• OPINION

  Some 2023 tales you may have missed

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/12/2023

  » It is customary at this time of the year for PostScript to look back at some of the major happenings of the last 12 months. But we will have a change this year because the news has been far too depressing. So instead we will examine some of the not-so-major happenings of 2023 that you might have missed amongst all the gloom and doom. They may not be particularly significant but are a lot more fun than the grim stuff we read every day.

• OPINION

  A big farewell to a fine Thai journalist

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/10/2022

  » It was sad to learn of the passing of former Bangkok Post colleague Anussorn Thavisin earlier this week at the age of 79. I had known Anussorn for 50 years and apart from him being a really nice chap with a lovely sense of humour, he was also an accomplished journalist widely admired by everyone in the profession.

• OPINION

  Unmasking the situation may take a while

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/07/2022

  » We are now apparently entering the "post-pandemic era" according to the authorities, which in everyday language means it is not obligatory to wear masks anymore. However, just about everyone is still wearing them so it seems the public are not entirely convinced it's all done and dusted.

• OPINION

  There's nothing wrong with an accent

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/02/2020

  » There has been some debate in the letters column of the Bangkok Post lately regarding the teaching of English in Thailand. It has included discussion on whether people with strong regional accents are suitable for teaching Thai kids.

• OPINION

  2018: The rescue that gripped the world

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/12/2018

  » It ended up as a truly inspiring feel-good story, but could so easily have been a heart-breaking tragedy. That was why the tale of the Wild Boars football team -- 12 young Thai boys and their coach trapped in a flooded cave system in Chiang Rai -- held the attention of the world for more than a fortnight.

• OPINION

  Those elusive influential persons

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/10/2023

  » Most intriguing news of the week is that according to a parliamentary House committee there are only 180 "influential people" in the kingdom and in 10 provinces there are none at all. For those unfamiliar with the term "influential person" in Thailand, it is usually interpreted as someone who is powerful enough not to worry about the "long arm of the law" and can go about their sometimes shady business without fear of arrest.

• OPINION

  Sharing good times and hard times

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/08/2023

  » Earlier this week the Bangkok Post marked its 77th anniversary which is quite an achievement really considering what the country has experienced since the newspaper was established in 1946. Any paper that has displayed such longevity, surviving countless coups and assorted other upheavals deserves a nod of acknowledgement.

• OPINION

  A curious place to find 'Lady Liberty'

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/07/2023

  » A headline which caught my eye in last Sunday's Post was "Highway 12 to economic heaven" with a report concerning the rich potential of this route which stretches west to east from Tak on the Myanmar border to Mukdahan, just this side of the Mekong River from Laos.

• OPINION

  The Ides of March and perils of power

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/03/2023

  » This Wednesday will be the 74th day of the year, which admittedly doesn't sound like something to get too excited about. But it is not just any old day. Known in Roman times as the "Ides of March" the 15th marks the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

• OPINION

  When the answer is just a click away

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/02/2023

  » When I was about 12 I committed some misdemeanour in class and as a punishment the teacher ordered me to write a thousand-word essay on baseball and hand it in the next morning. This was something of a challenge as being an English kid I knew absolutely nothing about baseball other than it was some weird ritual they indulged in across the Pond.

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