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Has the whole world gone mad?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/11/2010
» Until recently there was a big billboard on the side of the expressway going to Bang Na. ''Make your life better,'' it shouted out to motorists in stark Thai lettering. ''Buy our stainless steel products.''
Bun-Fights and Holes in Dough
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/10/2010
» The government is in danger of being dissolved. Armed men in black take over the car park at Suvarnabhumi airport. And child pornography is openly sold on Sukhumvit.
More of those Melting Moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/09/2010
» This week I must pause in my chronicle of Thai experiences to thank all my readers who sent in their personal Melting Moments this past week. Honestly, I am in awe of the response. When I send off my weekly column to my esteemed editor I sometimes forget that it's printed, read, and even responded to. I feel like Sally Fields receiving an Oscar for Places In The Heart.
It's a small world in Thai politics
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/08/2010
» Oh God, not another one. On a ranking of things Thailand desperately needs right now, where would "an extra province" be? Surely somewhere down in the 900s, wedged between "pay rise for politicians" (#946) and "more Cambodian child beggars outside police booths" (#948).
Hold your Tongue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/07/2010
» Back in 2004, the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, hit on a bright idea.
There's nothing like a sure bet
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/07/2010
» Can an octopus really predict the outcome of a football match? Krissana says it can. I say it can't. And living in Thailand, I am so clearly in the minority it would have been better to have kept my mouth shut this week about Paul the octopus.
Breaking News!
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/05/2010
» Back in 1989 I was a journalist working for a daily newspaper in Australia, and one of the very last assignments I had before embarking on my trip to Thailand was one of the toughest. Through a few contacts, and my reputation for being a fair journalist (this was a long time ago, remember), I interviewed a group of paedophiles who met once a week in an anonymous suburban house.
A Gem of a story
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/04/2010
» The recent decision to close down Sanam Luang for renovations has sent me on a trip down memory lane, reminding me of a day when I went there deliberately to get ripped off. Sanam Luang is the last remaining large tract of land in central Bangkok that hasn't been cemented over to make way for shophouses selling car parts or cheap cloth which, upon coming into contact with an errant cigarette, quickly introduces you to the perils of self-immolation.