• OPINION

  Good chance of being caught on the hop

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2023

  » To mark this weekend's Chinese New Year celebrations for Year of the Rabbit it seems appropriate to dedicate today's column to our cuddly cottontail friends, otherwise known as bunnies. Let's hope not too many of them end up in a pie or stew. As a precaution, just be careful when you order "today's special".

• OPINION

  Welcome to the year's merriest month

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/05/2021

  » We are already in the merry month of May, not that there's much to be merry about these days.

• OPINION

  'Boaty McBoatface' just wouldn't float

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/05/2016

  » Earlier this year, Britain's National Environment Research Council (NERC) decided it would be a good idea for the public to choose the name of their new polar scientific research ship. What better example of democracy in action?

• OPINION

  A rare occasion when 'dogs are allowed'

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/04/2023

  » Earlier this month an art museum in Athens opened its doors to dogs so the canine community could experience a quiet sniff around important works of art. This might seem rather trivial but when you consider that the "No Dogs Allowed" sign is one of the most familiar around the world the dogs need as much moral support as they can get. It must be a bit disheartening for hounds to be greeted everywhere by signs that they are not wanted… an odd way to treat man's best friend.

• OPINION

  Shaking off the laundromat blues

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023

  » In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.

• OPINION

  Come on baby, let's do the Twist

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/04/2022

  » The other day I heard on the radio Chubby Checker bursting forth with his 1960 hit 'The Twist'. It's not the greatest of songs but it sparked fond memories because it launched a dance craze which proved a social life-saver for me and many other shy teenagers.

• OPINION

  Long in the tooth and fearing the pain

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/02/2021

  » Ever since the horrors of the school dentist who had an uncanny knack of hitting the nerve, I have always regarded dental visits with some trepidation. The very word "extraction" is enough to spark spasms of terror. So last week, as I was sitting in a dentist's chair in Bangkok about to have a misbehaving tooth extracted, I was not exactly a vision of joy.

• OPINION

  When flying to Oz was an adventure

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/12/2016

  » Earlier this week, Qantas announced exciting plans for a non-stop 18-hour flight from London to Perth. That's wonderful if you happen to live in Perth, but the majority of Australians reside on the other side of the country, so they will still face a second four-hour flight, which will make the journey feel not quite so "non-stop".

• OPINION

  Names can be an occupational hazard

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/12/2015

  » Fed up reading about shady deals and assorted crookery every time you open the newspaper? In an attempt to lighten the mood, PostScript is taking another look at the wonderful world of “aptonyms”.

• OPINION

  Wish you were here, wherever it might be

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/11/2014

  » I enjoyed the tale in the Post this week of the young Japanese tourist who for years had set his heart on visiting Myawaddy, the Myanmar border town opposite Mae Sot in Tak province.

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