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Between the verses
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/11/2018
» Two songs threatened to bring down Thai society in just the last seven days. One was about the evils of military rule.
Eternal struggle of the tourist city
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/05/2018
» This week your correspondent is unable to make any casual observations on Thai life owing to the fact he is 8,823km away.
When chickens smash eggs
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/03/2018
» You may have noticed it's been difficult to get your Thai friends to go out on a Wednesday or Thursday night.
Suffer the little children
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/01/2017
» It's the morning after Children's Day. It is testament to how deeply I am entrenched in Thai culture that I hardly bat an eyelid when Children's Day comes around. There was a time when on hearing of an impending Children's Day I would throw up my exasperated hands and exclaim: "We have a Children's Day in this country? Whatever for?"
Growing up in a difficult environment
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 22/11/2015
» What a difficult soul-searching week it has been, as we come to grips with this new era of violence and upheaval. I have read 100 different theories as to how we have ended up here, and why sick militants shoot AK-47 rifles into crowds in the name of an abstract notion of a supreme being.
Temples of temptation
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/03/2014
» Thailand reels over the latest scandal to hit the local media, but strangely hardly touched by the English news, part of which you are holding in your hand right now. The Bangkok Post, I mean, not the croissant!
Children suffer amid madness
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/03/2014
» It’s hard for me to find the words to describe the grief, the anger and the helplessness at watching a man bury his two gorgeous little kids, whose only crime was they chose KFC at Big C Ratchaprasong to have dinner last Sunday evening.
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.
Monitor lizard slight on a whole different scale
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/06/2013
» Picture the scenario: You are standing on stage at a political rally in front of a sea of supporters, and you want to curse your opponents in the worst possible way.
Getting Bobbleheaded over an iPad
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/07/2010
» Conventional wisdom has it that a blink of an eye lasts 400 milliseconds. For me, it is more like three months. That’s how I feel as I pack my two meagre suitcases to leave the bustling, crazy world of Los Angeles for the bustling, crazy world of Bangkok. There are people to farewell, tequila bars to visit, dinners to attend, and tequila bars to visit — did I repeat myself just then? There’s been the quick trip up to Hollywood Boulevard to buy tacky souvenirs.