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

March 23, 2022

Rhodes on royal tours, army mules and can we believe Boris's views on Putin?

Peter Rhodes|Mar 23, 2022

March 22, 2022

Rhodes on Putin's future, instant victimhood and a campaign calculated to cause misery

Peter Rhodes|Mar 22, 2022

March 21, 2022

Peter Rhodes on digital booking, Putin's gangster state and a sudden ban on burgers

Peter Rhodes|Mar 21, 2022

March 18, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a tiny boat, a massive bomber and how quickly cafe society turns to ashes

Peter Rhodes|Mar 18, 2022

March 17, 2022

Peter Rhodes on diplomacy, secrecy and the long, long saga of Putin's alleged ill-health

Peter Rhodes|Mar 17, 2022

March 16, 2022

Peter Rhodes on sieges, refugees and chilling echoes of 'the war to end wars'

Peter Rhodes|Mar 16, 2022

March 15, 2022

Peter Rhodes on losing landlines, avoiding sport and keeping focused on Ukraine

Peter Rhodes|Mar 15, 2022

March 14, 2022

Peter Rhodes on Shackleton's ship, limited unlimitedness and phoning the truth into Putin's Russia

Peter Rhodes|Mar 14, 2022

March 11, 2022

Rhodes on religion in war, Britain's inglorious response and catchphrases of conflict

Peter Rhodes|Mar 11, 2022

March 10, 2022

Rhodes on pidgin news, finger-wagging from France and why Ukrainian refugees should stay as long as they wish

Peter Rhodes|Mar 10, 2022

March 9, 2022

Peter Rhodes on chips, stamps and the unforeseeable future

Peter Rhodes|Mar 9, 2022

March 8, 2022

Rhodes on Putin's revenge, bribery on the net and people who are 'sick and tired' of masks

Peter Rhodes|Mar 8, 2022

March 7, 2022

Rhodes on old chestnuts, fearless navvies and why carrots are sometimes better than sticks

Peter Rhodes|Mar 7, 2022

March 4, 2022

Rhodes on the end of a great drama, a room with no view and the peril of travelling in columns

Peter Rhodes|Mar 4, 2022

March 3, 2022

Rhodes on gagging orders, windy forecasts and how an army of mothers could rattle Putin

Peter Rhodes|Mar 3, 2022

March 2, 2022

Rhodes on our hot ancestral home, Nostradamus's prediction on war and the hard history of Ukraine's warriors

Peter Rhodes|Mar 2, 2022

March 1, 2022

Rhodes on blocked drains, chemical warfare and rethinking Ironbridge's place in history

Peter Rhodes|Mar 1, 2022

February 28, 2022

Peter Rhodes on Ukraine's agony, the West's softening and time to put wokeness on the back burner

Peter Rhodes|Feb 28, 2022

February 25, 2022

Peter Rhodes on cyber war, sneaky war and propaganda in the 21st century

Peter Rhodes|Feb 25, 2022

February 24, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a shortage of babies, an Olympian bill and a line that Shakespeare never wrote

Peter Rhodes|Feb 24, 2022

February 23, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a brilliant writer, a great day for wind turbines and why we need something scarier than red warnings

Peter Rhodes|Feb 23, 2022

February 22, 2022

Peter Rhodes on bile in politics, false-flag warfare and Putin's place in history

Peter Rhodes|Feb 22, 2022

February 21, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a prince's pledge, a model's baby and the plot to sink both Boris and Brexit

Peter Rhodes|Feb 21, 2022

February 18, 2022

Rhodes on sudden wars, vested politicians and a curious translation in Friends

Peter Rhodes|Feb 18, 2022

February 17, 2022

Rhodes on a monarch's name, the scalping of Boris and how to settle an island dispute

Peter Rhodes|Feb 17, 2022

February 16, 2022

Rhodes on CBeebies, a US rival and going to war by inches

Peter Rhodes|Feb 16, 2022

February 15, 2022

Rhodes on naming pubs, living with travellers and coats that cause obstructions

Peter Rhodes|Feb 15, 2022

February 14, 2022

Peter Rhodes on a nuclear promise, Chinese instructions and the joy of justice by questionnaire

Peter Rhodes|Feb 14, 2022

February 11, 2022

Peter Rhodes on sexism in Shakespeare, more baby talk and where should the buck stop now?

Peter Rhodes|Feb 11, 2022

February 10, 2022

Rhodes on Keir's beer, Boris's bubbly and the lure of sun-drenched Sicily

Peter Rhodes|Feb 10, 2022

February 9, 2022

Rhodes on signing T&Cs, the exodus from Number Ten and an unforgettable moment in broadcasting

Peter Rhodes|Feb 9, 2022

February 8, 2022

Rhodes on paranoia, another police probe and a lack of democracy in Downing Street

Peter Rhodes|Feb 8, 2022

February 7, 2022

Peter Rhodes on two irritating letters, a masterclass in swearing and counting the days to war

Peter Rhodes|Feb 7, 2022

February 4, 2022

Rhodes on drugs in Parliament, bad news for home buyers and crisps with added bumf

Peter Rhodes|Feb 4, 2022

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

Anne Frank's best friend recalls final chats together at Nazi concentration camp

Features|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 21, 2022

Peter Rhodes on scary rhymes, wooden rifles and the inevitable tragedy facing Insulate Britain

Peter Rhodes|Jan 21, 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 13, 2022

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

Peter Rhodes|Jan 13, 2022

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