Peter Rhodes' Blog


Best of Peter Rhodes – May 18

The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Best of Peter Rhodes – May 18

Best of Peter Rhodes – May 11

The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Best of Peter Rhodes – May 11

Best of Peter Rhodes – May 4

The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Best of Peter Rhodes – May 4
Save the stadium – at any price?

The row over putting anti-aircraft missiles on the roof of a block of flats in East London, and annoying the residents, misses the point, writes Peter Rhodes.

Save the stadium – at any price?

Best of Peter Rhodes – April 27

The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Best of Peter Rhodes – April 27

It’s rain – and it’s good rain

Have  you noticed, writes Peter Rhodes,  how the drought fanatics are becoming like the global-warming fanatics, warning of death and destruction unless we mend our ways?

It’s rain – and it’s good rain

Cancer and the need for speed

Peter Rhodes writes: Some  poor devils will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in the coming months and will wonder why they are not being offered the new cure unveiled last week which involves heating a tiny area of the tumour.

Cancer and the need for speed

Best of Peter Rhodes – April 20

The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Best of Peter Rhodes – April 20

Blog – When your personal information is public property

The Leveson Inquiry resumes next week, writes Peter Rhodes, and is determined to expose the terrible wickedness of newspapers hacking into phone accounts.

Blog – When your personal information is public property

Scientists with their heads in the clouds

Here we go again, writes Peter Rhodes. Engineers at Liverpool University are planning for aerial highways to be designated, enabling well-heeled commuters to flit here and there in cars that transform into helicopters. At this stage, anyone over 60 has a deep sense of deja-vu.

Scientists with their heads in the clouds

Best of Peter Rhodes – April 13

The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.

Best of Peter Rhodes – April 13

Insulation? Give me a draught any day

Peter Rhodes writes: As the Government launches its Green Deal scheme to force us all to stuff our lofts full of lagging,  who says maximum insulation is a good idea, anyway?

Insulation? Give me a draught any day

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