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  • Soap suds: A sidelong glance at Thai melodrama | Thaiger

    Soap suds: A sidelong glance at Thai melodrama

    PHUKET: Any “farang” who lives with a Thai partner will be familiar, possibly all too familiar, with the rarefied world of television soap opera. As I watch, I wonder what impact these soaps are having on the Thai psyche. That they are amazingly popular is beyond doubt. Viewing figures are massive; they are watched religiously in most households, and especially…

  • Last Gasp of a humorist | Thaiger

    Last Gasp of a humorist

    I used to have high hopes for PJ O’Rourke as the Fresh Prince of American Journalism. If Tom Wolfe had invented the New Journalism in the 1960s, and Hunter S Thompson Gonzo Journalism in the 1970s, PJ O’Rourke broke new ground in the 1980s with Holidays in Hell, fiercely funny dispatches from chaotic hellholes and communist sumps around the world.…

  • BISP students showcase their artistic talents [video] | Thaiger

    BISP students showcase their artistic talents [video]

    PHUKET: The British International School Phuket (BISP) Year 13 Visual Arts Exhibition was officially opened earlier this month, and students’ work will be available for viewing until April 24. The exhibition includes 48 unique pieces by three different student artists. In addition, the Year two students will have their elephant prints on display. The following is a transcript of the…

  • Expat Business: Rocket Scientist and Phuket entrepreneur Don Battles tells his story tonight at RPM | Thaiger

    Expat Business: Rocket Scientist and Phuket entrepreneur Don Battles tells his story tonight at RPM

    PHUKET: NASA rocket scientist, farmer, entrepreneur, intellectual and whiskey-drinking former Phuket resident Don Battles will launch his autobiography ‘Merchant of the Orient’ tonight, 6:30pm, at the Speakeasy bar in Royal Phuket Marina. Now living in Chiang Rai in his 30th year of Thai residence, Don will also tell us what he thinks a foreigner needs to do – and not…