I may be a hard-boiled atheist, writes Peter Rhodes, but my heart goes out to the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, the Catholic Church’s Scottish leader Cardinal Keith O’Brien and other good clerics who are being harangued as narrow-minded bigots for standing up against gay marriage.
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In Empire (BBC1) Jeremy Paxman tried hard, but failed, to jolly along an old Egyptian, writes Peter Rhodes.
A reader recalls a chance meeting in a London bar with the comedian Frank Carson who passed away last week, writes Peter Rhodes.
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We all love to see politicians ambushed and given a good tongue-lashing by Mr and Mrs Joe Public, writes Peter Rhodes.
There is no mystery to the success of Call the Midwife (BBC1), writes Peter Rhodes.
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One of the unkinder Fleet Street columnists compares Prince Harry’s “genuine medals” with the “token decorations” worn by his father, Prince Charles, writes Peter Rhodes.
THE High Court ruling that prayers should not form part of a council meeting is, depending on your view, either a sensible progressive move or a victory for the forces of Satan and the end of Christian culture in this sceptre’d isle.
The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.
The best of this week’s Peter Rhodes column from the Express & Star.
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