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Perils of mushroom picking in Thailand
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/05/2017
» One encouraging piece of news this week was the Supreme Court reducing the sentence of the Kalasin mushroom pickers accused of illegal logging from 15 years to five. But many questions remain.
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Where have all the buffaloes gone?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/03/2017
» Travelling around Thai provinces in the 1970s, if you happened to look out from the window of a bus, car or train, you could almost guarantee seeing a buffalo nearby, usually with a little kid perched atop.
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A tale of wasted days and wasted nights
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/02/2017
» One of my New Year's resolutions was not to write about Bangkok's traffic woes, a thankless topic. I held out for 57 days, which is not a bad effort considering the hours already wasted this year sitting in the Big Mango's gridlock.
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The case of the elephant and the castle
Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/09/2016
» After last week's column on unusual pub names, a Thai reader asked about the origins of the Elephant and Castle pub which eventually spawned a major area by that name in South London.
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Fire engines in the firing line again
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 17/07/2016
» It looks like we might be at the start of another fire engine saga, something the unfortunate Thai public has become all too familiar with over the years.
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From talking bears to frog stranglers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/02/2016
» An entertaining family film which has been showing on HBO in recent weeks is Paddington, the tale of the talking bear from “darkest Peru” who ends up getting into all sorts of scrapes in London.
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Fixing a hole for Bangkok’s foot soldiers
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/02/2016
» Best news of the week was the Chulalongkorn University study which revealed that Bangkok boasts five streets that are “pedestrian-friendly”, including Silom.
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When things didn’t go like clockwork
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/03/2016
» A couple of years ago there was a fuss when it was decided to introduce digital clocks into the Thai parliament. Centre of the storm were 10 parliamentary officials responsible for spending nearly 15 million baht on the clocks, a sum many thought was exorbitant.
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There’s nothing wrong with eccentricity
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/11/2015
» Thailand has a considerable tradition when it comes to achieving offbeat records. In recent years the kingdom has received acclaim for such inspiring efforts as producing the world’s biggest omelette, the largest plate of fried rice and even the fattest Chinese dumpling.
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Wiggles should be seen and not heard
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/10/2015
» An expression I’ve heard with increasing frequency on international television newscasts lately is “wiggle room”. It is often used in reports about international talks or negotiations, suggesting there may be room for manoeuvre.
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