Peter Rhodes' Blog


Best of Peter Rhodes – February 10

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

Best of Peter Rhodes – February 10

Best of Peter Rhodes – February 3

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

Best of Peter Rhodes – February 3

What the French really think about the Olympics

“They  won’t say it, but many French are gutted to have lost the bid,” reports a  Brit living in France who emails the BBC on alleged Gallic envy of the London Olympics.

What the French really think about the Olympics
Me? I did it everybody else’s way

Apparently,  the most requested song over the 70 years of Desert Island Discs has been the Edith Piaf hit, Je Ne Regrette Rien (I have no regrets), writes Peter Rhodes.

Me? I did it everybody else’s way

Best of Peter Rhodes – January 27

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

Best of Peter Rhodes – January 27

Where have the judges been for 50 years?

I wrote recently about  the juror who discovered online that the defendant had a previous arrest for rape, writes Peter Rhodes.

Where have the judges been for 50 years?

Coming soon – HMS Unaffordable and no jets

It is  reported that some Royal Navy chiefs are worried that a number of  nations, including Thailand, may soon have bigger fleets than Britain, writes Peter Rhodes.

Coming soon – HMS Unaffordable and no jets

The greater good – who says?

Justice  Secretary Ken Clarke says journalists who use illegal methods such as phone-tapping  for “the greater good” should not necessarily be prosecuted, writes Peter Rhodes.

The greater good – who says?

Old folk and the ocean – a fatal combination

I have only ever been on  one cruise liner writes Peter Rhodes.

Old folk and the ocean – a fatal combination

An amazing pair of Coxes

The entertainers’ union Equity insists that no actors share the same stage name, writes Peter Rhodes.

An amazing pair of Coxes

Kelvin MacKenzie – a national treasure

Big, noisy, abrasive and utterly unrepentant, Kelvin MacKenzie gave his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry this week and then strode out, snarling “gutter Press!” in mock-disgust at the snappers taking his picture, writes Peter Rhodes.

Kelvin MacKenzie – a national treasure

The Scottish referendum – no place for a Sassenach

Let  ’em go, Mr Cameron, writes Peter Rhodes.  Or at least let the Scots have their vote on whether to go.

The Scottish referendum – no place for a Sassenach

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