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Food for thought
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 11/11/2018
» This week I enjoyed a delicious lunch at Suan Dusit University, my host being none other than the dean of the Faculty of Education.
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.
A larger-than-life Aussie lit up Thailand
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 07/05/2017
» The annual Australian TV awards called The Logies were on last week. Having been away from Australia for nearly three decades I can't get too excited about them, primarily because most of the winners were born after I left. Watching excerpts of the shows up for awards does remind me that one cannot confine a discussion about bad TV to Thailand only.
Freeze a jolly good fellow
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/08/2014
» No fan of crazes like Pet Rocks or the 'Macarena', this one sent a chill down my spine
Of cruelty and kreng jai
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/09/2019
» The entrance was dramatic.
Tension and high kitsch in Tel Aviv
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 12/05/2019
» The Eurovision Song Contest begins this Tuesday. For the first time ever in its history, it may have been a catalyst for war.
Failing to heed history
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 19/05/2019
» You've got to hand it to Ekachai Hongkangwan. Like him or not, the man keeps coming back for more.
Against all odds
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/02/2019
» Kru June is perpetually late for school. She is the first to admit it, and the last to arrive. On this particular morning, the teachers and students of Baan Kui school have already begun morning assembly as she arrives, hurrying across the arid sports field where the morning ritual takes place.
A Spiritual land
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/10/2018
» It's a particularly ghostly period in Thailand, where last Wednesday we witnessed the annual ghostly fireballs on the Mekong River and now we're preparing for Halloween this coming Wednesday.
Invincible marketing
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 30/09/2018
» There's a new condo project being advertised on the side of the road I noticed on my way home from Rama 9 Park.