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Where charity flows freely
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/10/2019
» In late August and into early September, flash floods ravaged the rural Northeast of Thailand.
Driven to Drink
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/01/2018
» There are two categories where you can find Thailand sitting at the top of the world charts.
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.
Falling for his charms
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/06/2016
» Those ardent followers of the abbot of Wat Dhammakaya remind me of a story that occurred 30 years ago with an equally ardent group known as the Friends of Finch.
Of ghosts and spirits
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/05/2016
» I used to live in a town house that had a ghost on the second floor.
The persistence of serenity
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/01/2016
» Last week your columnist reported from the safety of his luxurious room at the Avani Atrium Hotel on New Phetchaburi Road, Bangkok, where he lamented the decline of the area’s red-light district of a quarter of a century ago. Lamented? Hardly. But that is beside the point.
On the road to nowhere
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/01/2016
» It was like a celebration of sorts; the kind befitting New Year. Did you see the faces of the young men who went to retrieve their motorbikes? They were all over the Thai media last Tuesday, the first day they could get their vehicles after being nabbed for drink driving over the holiday break.
The killjoys are winning
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/11/2015
» While the world was in lockdown over the threat of global terrorism this past week, here in Thailand we were in lockdown too, but for different reasons. Our lives were not in danger from crazed AK-47-wielding suicide bombers. Our danger came in the form of banana leaves, joss sticks and a candle.
These inactive posts will be the death of us
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/07/2015
» There was a push last week for the death penalty for corrupt government officials — may I be the first to announce my opposition. The push is an amendment proposed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, better known as the NACC, though perhaps FUTILE might be a better abbreviation for all that commission is up against.
Protesting too much
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/01/2014
» Three months ago I received a phone call from Michael Sachs, my best friend from school days in Brisbane, Australia.