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A look back at another 'amazing' year
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/12/2017
» It is customary at this time of the year to take a not too serious look back on the past 12 months, although there are some events you may well prefer to forget. If nothing else it will serve as a reminder that Thailand will always be Truly Amazing.
Pet piggies destined for the dinner plate
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/07/2017
» A recent article in the Bangkok Post concerned Thai citizens getting more than they bargained for after buying pet pigs. Some might say that anyone who buys a pig as a pet deserves everything that follows.
Throw caution to the wind
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 23/01/2017
» Chinese New Year is on Jan 28 and most people have their horoscopes read to prepare themselves for the Year of the Rooster. According to Chinese astrology, this year's rooster comes in the form of a yin fire rooster.
A pleasant escape into La La Land
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/01/2017
» I must admit to being a bit wary of cinema musicals, simply because if you don't like the music, it's unlikely you will enjoy the film. When I saw that La La Land was showing in Bangkok, the prospect of sitting through a "musical romance" did not appeal at all.
Pistol and Boo not the first shaggy dog tale
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/04/2016
» So Capt Jack Sparrow (alias Johnny Depp) and his dogs didn't have to walk the plank after all, following their indiscretions in Australia while filming the latest version of the never-ending Pirates of the Caribbean. It was bit of an anti-climax really -- like some of Depp's recent films.
Team of smart rats sniffing out decades worth of landmines
News, Published on 25/02/2016
» It's been a busy morning for Cletus, Meynard, Victoria and others of their furry band. Tiny noses and long whiskers twitching, they've scurried and sniffed their way across 775 square metres of fields to eliminate a scourge that has killed thousands of Cambodians: landmines.
Return of Adolf Hitler makes for uneasy comedy
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 10/11/2015
» The movie He's Back, a comedy that revolves around the return of Adolf Hitler to modern-day Germany, is a huge hit. There may be more than meets the eye to this success, however.
Notes from a big country
Life, Adam Kohut, Published on 29/07/2015
» On the second night of my trip home, my family celebrated my father's birthday at a large seafood restaurant, one link in a chain of locations scattered across the southern United States. My younger brother, Gatlin, who is 11, ordered something called the "Mixed Seafood Grill". What arrived, half-an-hour later, carried in by a waiter lurching under its horrific weight, can only be described as nautical holocaust. Heaped on a platter the size of a manhole cover were enormous chunks of fish, scallops you could use as hockey pucks, shrimp that could be worn as bracelets.
Those ‘do you know who I am?’ moments
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/07/2015
» It happens around the world. Someone important, or who at least thinks they are important, throws a tantrum when seeking special treatment. It often features an arrogant “don’t (sometimes ‘do’) you know who I am?” — an expression US columnist Leonard Pitts termed a “battle cry of the privileged”.
Chinese give British landmarks a fresh look
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/02/2015
» In a move to attract Chinese visitors, British tourism authorities have invited more than 300 million Chinese to give names in Mandarin to the UK’s most famous attractions. The most popular names will be used in promotional literature.