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March 27, 2024

Peter Rhodes on fed-up royals, good news from the Appeal Court and an encounter with a mercenary

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 27, 2024

March 26, 2024

Peter Rhodes on Kate’s trolls, guns on the moon and the strangeness of our language

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Homepage|Mar 26, 2024

March 25, 2024

Peter Rhodes on Bafta stars, people smugglers and the long, long campaign to get pension justice

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 25, 2024

March 23, 2024

Mark Andrews: 'Playful' England kit, emperor's new clothes, and spare us a Penny

Mark Andrews|Mar 23, 2024

March 22, 2024

Peter Rhodes on oratory, garages and things that get rigged in Russia

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 22, 2024

March 21, 2024

Peter Rhodes on axing finches, a bun controversy and the folly of cutting corners on defence

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 21, 2024

March 20, 2024

Peter Rhodes on a shameful law, a cluck of chickens and the green-bin bill

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 20, 2024

March 19, 2024

Peter Rhodes on bottom banks, WFH engineers and the end of the road for free banking

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 19, 2024

March 18, 2024

Peter Rhodes on another flood, a gift for the taxman and how today's novelty becomes tomorrow's pest

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 18, 2024

March 16, 2024

Mark Andrews: Never mind Netflix, North Korean TV is on the way

Mark Andrews|Mar 16, 2024

March 15, 2024

Peter Rhodes on preventable vandalism, luxury cars for Russia and our 'dysfunctional' Home Office

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 15, 2024

March 14, 2024

Why there aren't Shrewsbury to Wellington shuttle trains during landslip repairs - but probably could be

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Transport|Mar 14, 2024

Peter Rhodes on dodgy snaps, a big breakfast and do gentleman prefer blondes?

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 14, 2024

March 13, 2024

Peter Rhodes on royal titles, unkind satire and getting some good news from the NHS

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 13, 2024

March 12, 2024

Peter Rhodes on keeping the horse, limitless power and an encounter with two old men

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 12, 2024

March 11, 2024

Transport chaos strikes Shropshire: A weekend of travel woes for the county

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Shrewsbury|Mar 11, 2024

Peter Rhodes on a Welsh turkey, a second Birmingham and discovering a much-loved old car

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 11, 2024

March 9, 2024

Mark Andrews – Why Cliff Richard is the answer to Generation Smartphone

Mark Andrews|Mar 9, 2024

Mark Andrews: Making the Proms more inclusive, cuddly, progressive tsars, and stupidity of 'equal pay' which is nothing of the sort

Mark Andrews|Mar 9, 2024

March 8, 2024

Peter Rhodes on painless dentistry, secret Budgets and 'salting the earth' in Westminster

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 8, 2024

March 7, 2024

Peter Rhodes on fake Trump, stroppy vicars and the unforgettable smell of a classic car

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 7, 2024

March 6, 2024

Mark Andrews on today's Budget: Sombre preamble as Chancellor begins his farewell tour

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Politics|Mar 6, 2024

Peter Rhodes on licences, mishearing things and a big secret that everyone knows

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 6, 2024

March 5, 2024

Peter Rhodes on obesity, aircraft carriers and a thoroughly satisfying screen villain

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 5, 2024

March 4, 2024

Peter Rhodes on jackpots, generosity and generating images of unlikely people

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Peter Rhodes|Mar 4, 2024

March 1, 2024

Peter Rhodes on a crooked pub, a massive jackpot and finding homes for colonels and corporals

Peter Rhodes|Mar 1, 2024

February 29, 2024

Peter Rhodes on expensive babies, inspirational Gladiators and a postcode lottery for speeding tickets

Peter Rhodes|Feb 29, 2024

February 28, 2024

Peter Rhodes on vanishing employees, memory bumps and the BBC's tale of two Tory MPs

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 28, 2024

Money Matters: What the new energy price cap means for you

Cost of living|Feb 28, 2024

February 27, 2024

Peter Rhodes on trains, quangos and why the working-class have all the best holidays

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 27, 2024

February 26, 2024

Peter Rhodes on safe missiles, scary cattle grids and why you shouldn't call old people sweet

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 26, 2024

February 25, 2024

Axing of Shrewsbury-to-London train is latest example of our capital link being messed up

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Opinions|Feb 25, 2024

February 24, 2024

Co-operation likely to be crucial in making newly funded transport schemes work

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Transport|Feb 24, 2024

Mark Andrews: While civilisation burns, our leaders argue about the name of an imaginary ceasefire

Mark Andrews|Feb 24, 2024

Toby Neal on politics: Zero tolerance policy needed on shoplifters

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Features|Feb 24, 2024

Dan Morris: Learning to fly

Features|Feb 24, 2024

February 23, 2024

Peter Rhodes on banning hounds, avoiding funerals and how money opens doors into Britain

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 23, 2024

February 22, 2024

Shropshire hospitals preparing for latest doctors' strikes, says nursing chief

Health|Feb 22, 2024

Peter Rhodes on Russian lies, trigger warnings and how to fight exploitation – with unicorns

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 22, 2024

February 21, 2024

Peter Rhodes on slavery, mail trains and the seductive lure of life in the Lords

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 21, 2024

February 20, 2024

Peter Rhodes on global warming, ocean cooling and being in the presence of greatness

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 20, 2024

February 19, 2024

Peter Rhodes on wandering cats, taxes on vans and facing up to an 'explosion of hatred'

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 19, 2024

February 17, 2024

Mark Andrews: Trump gets something right, deepfake Biden, and Rishi stops the boats, TikTok style

Mark Andrews|Feb 17, 2024

February 16, 2024

Peter Rhodes on ructions in Rochdale, simple sums and how to lose an excavator

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 16, 2024

February 15, 2024

Peter Rhodes on fly tippers, a perfect politician and how The Hum is humming up North

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 15, 2024

February 14, 2024

Peter Rhodes on bullied vicars, a stalemate war and the decline and fall of nookie

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 14, 2024

February 13, 2024

Peter Rhodes on a matchstick tower, Putin's words and claims of racism in rural Britain

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 13, 2024

February 12, 2024

Peter Rhodes on a cold heatwave, legal small print and putting your faith in complementary medicine

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Peter Rhodes|Feb 12, 2024

February 10, 2024

Mark Andrews: Rolling your eyes is not an act of aggression, it's one of humanity

Weekend|Feb 10, 2024

Toby Neal: Glitter disgraced but music plays for some

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Toby Neal|Feb 10, 2024

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