• OPINION

  Foreign noses always good for a laugh

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/12/2021

  » Today's column is coming from the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum to where I periodically escape for a break from Bangkok. There was a quick reminder that I was no longer in the Big Mango while sitting in a village restaurant with my wife and friends. A Thai lad about 5 years old came up to our table and stared at me for a bit and giggled. I might add this is not an unusual reaction to Crutch in the provinces.

• OPINION

  Possibly the worst job in the world?

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/11/2020

  » On the day Americans went to the polls four years ago the Miami Herald ran what must have been its shortest-ever editorial which simply read: "Her, Not Him, Enough Said". In light of what ensued, it must have been tempting to blame the proof-readers and come out the next day with: "Correction: Him Not Her."

• OPINION

  Possibly time to look on the bright side

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/01/2018

  » Having just about scraped through the Year of the Chicken, here we are seven days into 2018 and wondering what's in store during the Year of the Dog. It probably won't be all that great, but we'll leave the gloom and doom to the experts. Let's just hope it's a least a bit more enjoyable than the past couple of years which have really been quite awful, and almost of an annus horribilis nature.

• OPINION

  An appreciation of a remarkable king

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/10/2016

  » Not being Thai, whatever I say concerning His Majesty the King will be inadequate. But having lived in Thailand for the past 47 years, I feel like he has also become my king and I would like to at least attempt to express my admiration for what he achieved in his 70-year reign.

• OPINION

  Steady now, just 'keep calm and carry on'

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/07/2016

  » For something that sounds a bit like a second-rate breakfast cereal, Brexit has created the most monumental commotion in Britain since David Beckham damaged his precious metatarsal.

• OPINION

  Another year to remember, or maybe forget

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/12/2014

  » Well, we've just about scraped through another 12 months, although at times things did look a bit on the shaky side. At least all the whistle-blowing has abated. Here are a few reminders of events and characters that graced the year 2014, although some you may prefer to forget.

• OPINION

  Being ginger adds spice to life

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/06/2023

  » I have been reprimanded by a reader of ginger persuasion for failing to mention two significant days in the calendar for those of us who have grown up saddled with nicknames like "Ginger Nut", "Ginger Bonce", "Tomato Head", "Carrot Top", not to mention "Freckle Face". I plead guilty to allowing the recent "Cuddle a Ginger Day" and "World Redhead Day" slip by without a single bleat in support of gingers.

• OPINION

  Poster boys and girls near final straight

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/04/2023

  » Try as you might you just cannot escape the forthcoming election with all those posters dangling from lampposts and the few remaining trees. The posters have been there for several months now and some are beginning to look a little the worse for wear, especially after this week's welcome rain in Bangkok. There is possibly nothing less appealing than a soggy political poster... apart from a soggy politician.

• OPINION

  Job vacancy: Must be good at promises

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/05/2022

  » This time next week the good citizens of Bangkok will be choosing the person daft enough to want to be the next governor of the angelic metropolis known as Krungthep. Amazingly there are 31 otherwise perfectly sensible, intelligent people prepared to take on this thankless task.

• OPINION

  When protesters wore duffel coats

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/10/2020

  » There seem to be daily protests going on around the world at the moment for multifarious reasons and it got me thinking about the first street demonstrations I witnessed first-hand in England as a teenager back in the Stone Age.

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