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Good time to celebrate verbal gaffes
Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/10/2025
» Tomorrow happens to be Plain English Day which has in recent years morphed into International Plain Language Day designed to promote the proper use of language. In other words the aim is to cut out all the gibberish, mumbo jumbo, codswallop, balderdash, tripe, tommyrot, twaddle, tosh and bosh you may have become accustomed to… heaven forbid, some of it even in PostScript.
Thaksin's forlorn fashion hope
Editorial, Published on 26/01/2025
» Remember Nadja Auermann? The German supermodel was invited by the then Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2004 to join hundreds of Thai models on the runway to kick off the Bangkok Fashion City campaign -- Thaksin's ambitious bid to put Thailand on the world fashion map.
The girl who was all 'eyelashes and legs'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/07/2021
» I was rightly admonished by a reader for not mentioning model Twiggy in last week's column concerning the "Swinging Sixties" in London. After all Twiggy was dubbed "The Face of 66" in a huge spread in the Daily Express.
Gender equality: We can all do more ... together
News, Thierry Mathou, Bernardo Cordova and Mohammad Naciri, Published on 27/03/2021
» On March 8, at the Alliance Française in Bangkok (The French cultural institute), supermodel and UN Women Regional Goodwill Ambassador Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop addressed a seminar leading to the Generation Equality Forum held on the occasion of International Women's Day. She repeated to the young Thai women in the audience that "Women don't need to be stronger. It is the world that needs to change the way it perceives women's strength."
'Hands off' is the new Songkran message
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/04/2018
» For those guys who see Songkran as an open ticket to take advantage of women during the fun-filled, anything-goes water festival, supermodel Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop has a stern message for them: "Hands off!"