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    Is Bangkok in danger of getting greener?

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/06/2022

    » There is a decent-sized tree just over the wall at the back of my house in Bangkok which provides welcome shade. So I was a bit concerned the other day when workers from the local administration rolled up armed with a chainsaw, explaining the tree was threatening overhead electricity cables.

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    Hot off the press on Ratchadamnoen Ave

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/10/2021

    » After last week's column regarding old seafaring expressions still in everyday use, I thought we could take a look at a few sayings that have their origins in newspapers.

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    Well, after that things can only get better

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/12/2020

    » What a dreadful year. We found ourselves having to tackle a whole new vocabulary and most of the words were enough to make even the most optimistic among us depressed. It all began in March with "self-isolation", a horrible expression inferring you have become a hermit, hidden away, exiled, incommunicado, which in fact is exactly what we were.

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    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.

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    Say a little prayer for the Queen of Soul

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/08/2018

    » One sunny morning in 1968, I had settled down to my customary reading of the Sunday newspapers on Hampstead Heath in London, when a couple sat on the grass near me. I was a little irritated when they switched on a transistor radio and was pondering giving them a lecture on the sanctity of peace and quiet. But then I heard the piano intro to <i>I Say A Little Prayer</i> and all was forgiven. A rare sunny day on the Heath with musical accompaniment by Aretha Franklin -- what more could one ask for?

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    A commuter's lot is not a happy one

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/07/2018

    » Commuting in Bangkok has never been much fun and last week it got a whole lot worse if you happened to be a regular traveller on the BTS. The word "frustration" springs to mind, with perhaps a touch of "exasperation", "agitation" and a general feeling of "disgruntlement". It was definitely not good for the blood pressure.

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    The day the tree came tumbling down

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 13/05/2018

    » Last week I suffered the distressing experience of watching the biggest tree in my garden be chopped down to a stump. The tree had been there for a decade, growing rapidly every year, and it felt almost like losing a favourite pet. I should explain that although I love trees, this arboreal assault was given my reluctant approval as the tree had grown to a such a height that if it came down in a storm it would demolish half of the house. All the same, I felt very uncomfortable watching it being hacked away branch by branch.

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    The message is definitely in the song

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/05/2018

    » While having a chat with friends about those misheard song lyrics (mondegreens) that appeared recently in this column, the conversation got around to another intriguing realm of the musical world -- country & western songs. It almost has a language of its own.

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    Hot and more than just a little bothered

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/05/2016

    » It's been a bit on the warm side lately hasn't it? Actually, that's not quite correct.

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    Once upon a time there were bookshops

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/01/2016

    » Standing in the bookshop at a local mall earlier this week, I became aware of an all-too-familiar feeling — I was the only person in the establishment, apart from a couple of bored-looking staff.

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