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Pageant fallout
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/11/2025
» Re: "Turmoil in tiaras at Miss Universe in Thailand", (BP, Nov 6). There was an international furore a couple of weeks back over comments made by the co-organiser of the Miss Universe Pageant, Nawat Itsaragrisil, to Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch.
Coalition crumbler
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/05/2024
» Re: "Thaksin to fight royal insult case, lawyers raise doctored video concerns", (BP, May 30).
Not how I recall it
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2024
» Re: "Call to end alcohol ban", (BP, Jan 15). Is history being rewritten? 1972? In happier and somewhat simpler times, I was drinking or purchasing beer cheerfully during the afternoon back in the early 1980s and subsequently anywhere in Thailand.
Kingly advice
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/05/2023
» Re: "Historic win faces hurdles", (BP, May 16) & "Move Forward Party pushes to amend royal insult law," (BP, Feb 10, 2021).
Cost of corruption
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/05/2021
» Re: "Prayut government seems bullet-proof", (Opinion, May 21).
History distorted
News, Postbag, Published on 19/10/2020
» "Observer's" observations about the future judgement of Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thai history books demonstrates a touching, but almost certainly misplaced, faith in the truthfulness and objectivity of written history in this country.
Teachers need a reboot
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2020
» Re: "Ministry aims to recruit native English teachers", (BP, Sept 12).
Error could be fatal
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/09/2020
» Although there are aspects of Phil Fox's letter with which I agree ('Masking Reality', PostBag, Sept 4), there are others which I think are wrong, and potentially fatally wrong.
New virus, new vocab
News, Postbag, Published on 14/04/2020
» In the age of the coronavirus, few people will care, as I do, about the virus's impact on language. But despite its many negative effects (like, for instance, death), the virus has enriched our collective vocabulary.
Prevention better
News, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2020
» Re: "Virus response highlights govt incompetence", (Opinion, Feb 4).