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Peter Rhodes on 'safe' Ukraine, deadly Afghanistan and a sermon about fences

Peter Rhodes on 'safe' Ukraine, deadly Afghanistan and a sermon about fences

Defence Secretary John Healey says if there's a ceasefire in Ukraine, Britain is ready to put UK boots on the ground to help “secure the safe...

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on slim jabs, energy and the future of our species

Peter Rhodes on slim jabs, energy and the future of our species

In the closing moments of Human (BBC), presenter Ella Al-Shamahi, having traced mankind's story for 300,000 years, looked to the future of Homo...

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on fishing, ageing and a recipe for confusion

Peter Rhodes on fishing, ageing and a recipe for confusion

Star columnist Peter Rhodes gives his opinions on a range of latest hot topics The great English philosopher Thomas Hobbes famously described human...

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Peter Rhodes

'I'm fed up with boorish behaviour at family pubs' - One West Midlands regular explains why his experience at the local is being ruined by yobbish parents

'I'm fed up with boorish behaviour at family pubs' - One West Midlands regular explains why his experience at the local is being ruined by yobbish parents

Ah, those were the days - when you could leave your doors unlocked and children played safely outside. A utopian, sepia-tinted existence where...

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Bill Mccarthy

Peter Rhodes: 'My four decades writing for the Express & Star - the Bible of the Black Country'

Peter Rhodes: 'My four decades writing for the Express & Star - the Bible of the Black Country'

Forty years ago, on Monday, August 19, 1985, I started writing for the Express & Star. Today, I am still writing for the Express & Star (and also...

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Peter Rhodes

Dan Morris: White Knight riding in to make Bond a Blinder - but who will star?

Dan Morris: White Knight riding in to make Bond a Blinder - but who will star?

With local legend and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight having signed up as writer for the next 007 flick, it’s time for the rest of us to bond...

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Daniel Morris

Mark Andrews: Jog on! This is why the police don't have the resources to catch shoplifters

Mark Andrews: Jog on! This is why the police don't have the resources to catch shoplifters

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually thinking of moving to Surrey. I always imagined...

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Mark Andrews