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Narumon fun-ban gets a 'D' grade
Editorial, Published on 02/11/2025
» For someone who consistently refers to herself as a "Professor Dr", Education Minister Narumon Pinyosinwat appears to have a steep learning curve in her new role.
Warped curiosity
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/09/2024
» Re: "Taste of hell", (BP photo, Sept 1). It is bad enough that kids are encouraged to play with guns and clamber all over tanks on Army Day, but now we have a shopping centre that has established a "Hell Space" for a week to entertain curious, and I mean curious people, including youngsters.
The barrow, the guy and the carrot
Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/11/2023
» Today is the fifth of November which to many English people of my wrinkly age means Guy Fawkes Day or more likely Bonfire Night. It has very much declined in popularity since I was a kid, fighting a losing battle with the horrors of Halloween.
Dear Santa: Please send $14 billion
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 02/11/2023
» What Thailand needs is money, money -- and money. The government needs 560 billion baht to run its 10,000 baht cash handout programme next year, and the country needs (at least) 420 billion baht to prevent the 4th quarter economy from collapsing.
Jokes aren't what they used to be
Roger Crutchley, Published on 27/08/2023
» It is customary at this time of the year for PostScript to try and lighten up proceedings with what have been voted the best jokes by stand-up comedians at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which wraps up this week. Unfortunately this year's offerings have been decidedly underwhelming, or perhaps I'm getting a bit too ancient to appreciate modern wit. Anyway, prepare yourself for a few groans.
Word of the year is hardly comforting
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/11/2022
» The most noteworthy news of the week is that Collins Dictionary came out with what it regards are the top 10 words of the year, saying they reflect the state of the world at the moment. It does not make happy reading.
Halloween tragedy tests Seoul's unpopular leader
News, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 03/11/2022
» A nightmarish disaster whose victims were predominantly the young. A right-of-centre leader whose popularity is sliding. A political flashpoint potentially in the making once the nation absorbs the tragedy.
Relocate 'Bua Noi'
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/10/2022
» Re: " 'Bua Noi' may finally make ape escape", (BP, Oct 22), and "Give 'Boi Noi' a better home", (Editorial, Oct 25).
Set wheels in motion
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/02/2022
» Re: "Road safety needs action," (Editorial, Feb 22). The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) reports that close to 20,000 people die in road accidents each year, or around two people losing their lives every hour, primarily young men in their late teens riding motorbikes.
Bloody Thai fairy tales to celebrate Halloween
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 29/10/2021
» Halloween is about to be upon us and there's no better time to tell horror stories to get you into a spooky mood. And we don't have to look far for horror stories to send a chill down your spine. A few fairy tales from Thai childhood can do the bloody trick. Here are two local fairy tales that, in hindsight, are way too bloody and depressing for children.