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It's 'Itsy Bitsy, Teenie, Weenie' ... you know the rest
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/10/2012
» I received an email from a reader who was disappointed that in the item about bikinis in "PostScript" two weeks ago, there was no mention of that cerebral song, Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini. It was, admittedly, a regrettable oversight on my behalf. Being a spotty 13 year old at the time of its release in 1960, the Bryan Hyland hit certainly caught my attention, although my mother was less impressed.
Celebrating daffodils, dahlias and dodgy perfumes
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/08/2012
» Since today is Mother's Day in Thailand it seems an appropriate time to talk about mums or mae, and for our North American friends, ''moms''. And we must not forget the mamas, madres and maters around the globe either. They are quite useful, after all. As someone once observed: ''God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers.''
Exams a necessary evil, or pure humbug?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/06/2012
» Most people would probably agree that taking exams is an unpleasant experience. There can be few things worse than that horrible sinking feeling when you look at the question paper and your mind goes totally blank. You know you are doomed.
Nice girl, throws a good party
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/06/2012
» Considering how depressing the world news has been lately, watching snippets of the diamond jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II earlier this week was a refreshing break. It was simply good to see lots of Brits looking happy and not whining about things as is usually the case.
Disco queen and the volcano
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/05/2012
» The sad passing of Donna Summer and Robin Gibb in the past two weeks inevitably stirred memories of those distant days of disco, scarily more than three decades ago. Composer Quincy Jones called Summer "the heartbeat and soundtrack of a decade", and she was apparently a very nice lady along with it.