Christopher G Moore reviews Bizarre Thailand

Christopher G Moore reviews Bizarre Thailand

“I’d recommend Bizarre Thailand to anyone who wants a new perspective about Thai cultural elements that have made and continue to make Thailand unique and amazing. Algie has taken his journalistic instincts inside the half-concealed enclaves, which shields the most...
Eco Apocalypse

Eco Apocalypse

Weather patterns have gone schizo and loco lately with unheard of days of downpours in Bangkok during the dry season, cold snaps and lashes of wintry wind and frost in Europe, and even blizzards and school closures in normally balmy but rainy Vancouver. As one media...
Facebook for the Dead and Dying

Facebook for the Dead and Dying

A growing number of people are reconnecting with ailing Facebook friends even as they lay dying, or mourning their loved ones online, and the reality is not as ghoulish as it sounds On November 9th, 2010 an old friend posted the following status update on Facebook:...
One Bloody Night with the Bangkok Corpse Collectors

One Bloody Night with the Bangkok Corpse Collectors

The rescue work of the Bangkok corpse collectors has been featured on the BBC, CNN and National Geographic TV, inspiring books like The Cars that Ate Bangkok by Philip Blenkinsop and a chapter in Bizarre Thailand, which is where this extract comes from.    Poh Teck...