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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.
Novice monks get dose of reality
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 01/07/2018
» I once was a special guest on a kids TV show where my task was to explain the story of Father Christmas.
When the spirit fools you
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/06/2018
» My office was abuzz with the news of the medium who went on TV last week and summoned the spirit of an ancient Brahman god.
A very touchy subject
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/04/2018
» This week our prime minister came face to face with the hottest musical group in Thailand.
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.
Lady parking: the work of the devil
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 27/08/2017
» UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is toying with the idea of women-only train carriages. The idea is to stem the rising tide of female harassment in public places after British Transport Police reported a rise in sexual assaults on trains.
'Mr Condom' is still causing a stir
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/07/2017
» How comforting to see, in the pages of the Bangkok Post, young people using condoms with none of the hang-ups or bashfulness associated with that contraception. By using them, I don't mean "using" them. The kids were blowing up condoms like balloons and wearing gaily coloured hats made of condoms in a news story that certainly piqued my interest.
Stripping down to the home truth
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 31/07/2016
» In the course of uncovering news, reporters find themselves in all sorts of unexpected scenarios.
Small talk at the car wash, yeah
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/04/2015
» I’ve just had my car cleaned at my local car wash. I am a man who believes in cleanliness, and that extends to my car. Getting a car wash is a task I perform at the beginning of every single month that begins with the letter A. This frequency brings me in contact with an ever-changing gaggle of Lao youth who spray, scrub, shine and sometimes even scratch my car before I steer it into the giant rollers and, ultimately, the middle-aged cashier with the weather-beaten face.
Keeping abreast of Thai culture
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/03/2015
» In my next life I would like to come back as a high-ranking civil servant in the Culture Ministry’s Culture Watch. Is there a better job to be had in Thailand? You are not required to do anything; just “watch”.