• OPINION

  There's no excuse to be lost for words

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/06/2021

  » It is always nice to come across new words and last week I discovered a tiny treasure trove of fancy locution thanks to the Grandiloquent website which specialises in flowery, but genuine language. Grandiloquent means a "pompous or extravagant style of language" and there is plenty of that about.

• OPINION

  And the award goes to … not these films

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/03/2018

  » It's Oscar time again and as usual Hollywood is ignoring exciting Thai productions. Here are a few that caught the eye:

• OPINION

  A good time to chill out and be cool

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/11/2020

  » It was a strange week even by US President Donald Trump's standards. It began with him pardoning turkeys and ended in pardoning former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Who is next in line for a pardon one wonders?

• OPINION

  Doubtful delights of standing in line

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/03/2024

  » It is encouraging to learn that the Prime Minister is concerned about large queues at Suvarnabhumi airport, particularly at the arrivals area. We've all probably experienced that sinking feeling after stepping off the moving walkway and being faced by a definitely non-moving formidable queue. It is especially grim if you've just suffered an exhausting long-distance flight and are already feeling knackered.

• OPINION

  There ain't no mountain high enough

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/01/2024

  » In the final weeks of 2023 the old chestnut of introducing a cable car system on Phu Kradeung (Bell Mountain) national park resurfaced. It came as no surprise when a Bangkok Post headline concluded on the very last day of the year that the project "faces uncertainty".

• OPINION

  Sharing good times and hard times

  Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/08/2023

  » Earlier this week the Bangkok Post marked its 77th anniversary which is quite an achievement really considering what the country has experienced since the newspaper was established in 1946. Any paper that has displayed such longevity, surviving countless coups and assorted other upheavals deserves a nod of acknowledgement.

• OPINION

  Well, at least 2023 shouldn't be boring

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/01/2023

  » We are only halfway through the first month of 2023 and on the local news front we have already been treated to enough controversies, allegations and head-scratching explanations to keep us going for the entire year. For comic relief there is even a hint of a sex scandal.

• OPINION

  Those wonderful signs of the times

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/05/2022

  » For many months there had been a large green road sign near the entrance to my local mall in eastern Bangkok which read "Entrace", the second "n" having gone missing in action. It was a minor thing and I was resigned to seeing it for years to come. However, I am pleased to report the rogue "n" has surprisingly been located and now the mall has a proper "Entrance" again. Congratulations to the eagle-eyed official who spotted the missing "n".

• OPINION

  Bow Bells rang out but not the accents

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/04/2022

  » Firstly, a belated follow-up featuring the cockney accent from an American reader who wanted to meet a real cockney when he was in London a few years ago. Aware of the traditional definition of a cockney being "someone born within the sound of Bow Bells", he made a special effort to visit St Mary-le-Bow church, the source of the bells.

• OPINION

  Lazing on a stormy Sunday afternoon

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/06/2019

  » Every now and again, I escape to the Northeast (Isan), more specifically the northernmost part of Chaiyaphum province, to relax, unwind, mellow out, chill out and hopefully not freak out. It is always a rewarding experience to shake off the madness of the Big Mango for a few days and settle into a pace of life that drifts between slow, very slow and practically dormant. That's something I can handle quite comfortably. In some ways it must resemble being transferred to an inactive post.

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