• OPINION

  Brits can still put on a good show

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/05/2023

  » Considering how depressing the world news has been lately, the coronation of King Charles III last weekend provided a brief diversion. It might not be everybody's cup of tea but the Brits certainly know how to put on a show if a bit of history is involved. They're good at pomp and pageantry and most importantly love a parade with plenty of horses.

• 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.

• OPINION

  Welcome to the year's merriest month

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/05/2021

  » We are already in the merry month of May, not that there's much to be merry about these days.

• OPINION

  Once upon a time at Windsor Castle

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/03/2021

  » Unless you are lucky enough to be in hibernation, it's been hard to escape the saga of Harry and Meghan and "The Interview" that has developed into a rather uncomfortable public soap opera.

• OPINION

  Memories of serious cereal behaviour

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/09/2020

  » The recent PostScript column concerning the unlikely combination of bathroom submarines and cornflakes prompted a number of seasoned readers to recall their childhood breakfast delights.

• LIFE

  Farang life made comical

  Life, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/05/2020

  » They say a picture is worth a thousand words and the same goes for Stephane Peray's cartoons in his entertaining book Farang Affairs, illustrating in a humorous manner situations that can face a foreigner in Thailand, whether they be new arrivals or old hands.

• OPINION

  Bald pride and the curse of the comb-over

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/01/2020

  » Last weekend, the Bangkok Post published an entertaining letter from the always perceptive S Tsow, who delivered an impassioned defence of being bald. Mr Tsow, who proudly describes himself as "a person of baldness", was particularly upset after observing on television one of Rudy Guiliani's associates (Lev Parnas) brazenly displaying a "cowardly comb-over".

• OPINION

  The moon and the city noodle shop

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/07/2019

  » Unless you have been in hibernation you will be aware that yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Every newspaper and television network has been bombarding us with tales featuring small steps, giant leaps, eagles landing, lift-offs and splashdowns.

• OPINION

  Enjoying a cuppa with Harold the milkman

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/05/2019

  » When I was a teenager in the late 1950s/early 60s, we had a milkman called Harold whose son Gordon Neate was a professional footballer with our hometown team Reading who played in the Third Division. Every Saturday morning, on his rounds, Harold was invited into our kitchen for a cup of tea and he would relate all the behind-the-scenes gossip about the club.

• OPINION

  Throwing the cat among the pigeons

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/09/2018

  » The rapidly increasing numbers of pigeons (nok pilab) has ruffled a few official feathers in Bangkok. There was bit of a flap after authorities warned that citizens caught feeding the birds would face a stiff fine, explaining the pigeons were spreading disease. These birds divide opinion, some calling them "rats with wings", others more generously "doves without the PR".

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