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Thai Girls Trashed! 8 Nov 2012 | 04:50 pm
......... My novel, THAI GIRL, is a story of how English student, Ben, goes backpacking in Thailand with Emma, his girlfriend from university. There are tensions between them and Emma dumps Ben on the...
My THAI GIRL's an Ebook! 5 Apr 2012 | 11:40 pm
For an author like me it’s earth shattering news that my two books about Thailand can now be bought anywhere in the world on the click of a mouse. They have recently become available as ebooks. **** I...
"A Woman of Bangkok" is Back! 22 Dec 2011 | 12:28 am
The great news is that, "A Woman of Bangkok", Jack Reynolds' classic novel published in 1956 in New York and London is at last back in print. If you scan down this blog you'll find many articles about...
Preah Vihear Ablaze Again 9 Feb 2011 | 10:48 pm
The Cambodian flag flies peaceably above the first temple at Preah Vihear, known to the Thais as Khao Phra Viharn and I cannot now believe that blood is again being spilled in this futile border dispu...
My Thai Girl's a Hunter-Gatherer 8 Dec 2010 | 10:29 pm
This crab wandered in and paid the price. During the rains there's frogs and fish in the rice fields. These tiny fish are delicious deep fried. And this was the trap that caught them. A spicy dish...
"Resilient Thailand" Again 29 Oct 2010 | 09:14 pm
Central World Plaza, the massive retail mall in Bangkok that was devastated during the political protests only a few months ago has opened once again. Comparing this picture to the scene of destructio...
Some Sad News to Tell 20 Oct 2010 | 08:50 pm
'Are rural people living in Isaan truly poor' was the theme of a blog article I wrote some months ago. Rather than add more questionable generalisations to the debate, I made it a 'case study' of Cat'...
Bangkok's World Trade Center Disaster 15 Jul 2010 | 08:12 pm
It is truly shocking to see a picture of Bangkok's Central World Plaza in ruins shortly after the recent disturbances in the city. Peaceful protests can so easily get hijacked and run out of control w...
Cute Terrorists-Which Way Thailand Now? 16 Jun 2010 | 08:34 pm
A scrawled poster pasted up during the recent demonstrations in Bangkok suggests the wide popular nature of the protest. But was it, as the much criticised media coverage suggested, a genuine peoples'...
Thai Rural Poverty-A Powder Keg? 27 May 2010 | 08:31 pm
An old couple in a Surin village smile as they prepare a meal but are they truly poor? This article examines the details of their daily lives to suggest whether Thai society runs at two speeds, for th...
