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Peter Rhodes

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

April 29, 2020

Peter Rhodes on deserted hospitals, the two-metre rule and the many meanings of a Latin phrase

Peter Rhodes|Apr 29, 2020

April 28, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the EastEnders saga, a remedy for Trump and how an earlier pandemic vanished

Peter Rhodes|Apr 28, 2020

April 27, 2020

Peter Rhodes on predicting a pandemic, watching a demolition and the stories behind the headlines

Peter Rhodes|Apr 27, 2020

April 24, 2020

Peter Rhodes on angling after a pandemic, misleading TV reports and why are their flames higher than ours?

Peter Rhodes|Apr 24, 2020

April 23, 2020

Peter Rhodes on close-quarter clapping, preparing for another disaster and looking good in a surgical mask

Peter Rhodes|Apr 23, 2020

April 22, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a new tsar, smelling a rat and the case for promoting Captain Tom

Peter Rhodes|Apr 22, 2020

April 21, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a celebrity infection, the future for theatre and something wizard from Oz

Peter Rhodes|Apr 21, 2020

April 20, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the tumbling of a wall, the dangers of religion and meeting a literary giant

Peter Rhodes|Apr 20, 2020

April 17, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the revenge of the millennials, a cure for fly-tipping and the benefits of counting to ten

Peter Rhodes|Apr 17, 2020

April 16, 2020

Peter Rhodes on crowded housing, wacky virus theories and reasons to be hopeful

Peter Rhodes|Apr 16, 2020

April 15, 2020

Peter Rhodes on “fighting” illness, silly escapism and a great year for blossom

Peter Rhodes|Apr 15, 2020

April 14, 2020

Peter Rhodes on Starmer's unknowns, traditional weather and a time of reckoning for our universities

Peter Rhodes|Apr 14, 2020

April 13, 2020

Peter Rhodes on how life goes on, saving petrol and the steepest street in the world

Peter Rhodes|Apr 13, 2020

April 10, 2020

Peter Rhodes on huffle-puffers, thoughtless students and a definition of coping

Peter Rhodes|Apr 10, 2020

April 9, 2020

Peter Rhodes on Belgravia's missing character, a blow for XR and the challenge of tracing contacts

Peter Rhodes|Apr 9, 2020

April 8, 2020

Peter Rhodes on crystal balls, religious mania and why plenty of old folk make a country better

Peter Rhodes|Apr 8, 2020

April 7, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a national treasure, a nice turn of phrase and the case for a bigger Army

Peter Rhodes|Apr 7, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a national treasure, a nice turn of phrase and the case for a bigger Army

Peter Rhodes|Apr 7, 2020

April 6, 2020

Peter Rhodes on lockdown literature, the optimistic Victorians and how to bore a virus to death

Peter Rhodes|Apr 6, 2020

April 3, 2020

Peter Rhodes on counting bugs, in-your-face cops and an epitaph for garden centres

Peter Rhodes|Apr 3, 2020

April 2, 2020

Peter Rhodes on cut-price funerals, death by paywall and the most serious allegations of all

Peter Rhodes|Apr 2, 2020

April 1, 2020

Peter Rhodes on puzzling signs, staying alive and the privilege of meeting the very old

Peter Rhodes|Apr 1, 2020

March 31, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a shortage of modesty, filling the hours and Royals heading for Tinseltown

Peter Rhodes|Mar 31, 2020

March 30, 2020

Peter Rhodes on pandemic chores, the search for resilience and the perils of photographing a lock-in

Peter Rhodes|Mar 30, 2020

March 27, 2020

Peter Rhodes on pausing a railway, dodging DIY and what “lots of grandparents” want

Peter Rhodes|Mar 27, 2020

March 26, 2020

Peter Rhodes on changing times, changing priorities and time to change the rules on online gambling

Peter Rhodes|Mar 26, 2020

March 25, 2020

Peter Rhodes on lessons from history, a Christmas baby boom and how two plus two can equal 100

Peter Rhodes|Mar 25, 2020

March 24, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the real Blitz spirit, getting harangued by a reader and is it ever right to laugh at a pandemic?

Peter Rhodes|Mar 24, 2020

March 23, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the axing of Eurovision, changes at Question Time and how Gordon Brown almost told a joke

Peter Rhodes|Mar 23, 2020

March 20, 2020

Peter Rhodes on ageless comedy, free pornography and Brits behaving badly

Peter Rhodes|Mar 20, 2020

March 19, 2020

Peter Rhodes on reporting a crisis, stockpiling cliches and how oldies may slip under the wire

Peter Rhodes|Mar 19, 2020

March 18, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the head-down generation, the NHS under stress and The People's Pestilence

Peter Rhodes|Mar 18, 2020

March 17, 2020

Peter Rhodes on stockpiling baked beans, the dangers of cycling and the lure of a foaming pint

Peter Rhodes|Mar 17, 2020

March 16, 2020

Peter Rhodes on wacky races, sex after 60 and why are the ruling classes so fearless?

Peter Rhodes|Mar 16, 2020

March 13, 2020

Peter Rhodes on more odd English, the rise of white eggs and yet another attack on free speech

Peter Rhodes|Mar 13, 2020

March 12, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a viral scam, an incendiary pig and how the media are always looking the wrong way

Peter Rhodes|Mar 12, 2020

March 11, 2020

Peter Rhodes on unreal TV, viral profiteering and Australia going to war over loo rolls

Peter Rhodes|Mar 11, 2020

March 9, 2020

Peter Rhodes on odd language, California at risk and virus-free ways of saying hello

Peter Rhodes|Mar 9, 2020

March 6, 2020

Peter Rhodes on panic-buying, gender-changing and the not-so-noble side of the Home Front

Peter Rhodes|Mar 6, 2020

March 3, 2020

Peter Rhodes on blocked ears, posh pronunciation and putting a price on a unique gold ring

Peter Rhodes|Mar 3, 2020

March 2, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a marine miracle, a rejected runway and the arrival of a baby boy

Peter Rhodes|Mar 2, 2020

February 28, 2020

Peter Rhodes on potholes, politicians and that old Shrewsbury puzzle

Peter Rhodes|Feb 28, 2020

February 27, 2020

Peter Rhodes on forgetting faces, stealing electricity and how coughs, sneezes and dogs spread diseases

Peter Rhodes|Feb 27, 2020

February 26, 2020

Peter Rhodes on the decline of coal, the NHS at work and a peek inside a beating heart

Peter Rhodes|Feb 26, 2020

February 25, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a tingling sensation, a French charmer and a new book on the Midlands' forgotten prison camps

Peter Rhodes|Feb 25, 2020

February 24, 2020

Peter Rhodes on satanic mills, putting Brits back to work and do boys or girls run in families?

Peter Rhodes|Feb 24, 2020

February 21, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a superforecaster, a body blow for the cruise industry and the rise of the thought-police

Peter Rhodes|Feb 21, 2020

February 20, 2020

Peter Rhodes on how we measure rainfall, TV claustrophobia and doing the right thing in the case of Caroline Flack

Peter Rhodes|Feb 20, 2020

February 18, 2020

Peter Rhodes on speeches, dangerous jobs and the only sane place to hold a climate conference

Peter Rhodes|Feb 18, 2020

February 17, 2020

Peter Rhodes on diminishing Auntie, being a global power and handing national treasures over to our kids

Peter Rhodes|Feb 17, 2020

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