The weaker the arguments for the high-speed train (HS2) grew, the more likely the damn thing became, writes Peter Rhodes.
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I am surprised no-one has yet suggested making it a hate crime to be less than enthusiastic about the London Olympics, writes Peter Rhodes.
According to the lingerie industry, which has years of expertise in such things, between 80 and 85 per cent of women wear the wrong size of bra, writes Peter Rhodes.
Peter Rhodes writes: Foxhunting is a sport based almost entirely on whoppers, plus the curious belief among hunters that if Joe Public only understood hunting, he would support it (we do, thanks – and we don’t).
Another first for British justice, writes Peter Rhodes.
The big thing in 2012 will be televisions, music systems and other electronic gizmos which are operated by voice or hand signal, without the need for remote controls, writes Peter Rhodes.
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A reader, considering Britain’s “isolation” from the eurozone, says he’s reminded of the famous newspaper headline: “Fog in Channel – Continent Isolated,” writes Peter Rhodes.
If they could bottle the magic ingredient of classic Christmas TV shows, then we’d have a brilliant one every year, writes Peter Rhodes.
Peter Rhodes writes: The doyen of this column-writing craft, Richard Littlejohn, laments the absence of genuine dwarfs at this year’s pantomime at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton with the headline: “Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s on the dole we go.”
The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.
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