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Peter Rhodes on a scramble for bulbs, a new phone pole and the dangers of playing the Nazi card

Star columnist Peter Rhodes discusses the hottest topics from garden bulbs to Hitler's diet Hitler was a vegetarian. Therefore, vegetarians are...

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on new reservoirs, billions of shells and preparing for the battle of the nerds

The renewal notice has just arrived for our roadside-recovery policy. It includes £63 “administration fee". If you have any similar examples of...

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Peter Rhodes

Dan Morris: The heavy metal Last of the Summer Wine

Festival season is here, and for those about to rock, we salute you.  On and off, I’ve been a gigging musician since I was 15 years old, yet...

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Daniel Morris

Peter Rhodes on dodgy fees, wise words from Mr President and a new house for every farm

Checking through our final invoice for this year's holiday booking, I see there is an item: “Booking fee, £25.” So after we've paid the ruinous...

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Peter Rhodes

Mark Andrews on how to humiliate fare dodgers, cracking down on shoplifting, and a lawyer who's all talk and no trousers

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 The shy and retiring...

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Mark Andrews

Peter Rhodes on the benefits enigma, the horror of caves - and why didn't Gran keep a diary?

Terms for our time: Americans who flee their country because they cannot abide the rule of Trump are being called Donald Duckers. That benefits...

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Peter Rhodes