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Within a whisker of success
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/05/2018
» The news about the burgeoning fake cosmetics industry -- and the celebrities risking arrest for being presenters -- reminds me of an incident last year in my own office.
Set zero: The Krabi power plant is ded-sa-molay
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/02/2017
» Environmentalists have cautiously hailed a victory of sorts after the government agreed to set zero the proposed Krabi coal-fired power plant. Don't worry, dear reader. It is not necessary to understand that first sentence. I was just testing you. Or rather, I was testing myself.
Driven to distraction
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/12/2017
» Late Thursday afternoon the silhouette of my driver appeared in the doorway to my office. "Do you need to be driven anywhere special tomorrow?" he asked. What kind of question is that? I'm perfectly capable of driving myself anywhere special I care to go.
A strange tale of crabs, birds, elephants, buffalo and a lamented sea turtle
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/03/2017
» Recently I found myself in Surat Thani at the early-morning wet market. "Let's buy some crabs," my school director had said the night before. "We can release them into the river to make merit." My school director is regular in her efforts to tam boon or "make merit" as the vague English translation happens to be.
Don’t mention the ‘R’ word
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 31/05/2015
» Dear Myanmar Delegation, Welcome to Thailand!
Protesting too much
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/01/2014
» Three months ago I received a phone call from Michael Sachs, my best friend from school days in Brisbane, Australia.