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AEC in 2015? That speels trouble
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/10/2012
» I am dedicating this column to the Watthana police because the men in skin-tight brown rescued me this week.
Has the whole world gone mad?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/11/2010
» Until recently there was a big billboard on the side of the expressway going to Bang Na. ''Make your life better,'' it shouted out to motorists in stark Thai lettering. ''Buy our stainless steel products.''
Bun-Fights and Holes in Dough
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/10/2010
» The government is in danger of being dissolved. Armed men in black take over the car park at Suvarnabhumi airport. And child pornography is openly sold on Sukhumvit.
More of those Melting Moments
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/09/2010
» This week I must pause in my chronicle of Thai experiences to thank all my readers who sent in their personal Melting Moments this past week. Honestly, I am in awe of the response. When I send off my weekly column to my esteemed editor I sometimes forget that it's printed, read, and even responded to. I feel like Sally Fields receiving an Oscar for Places In The Heart.
It's a small world in Thai politics
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 08/08/2010
» Oh God, not another one. On a ranking of things Thailand desperately needs right now, where would "an extra province" be? Surely somewhere down in the 900s, wedged between "pay rise for politicians" (#946) and "more Cambodian child beggars outside police booths" (#948).
Hold your Tongue
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/07/2010
» Back in 2004, the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, hit on a bright idea.
There's nothing like a sure bet
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/07/2010
» Can an octopus really predict the outcome of a football match? Krissana says it can. I say it can't. And living in Thailand, I am so clearly in the minority it would have been better to have kept my mouth shut this week about Paul the octopus.