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Peter Rhodes on growth, theft and the surprising findings of a population survey

29.01.2025 8

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Peter Rhodes

Peter Rhodes on growth, theft and the surprising findings of a population survey

29.01.2025 9

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Peter Rhodes on giraffes, climate guilt and a sinister love affair with the Nazis

24.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on giraffes, climate guilt and a sinister love affair with the Nazis

24.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on inaugurations, contactless cards, and a most thoughtful manifestation

21.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on inaugurations, contactless cards, and a most thoughtful manifestation

21.01.2025 3

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Peter Rhodes on smart meters, TV licences and bribing the nation to good health

17.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on smart meters, TV licences and bribing the nation to good health

17.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on birds, washing machines and the joys of owning a comical cushion

16.01.2025 5

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Peter Rhodes on birds, washing machines and the joys of owning a comical cushion

16.01.2025 9

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Peter Rhodes on wildfires, bullets and the noisier side of romance

14.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on wildfires, bullets and the noisier side of romance

14.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on a missed bet, a new bank and why old men love the word 'Greater'

13.01.2025 9

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Peter Rhodes on a missed bet, a new bank and why old men love the word 'Greater'

13.01.2025 9

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Peter Rhodes on old fillings, apple crumble and a sudden fad for land grabs

10.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on old fillings, apple crumble and a sudden fad for land grabs

10.01.2025 10

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Peter Rhodes on sunless days, social care and a government hitting the ground crawling

Ever since its foundation in 1948, the NHS has been helping us to live longer. Unfortunately, no-one has answered this question: when the...

07.01.2025 6

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Peter Rhodes on sunless days, social care and a government hitting the ground crawling

Ever since its foundation in 1948, the NHS has been helping us to live longer. Unfortunately, no-one has answered this question: when the...

07.01.2025 7

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Peter Rhodes on Rockall, Finisterre and anglers who know no fear

After a £10 million jewel theft at a £40 million house in London, a witness who examined CCTV footage of the burglar declared: “He was a lone wolf...

06.01.2025 1

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Peter Rhodes on Rockall, Finisterre and anglers who know no fear

After a £10 million jewel theft at a £40 million house in London, a witness who examined CCTV footage of the burglar declared: “He was a lone wolf...

06.01.2025 9

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Peter Rhodes on kids' TV, 100 years of the Shipping Forecast and a contender for the funniest film ever

In an impassioned plea for “quality” TV for children, Baroness Floella Benjamin laments: “Where now is Grange Hill? Where now is Byker Grove? Where...

03.01.2025 6

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Peter Rhodes on mice, men, peanuts and Britain's nightly torrent of non-woke telly

I sympathise with the harassed TV newsreader who followed her colleague's summary on the death of President Jimmy Carter with the question: “So that...

02.01.2025 5

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Peter Rhodes on predictions, pain and the safest way to ramble

What do you call a fortune teller who predicts your future and then says, oh, by the way, these predictions may take 500 years to come true? How...

01.01.2025 2

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Peter Rhodes on loneliness, a sense of balance and the jolly sound of Twenty Twenty-five

'Tis the season to be guilty. A new year beckons and we promise to give up booze, throw away the fags, eat our greens and, according to one curious...

31.12.2024 1

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Peter Rhodes on loneliness, a sense of balance and the jolly sound of Twenty Twenty-five

'Tis the season to be guilty. A new year beckons and we promise to give up booze, throw away the fags, eat our greens and, according to one curious...

31.12.2024 1

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Peter Rhodes on turkeys, technology and a TV clue laid two years in advance

Back in October 2022 I wondered in this column: “How many viewers of All Creatures Great and Small (C5) grasped the significance of the hat band...

30.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on turkeys, technology and a TV clue laid two years in advance

Back in October 2022 I wondered in this column: “How many viewers of All Creatures Great and Small (C5) grasped the significance of the hat band...

30.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on sacking Starmer, cracking teeth and dumping the dressing-up box

I'm still waiting to see the dentist concerning my pre-Xmas broken filling. It is a strange thing but while the chunk of metal that fell out of my...

27.12.2024 2

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Peter Rhodes on sacking Starmer, cracking teeth and dumping the dressing-up box

I'm still waiting to see the dentist concerning my pre-Xmas broken filling. It is a strange thing but while the chunk of metal that fell out of my...

27.12.2024 2

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Peter Rhodes on wine, wildlife and Our Mandelson in Washington

You may recall that a few days before Christmas, having lost a tooth filling, I wrote: “I'm waiting to see if my dentist can fit me in before...

26.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on wine, wildlife and Our Mandelson in Washington

You may recall that a few days before Christmas, having lost a tooth filling, I wrote: “I'm waiting to see if my dentist can fit me in before...

26.12.2024 2

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Peter Rhodes on shotguns, foxes and a Santa long, long ago

The first Christmas I remember was in 1955, in the days when everything happened in black-and-white and the world was so strange and new and deeply...

24.12.2024 5

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Peter Rhodes on shotguns, foxes and a Santa long, long ago

The first Christmas I remember was in 1955, in the days when everything happened in black-and-white and the world was so strange and new and deeply...

24.12.2024 7

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Peter Rhodes on dentistry, grammar and things that go 'clink!' at Christmas

I suggested a fine old English verb really ought to be used more. The word is “eschew” and a reader writes: “Bless you.” Energy secretary Ed...

20.12.2024 5

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Peter Rhodes on dentistry, grammar and things that go 'clink!' at Christmas

I suggested a fine old English verb really ought to be used more. The word is “eschew” and a reader writes: “Bless you.” Energy secretary Ed...

20.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on merging councils, sacking archbishops and the case for bouncers at carol services

So which process is the more brutal? Is it the denunciation of Thomas Cromwell, as seen in Wolf Hall (BBC1) or the denunciation of our own...

19.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on merging councils, sacking archbishops and the case for bouncers at carol services

So which process is the more brutal? Is it the denunciation of Thomas Cromwell, as seen in Wolf Hall (BBC1) or the denunciation of our own...

19.12.2024 4

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Peter Rhodes on manic monarchs, second-hand gifts and the unkind cries of “Send 'em back!”

If the Government is serious about increasing our military reserves, let us hope they have the money to do it properly. Watch more of our videos on...

13.12.2024 4

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Peter Rhodes on manic monarchs, second-hand gifts and the unkind cries of “Send 'em back!”

If the Government is serious about increasing our military reserves, let us hope they have the money to do it properly. Watch more of our videos on...

13.12.2024 5

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Peter Rhodes on a surprise war, a worrying Bill and the light you don't want to see after the storm

These days, the thing you really don't want to see after a storm is not a felled tree or a flattened fence. It is the little red light glowing on...

12.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on a surprise war, a worrying Bill and the light you don't want to see after the storm

These days, the thing you really don't want to see after a storm is not a felled tree or a flattened fence. It is the little red light glowing on...

12.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on a dictator's career, the race for growth and some curious casting in a spy flick

Bashar al-Assad was not always a dictator. In the 1990s he was a student in London, specialising in ophthalmology. Who knows, if his murderous...

11.12.2024 4

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Peter Rhodes on a dictator's career, the race for growth and some curious casting in a spy flick

Bashar al-Assad was not always a dictator. In the 1990s he was a student in London, specialising in ophthalmology. Who knows, if his murderous...

11.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on grey houses, puzzling cupboards and the dangers of applauding an advancing army

The smart, oh-so-chic Londoners who produce the Daily Mail have had a grand old time slagging off a big, three-bedroom 1970s house for sale in...

10.12.2024 4

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Peter Rhodes on grey houses, puzzling cupboards and the dangers of applauding an advancing army

The smart, oh-so-chic Londoners who produce the Daily Mail have had a grand old time slagging off a big, three-bedroom 1970s house for sale in...

10.12.2024 5

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Peter Rhodes on our small army, hangover-free beer and US dollars in UK politics

The veterans' minister Al Carns claims that, in a major war, the 70,000-strong British Army might be wiped out within six months. Some would call...

09.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on our small army, hangover-free beer and US dollars in UK politics

The veterans' minister Al Carns claims that, in a major war, the 70,000-strong British Army might be wiped out within six months. Some would call...

09.12.2024 5

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Peter Rhodes on one bill, two messiahs and the horrors of a flood-soaked Christmas

Cast your mind back. Remember when the phrase “politicians with convictions” meant a good thing? Pity those poor souls who were flooded out by...

03.12.2024 4

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Peter Rhodes on one bill, two messiahs and the horrors of a flood-soaked Christmas

Cast your mind back. Remember when the phrase “politicians with convictions” meant a good thing? Pity those poor souls who were flooded out by...

03.12.2024 3

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Peter Rhodes on hot beds, cold rooms and the promise of firmer false teeth

Winter draws on, as the old saying goes. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 My recent item on the noise...

02.12.2024 3

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