, 2021

Peter Rhodes on racism, eco-cobblers and the online tyranny of big business

Peter Rhodes|Apr 5, 2021

April 2, 2021

Peter Rhodes on Labour, lobbying and a writer with a rare insight into the British Empire

Peter Rhodes|Apr 2, 2021

April 1, 2021

Peter Rhodes on riots, a bad back and is it the end of the road for BAME?

Peter Rhodes|Apr 1, 2021

March 31, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a warm snap, an old prayer and how the human memory might save Boris Johnson

Peter Rhodes|Mar 31, 2021

March 30, 2021

Peter Rhodes on flying the flag, the end of Mondeos and a familiar face in the torture chamber

Peter Rhodes|Mar 30, 2021

March 29, 2021

Peter Rhodes on buckets of opportunities, vanishing emails and a new presenter for Mastermind

Peter Rhodes|Mar 29, 2021

March 26, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a shrinking Army, lessons from lockdown and why, as always, it's the rich wot gets the pleasure

Peter Rhodes|Mar 26, 2021

March 25, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a Tsar at the Palace, a surge in DIY and the nightmare of having your number plates cloned

Peter Rhodes|Mar 25, 2021

March 24, 2021

Peter Rhodes on obsessive lawn mowing, a great TV monarch and why we have two ears but only one mouth

Peter Rhodes|Mar 24, 2021

March 23, 2021

Peter Rhodes on stag-night horror, the odds of getting a blood clot and a new job for the Navy, east of Suez

Peter Rhodes|Mar 23, 2021

March 18, 2021

Peter Rhodes on mysterious bangs, long-lost trades and getting ready for the Census

Peter Rhodes|Mar 18, 2021

March 17, 2021

Peter Rhodes on donating organs, repairing roads and the end of the road for the Mash Report

Peter Rhodes|Mar 17, 2021

March 16, 2021

Peter Rhodes on surrogacy, earworms and a camera so tiny it can be popped in a pill

Peter Rhodes|Mar 16, 2021

March 15, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a hell-hole prison, fossil phrases and some useful Spanish words for jabs

Peter Rhodes|Mar 15, 2021

March 12, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a baby's colour, a free asteroid and the quiet passing of national treasures

Peter Rhodes|Mar 12, 2021

March 11, 2021

Peter Rhodes on Blue Peter badges, Oprah's interview and the horror of sinkholes

Peter Rhodes|Mar 11, 2021

March 10, 2021

Peter Rhodes on fuggy classes, NHS finances and movie heroes who die early

Peter Rhodes|Mar 10, 2021

March 9, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a newspaper legend, horror in the icebergs and an unfair swipe at newsreaders

Peter Rhodes|Mar 9, 2021

March 8, 2021

Peter Rhodes on fat-shaming, a shortage of democracy and the Chancellor who could be PM

Peter Rhodes|Mar 8, 2021

March 5, 2021

Peter Rhodes on football injuries, discrimination against men and meerkats behaving better

Peter Rhodes|Mar 5, 2021

March 4, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a grim spring, the joy of delivering and a sudden encounter with Armageddon

Peter Rhodes|Mar 4, 2021

March 3, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a rare day for a Budget, targeting the black economy and mankind's vanishing fertility

Peter Rhodes|Mar 3, 2021

March 2, 2021

Peter Rhodes on spoofing the Royals, overlooking comedy gold and another strange letter from a bank

Peter Rhodes|Mar 2, 2021

March 1, 2021

Peter Rhodes on the appeal of dinosaurs, townies' toilet habits and a risky outlook for teachers

Peter Rhodes|Mar 1, 2021

February 26, 2021

Peter Rhodes on short-circuiting lockdown, protesting against beavers and a premature headline

Peter Rhodes|Feb 26, 2021

February 25, 2021

Peter Rhodes on Whitehall leaks, a mad Tsar and the terrible separation of Covid-19

Peter Rhodes|Feb 25, 2021

February 24, 2021

Peter Rhodes on braving the needle, falling out with in-laws and first birthday for a Little Bloke

Peter Rhodes|Feb 24, 2021

February 23, 2021

Peter Rhodes on posh bookcases, refusing the jab and the days when three records cost £1

Peter Rhodes|Feb 23, 2021

February 22, 2021

Peter Rhodes on tonnes, tons, ignoring the public and the end of the line for theatres

Peter Rhodes|Feb 22, 2021

February 19, 2021

Peter Rhodes on the return of governesses, the folly of telly and an alternative to Tom's Law

Peter Rhodes|Feb 19, 2021

February 18, 2021

Peter Rhodes on going decimal, fear of needles and an (alleged) Common Market conspiracy

Peter Rhodes|Feb 18, 2021

February 17, 2021

Peter Rhodes on Scotland's tunnel, preventing despair and the menace of overcrowded homes

Peter Rhodes|Feb 17, 2021

February 16, 2021

Peter Rhodes on sipping beer, sex in quarantine and humans being beastly to beavers

Peter Rhodes|Feb 16, 2021

February 15, 2021

Peter Rhodes on travel insurance, non-vaccine cures for Covid and replacing breastfeeding with chestfeeding

Peter Rhodes|Feb 15, 2021

February 12, 2021

Peter Rhodes on taking the knee, a princess's décor and a BT call that wasn't

Peter Rhodes|Feb 12, 2021

February 11, 2021

Peter Rhodes on electric hills, tearful jabs and our sudden pride in Britain's amazing boffins

Peter Rhodes|Feb 11, 2021

February 10, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a Lib-Dem quandary, an average puzzle and reintroducing a massive eagle

Peter Rhodes|Feb 10, 2021

February 9, 2021

Peter Rhodes on getting jabbed, the Russian vaccine and feeling over the moon and up a tree

Peter Rhodes|Feb 9, 2021

February 8, 2021

Peter Rhodes on curious first names, pick 'n' mix vaccine and is it time to invest in hearing aids?

Peter Rhodes|Feb 8, 2021

February 5, 2021

Peter Rhodes on dodgy stamps, sleazy old comedy and Captain Sir Tom Moore: The Movie

Peter Rhodes|Feb 5, 2021

February 3, 2021

Peter Rhodes on lunar parking charges, deadly Dutchmen and some arresting police statistics.

Peter Rhodes|Feb 3, 2021

February 2, 2021

Peter Rhodes on an offensive poster, slugs on telly and the joy of buccaneering

Peter Rhodes|Feb 2, 2021

February 1, 2021

Peter Rhodes on £100 cards, public inquiries and why the Tories should keep Boris out of Scotland

Peter Rhodes|Feb 1, 2021

January 29, 2021

Peter Rhodes on facemasks, penguins and the case for quarantine in Skegness

Peter Rhodes|Jan 29, 2021

January 28, 2021

Peter Rhodes on fossils, film sex and why the UK jabs millions while the EU dithers

Peter Rhodes|Jan 28, 2021

January 27, 2021

Peter Rhodes on the Covid blame game, an encounter with deer and memories of the foot-and-mouth contagion

Peter Rhodes|Jan 27, 2021

January 26, 2021

Peter Rhodes on haunted TVs, dysfunctional America and a pain in the backside for queue-jumpers

Peter Rhodes|Jan 26, 2021

January 25, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a legal logjam, money for fisherfolk and the enduring appeal of black & white telly

Peter Rhodes|Jan 25, 2021

January 22, 2021

Peter Rhodes on a slumbering premier, vaccine snobbery and the next health nightmare coming our way

Peter Rhodes|Jan 22, 2021

January 21, 2021

Peter Rhodes on sea shanties, censorship and the perils of too much privacy

Peter Rhodes|Jan 21, 2021

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