• OPINION

  Lonely sheep survives real cliffhanger

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/11/2023

  » Some rare good news last week was the rescue of the "world's loneliest sheep" from a rugged beach in northeastern Scotland. The sheep, a ewe named Fiona, had been stuck on the beach at the foot of a steep cliff in an isolated spot of the Moray Firth for the past two years without any woolly friends or non-woolly humans for company.

• OPINION

  It seemed a good idea at the time

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/11/2022

  » The annual elephant festival in Surin attracted more than the usual attention last week after featuring an attempt to enter the hallowed Guinness Book of Records. Alas, the only record achieved was that hundreds of student "volunteers" roasted in the sun, exposed for hours to high temperatures reaching 39C.

• 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

  A good time to chill out and be cool

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/11/2020

  » It was a strange week even by US President Donald Trump's standards. It began with him pardoning turkeys and ended in pardoning former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Who is next in line for a pardon one wonders?

• OPINION

  Home alone … a case of bad timing

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/07/2021

  » The emotional events at Wembley Stadium last Sunday inevitably stirred personal memories of a similar happening with a different outcome 55 years previously in the summer of 1966.

• OPINION

  The milkman who became a secret agent

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/11/2020

  » To briefly escape from the US election mayhem, an appreciation of actor Sean Connery who died last week aged 90, seems to be in order. I had somehow thought Connery would go on forever, just like the Bond films. It is an intriguing tale of an Edinburgh milkman who became the most famous fictional spy in the world.

• OPINION

  In the wake of the not so great debate

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/10/2020

  » While there might have been an element of entertainment in a perverse sort of way watching the US presidential candidates slagging one another off like squabbling children, these politicians still have a lot to learn in the art of insulting behaviour.

• OPINION

  A headline that went around the world

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/01/2024

  » There has recently been some discussion concerning the quirky law that bans the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and restaurants from 2pm to 5pm and also before 11am.

• OPINION

  Proud moment for a girl called 'Proud'

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/09/2023

  » It's about time we had some cheerful news and what could be more cheerful than witnessing the wonderful smile of 19-year-old Thai golfer Chanettee Wannasaen after her extraordinary win at the LPGA's Portland Classic last Sunday. Nicknamed "Proud" the Chiang Mai native was beaming as she clutched the large trophy which was almost as big as herself.

• 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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