Yorkshire Evening Post - Rod McPhee Feed

Rod McPhee: Genuinely sad to see Christa Ackroyd lifted off our TV screens

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:31:26 GMT

I can still recall the first and last time I met Christa Ackroyd. It was 10 years ago as a trainee reporter with the Yorkshire Evening Post and I’ve no doubt she still cherishes our memorable five-minute meeting as much as I do.

Rod McPhee: The terrible timing of Douglas’s flip-flop as STI rates rise again

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:53:45 GMT

As fresh figures reveal a five per cent rise in sexually transmitted infections in England, what a marvel it was to see a Hollywood A-lister appear to state he’d contracted an STI – and what a pity his PR minders then made a retraction.

Rod McPhee: This country’s only at risk of forgetting a human tragedy

Thu, 30 May 2013 08:03:23 GMT

Relax everyone, the English Defence League is here to protect us in the wake of the chilling killing of soldier Lee Rigby. Only question is, who will defend us from the English Defence League?

Rod McPhee: Don’t congratulate Cameron if gay marriage is legalised

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:42 GMT

David Cameron came out with some pretty righteous language this week after the gay marriage bill leapt another hurdle in its perilous passage through Parliament.

Rod McPhee: Troublesome bars could jump new traffic light licence bands

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:38:53 GMT

Licensing chiefs want to make Leeds’s Call Lane a no-go zone for new bars which, given the fact that there’s hardly anywhere left to open new bars down there, is like slapping a ban on hunting Dodos.

Rod McPhee: Inspired thinking about arts - and a momentous occasion

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:29:24 GMT

To this day, any colleague I converse with about arty stuff tends to respond by adding the suffix ‘-farty’. Thus demeaning it instantly by making it “arty-farty.”

Rod McPhee: Idiots mean we’ll never grow tired of hearing ‘You’re fired’

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:11:44 GMT

It’s one of the few shows to have survived reality TV’s boom and bust, and it’s survived for one simple reason: The Apprentice is pure viewing gold.

Rod McPhee: Amid Britain’s puzzling peace index figures, just a few facts...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:53:56 GMT

It’s an obscure and pretentious reference, I grant you, but when confronted with figures that bemuse you, just remember the words of George Canning: “I can prove anything by statistics...” he once mused  “...except the truth.”