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Of lords, ladies and gentlemen
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/09/2019
» Congratulations are in order to former Bangkok Post journalist Natalie Bennett who has been made a House of Lords peer and is now named Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. Natalie, or rather Lady Bennett, who had been the leader of the Green Party for several years, was given this title in former prime minister Theresa May's resignation honours list last week.
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Summertime, and the livin' ain't easy
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/02/2019
» According to the Meteorological Department, Thailand's summer officially began last Thursday, amidst warnings that this year it will be even more torrid than ever. So you can put away your fur coats, scarves, snow boots and thermal underwear for the time being. While sweltering heat is not exactly welcome news, it hardly comes as a surprise. It is a trifle absurd to complain about the heat in Thailand. After all, that's what happens in the tropics -- it gets a bit steamy.
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Wild Boars become a part of history
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/07/2018
» This time last week the rescue mission of the 12 young Wild Boars and their coach had only been half completed. They had all been found miraculously alive, but the question remained how to get them out. And in all honesty, it didn't look great. It was a very strange, uncomfortable feeling. With heavy rains forecast, the initial joy of finding them transformed into the real fear that they could not escape what had become their watery dungeon. It was a race against time.
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Things are livening up in Dull and Boring
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/09/2017
» Readers who have been following the gripping saga of Dull and Boring will be pleased to learn there have been exciting developments in these previously somewhat somnolent communities.
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A job guaranteed to create a stink
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 25/06/2017
» You may recall a recent PostScript column concerning unusual occupations which featured "odour sniffers'' who have the delightful job of sniffing human armpits to check whether a deodorant is doing its job. I did not realise that professional sniffers are in such demand. Last week it was announced that Thailand's Pollution Control Department had recruited 167 "smell assessors'' to sniff out factories responsible for some of the more malodourous emissions that upset citizens.
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The cop, the seat belt and the fat farang
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/05/2017
» While I always wear a safety belt when sitting in the front seat of a taxi, it is taking a little while to get in the habit of wearing them in the back, as now required by Thai law. This is a result of spending four decades in Thailand not wearing seat belts in the back -- primarily because there weren't any.
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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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Those ‘do you know who I am?’ moments
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/07/2015
» It happens around the world. Someone important, or who at least thinks they are important, throws a tantrum when seeking special treatment. It often features an arrogant “don’t (sometimes ‘do’) you know who I am?” — an expression US columnist Leonard Pitts termed a “battle cry of the privileged”.
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Shoeless, almost trouserless and helpless
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/07/2015
» A couple of months ago I was in the departure area of Suvarnabhumi airport on my way to the UK. It was 2am and I was standing in my socks, with my shoes off, belt off and trousers falling down.
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Soaking up the sun in Bonnie Scotland
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/05/2015
» I have just returned from a brilliant couple of weeks in sunny Scotland and even sunnier England.
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