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What's in a name change?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/09/2019
» It's been an intense week for Thailand's deputy agriculture minister, whose dubious past as a drug runner has been revealed in an exposé in The Sydney Morning Herald, written by one Michael Ruffles.
Political ties
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 02/06/2019
» I remember my first few months in Thailand. Having fallen in love with the culture, I was determined to steep myself in it as much as I could. I learned to enjoy a hot panang curry over rice for breakfast -- what a jolt to the system after a lifetime of cornflakes and toast and, upon entering adulthood, black coffee and a cigarette.
My web tryst with Mariah
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/08/2018
» The email came out of nowhere and hit me like a truck.
We have lost our ray of sunshine
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/10/2016
» My life has been split evenly between two well-known and long-reigning monarchs; the first half under Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the second under King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
The F word
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 26/06/2016
» Affable Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra eschews the "f" word. He's made it clear that from now on, he never wants to hear it again.
The village that swept away evil
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/10/2015
» There is no convenient way to get to the province of Phayao in the far North; the closest airport is Chiang Rai, two hours away by car and there is no train line.
Sinister Railways of Thailand
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/07/2014
» Two years ago I caught a train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
Nothing to see here
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/05/2014
» The worst thing about living in a failed state under martial law is the avalanche of phone calls from overseas.
Temples of temptation
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/03/2014
» Thailand reels over the latest scandal to hit the local media, but strangely hardly touched by the English news, part of which you are holding in your hand right now. The Bangkok Post, I mean, not the croissant!
Pregnant pauses without much thought
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/11/2013
» Annie is pregnant. My old friend is into her third trimester and hating it.