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From Reading to Nakhon Nowhere
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 06/05/2018
» For the past 39 years, Roger Crutchley's weekly Postscript column has kept Bangkok Post readers smiling, taking a light-hearted look at life through the eyes of a long-time expat as well as being a welcome respite from the regular angst of crime, local politics, demonstrations and coups that often filled the rest of the paper.
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Jimmy Barnes to rock Bangkok
Life, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 25/02/2016
» Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes will do a special one-off show in Bangkok tomorrow night, but won't walk away with the usual fee high-profile performers are paid.
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Catching the long end of the stick
Spectrum, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 31/01/2016
» In the 1970s one of Thailand’s most famous exports was the super-strong strain of marijuana known as Thai sticks, and now a five-part documentary and a television series are to be made on the illegal trade and the people who smuggled it to the Western world.
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Turkey to gobble up
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 20/12/2015
» Where to find a good traditional Christmas dinner is a question asked by many Bangkok residents at this time every year, and there is an answer.
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The world's oldest radio DJ spins his life story
Alan Parkhouse, Published on 06/12/2015
» "I was going really well until I hit 99," said Jim Davison, who celebrates two special occasions Sunday - his 102nd birthday and starting his new job.
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Singin' them Mekong Delta blues baby
Life, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 10/11/2015
» It's fair to say that Stephen Wrench knows a thing or two about music. He was with American band Lynyrd Skynyrd for 21 years and has been involved with some of the biggest names in music worldwide and now runs one of the United States' most successful record and film labels.
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The search for Camp 32
Spectrum, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 25/10/2015
» Bunhom Chhorn was only six when the Khmer Rouge separated him from his family and sent him to work in the countryside outside Battambang at a place then known as Camp 32.
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Flavour waves
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 24/05/2015
» Eleven years ago I was invited to the opening of a fantastic Japanese restaurant at the JW Marriott Hotel on Sukhumvit Road, and still recall the top quality food and drinks that were served to guests on that special night.
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The day the nightmare started
Spectrum, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 19/04/2015
» April 17, 1975, is a date that sends shivers down the spines of all Cambodians. It was the day the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh and took control of the country after years of bitter fighting in the countryside.
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New York state of mind
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 08/03/2015
» When the first course of our New York Steakhouse lunch arrived, I suddenly regretted eating the day before. We were about to consume not only a top quality meal, but a towering amount of first-class food spread over a number of courses.
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