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Group dynamics
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 17/11/2019
» Dateline Chiang Mai… in my 11 years of writing this column, never have I had to write it amid such a dense crowd of people, all milling around me!
As the world turns
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 16/06/2019
» Greetings from Sydney, capital city of New South Wales, and centre of the world if your world happens to be halfway down the Australian east coast.
The more things change ...
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/04/2019
» My Thai experience is bookended with two memorable explanations of impolite English phrases. The first was 30 years ago; the second this week.
Hit the road, Mr VIP
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/08/2018
» It was a headline worthy of finding scissors, cutting it out, setting it in a mid-priced Big C frame then hanging it on my study wall.
Thais brighten Aussie oasis
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/08/2018
» There's nothing like a challenge from a cynical sibling to plunge yourself into a new adventure.
All change at Sukhumvit
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/12/2017
» An important high-level meeting this week resulted in my being driven down Sukhumvit Road from the Phloenchit intersection all the way to Asok. This was largely due to my driver taking a wrong turn.
A slap in the face for hopes of an egalitarian society
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/03/2017
» My heart goes out to Anusawn Chirapongse, the high-ranking government official who inflicted grievous bodily harm on a Greyhound Cafe waiter. "Grievous bodily harm" may be a little over the top. After summoning the waiter, Mr Anusawn slapped him after he gave a deferential wai, bent down and said: "Yes, Pa?"
Stuck in the middle with you
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/09/2016
» Something weird is happening on the streets of Bangkok.
The F word
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/06/2016
» Affable Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra eschews the "f" word. He's made it clear that from now on, he never wants to hear it again.
All rivers lead to closed doors
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/11/2015
» The prime minister’s threat to close the country sent all sorts of strange ripples throughout Thailand. This column begins with the ardent hope that you already know this news, because if so I am saved a needless 100 words explaining its background, thus allowing me to extrapolate my watertight theories and opinions on the topic for an extra 100 words.