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Prayer for the planet
Oped, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2025
» Re: "Pope Francis dead at 88", (BP, April 22).
Rich guy justice
Postbag, Published on 20/04/2025
» Re: "Politician's son faces charges over crash", (BP, April 19).
Drivers pay no heed
Postbag, Published on 14/04/2025
» Re: "Frenchman killed crossing road", (BP, April 4).
It's important to know your onions
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/02/2023
» There was a news photograph recently in which a Filipina bride in Iloilo on the island of Panay carried a bouquet of onions down the aisle rather than flowers. She explained that while flowers would soon be thrown away the onions would last and ensure the newlyweds have something to eat in the ensuing weeks. Now that is a practical housewife.
Something of a cover-up on the beach
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/08/2022
» A "No Bikinis" sign on a Thai beach prompted a considerable debate last week although it appears to be little more than a storm in a B-cup. The sign appeared on Koh Samae San, a small Chon Buri island owned by the Thai Navy which apparently disapproves of this type of swimwear.
Thai Pass worries
News, Published on 30/11/2021
» Re: "Antigen tests plan for visitors", (BP, Nov 26).
Priorities questioned
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/11/2020
» Re: "Haze to blanket Bangkok as open burning surges", (BP, Nov 17).
One man holds Europe together as Brexit tears it apart
Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg Opinion columnist, Published on 30/12/2019
» BRUSSELS: Michel Barnier, the European Union’s top Brexit negotiator, is the Brussels equivalent of a rock star. For three years, the unflappable 68-year-old Frenchman has been hashing out the terms of the UK’s departure while making sure the remaining 27 members stick together.
The Cisco Kid was a friend of mine
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/11/2019
» Every now and again in Bangkok something triggers memories of childhood days in England. Not far from my current residence a condominium is going up called the Glendale, which was the name of my local cinema back home in Reading.
Doubleplusgood?
News, Postbag, Published on 22/06/2019
» Re: "Orwellian Thailand", (PostBag, June 20).