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All things must pass
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/12/2019
» Today is the final Sunday of 2019. It is the final Sunday, arguably, of the decade as well.
Falling on deaf ears
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/10/2019
» I've always had a soft spot for the Siam Sinfonietta Orchestra … not just because it's great to hear young people play classical music, but also for the soap opera that plays out constantly behind the scenes as it struggles to remain in existence.
What's in a name change?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/09/2019
» It's been an intense week for Thailand's deputy agriculture minister, whose dubious past as a drug runner has been revealed in an exposé in The Sydney Morning Herald, written by one Michael Ruffles.
What's past is prologue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/07/2019
» The movie Chang is a cinematic curiosity from nearly 100 years ago.
Thailand's new day same as the old
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/03/2019
» It is difficult to choose an honorific or position for Prayut Chan-o-cha these days. Is he the prime minister or a prime ministerial candidate? We could refer to him as prime minister/ministerial candidate but that is clunky and takes up way too much space.
Hub of madness
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/01/2019
» Greetings from the haze hub of the world.
Curtain call
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/12/2018
» The phone call came in the evening more than a month ago.
Eternal struggle of the tourist city
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/05/2018
» This week your correspondent is unable to make any casual observations on Thai life owing to the fact he is 8,823km away.
No penis jokes, please.... I'm on a stiff deadline
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/01/2018
» Deadlines can be merciless things.
A song that unites Thais in their grief
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/10/2017
» The royal anthem is known as Pleng Sansern Phra Baramee, or "The Song that Praises the Glory of the King". This piece of music is 130 years old. It was the third national anthem of Siam for more than 40 years, from 1888 to 1933 -- the one prior to that was Britain's God Save The King/Queen with Thai lyrics.