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Lies, Damned Lies ... And Billboards
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/08/2017
» The Bang Na expressway is a corridor of lies and deceit. Describing it like that may be extreme, but we are living in extreme times. We are required to react to everything in the most shocking way, and what better way to do that than to react hysterically to things which, back in the 20th century, warranted a cursory glance with a disapproving raised eyebrow.
Street food purge leaves a bitter taste
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/04/2017
» Living in Bangkok is like winning the lottery; it's surprising how many relatives and friends, and children of estranged friends, come out of the woodwork at holiday time. I have international visitors visiting me regularly, dear reader. This is how I know, despite being allergic to seafood, precisely how long it takes for fish to go off.
Set zero: The Krabi power plant is ded-sa-molay
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/02/2017
» Environmentalists have cautiously hailed a victory of sorts after the government agreed to set zero the proposed Krabi coal-fired power plant. Don't worry, dear reader. It is not necessary to understand that first sentence. I was just testing you. Or rather, I was testing myself.
Wearing grief on your sleeve
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/10/2016
» I received the royal pendant almost 10 years ago; a small, metallic pin shaped in the insignia of His Majesty the King. It was presented upon completion of my services for the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty King Bhumibol's Accession to the Throne, an event I wrote about in this column last week. The brooch is small and elegant in its triangular form with an emerald green background.
Conducting themselves with dignity
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/09/2016
» This week your favourite columnist met up with Somtow Sucharitkul, Thailand's famed composer, conductor and lapsed horror writer, at Emquartier for lunch and a chat.
Zen and the art of metropolis maintenance
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/02/2016
» One of my earliest observances of Bangkok life was made from the second floor of a Klong Toey guest house, from the window of a room festooned with linoleum and cockroaches.
Highs, lows and screw-ups
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/01/2016
» It is a long-held tradition for this column, in its last week of each year, to present awards based on the year’s highs and lows. I understand such reflections can be found in another seven columns of the Bangkok Post today and over the past week.
The bald truth about Rajabhakti Park
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/12/2015
» With all the column inches dedicated to the Rajabhakti Park controversy over the past month, your columnist has been trying to devise ways of writing about what is fast becoming this government’s Achilles heel without incurring the wrath of the military.
All rivers lead to closed doors
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/11/2015
» The prime minister’s threat to close the country sent all sorts of strange ripples throughout Thailand. This column begins with the ardent hope that you already know this news, because if so I am saved a needless 100 words explaining its background, thus allowing me to extrapolate my watertight theories and opinions on the topic for an extra 100 words.
Going merrily down the stream
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/08/2015
» Before launching into my column this morning, a quick apology in advance: I sent this to my editors the morning after the Bangkok Post’s well-trumpeted, not to mention raucous, celebration of its 69th birthday.