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What the world needs now is…
Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/02/2026
» With yesterday being Valentine's Day it seems appropriate for PostScript to have a brief word on matters of the heart. I admit to not being a huge fan of Valentine's Day but in these crazy times anything that promotes love over hate seems worthy of a mention. Although it is one of the most blatantly commercialised celebrations on the calendar it serves as a welcome break from the daily diet of depressing news we have been subjected to lately.
Let's hope 2026 is not too amazing
Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/01/2026
» Well here we are on the fourth day of a brand new year. I trust everyone is holding up well after the festivities because it can be quite gruelling pretending to behave in a jovial fashion if you are not feeling jovial at all.
The last word on weird book titles
Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/12/2025
» Being somewhat old-fashioned I still love browsing in bookshops. It provides a brief escape to a completely different world, both relaxing and therapeutic. Alas it is a pleasure future generations are unlikely to experience as these days bookshops are something of an endangered species.
Musk’s lost boys and Trump’s mean girls
News, Maureen Dowd, Published on 12/02/2025
» Tom Stoppard wrote in The Real Thing, his enticing play about infidelity: “To marry one actress is unfortunate. To marry two is simply asking for it.”
My New Year's resolution: Give up on elections
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 04/01/2025
» For the new year, you might have resolved to give up booze or bonbons. Maybe you should join me in giving up elections instead. Or, at the very least, in giving up the habit of investing money, time, and hope that elections might improve our communities and our world.
It's feeling a bit on the warm side
Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/04/2024
» It was Oscar Wilde who observed that "conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative". He might have had a point but it means there are a lot of unimaginative people in Thailand at present. I can hardly recall a conversation lately without a reference to the heat. It has definitely been "a bit on the warm side".
Charting China's decline, at a slow pace
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/12/2023
» For several years now, I have had a file on my computer named "China -- has the moment arrived?" But I think I missed the moment -- or rather I forgot that these things aren't a moment, they're a process.
Demography 'key' for Asia-Pacific
News, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Natalia Kanem, Published on 13/11/2023
» Asia and the Pacific is an economic powerhouse, fuelled by its vibrant and diverse population. Comprising 60% of the world's population, this region is bursting with both a wealth of experience and untapped potential. Exciting advancements have been made here, in education; health care, including sexual and reproductive health; jobs, and sustainable development. Yet there is a catch: this progress has not been evenly distributed. In fact, inequity pervades the region, especially within individual countries.
Poll misses the mark
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/10/2023
» Re: "Thumbs down for later hours", (BP, Oct 23).
But those socks!
Postbag, Published on 22/10/2023
» Re: "PM directs charm offensive at GCC", (BP, Oct 21).