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Veni Vidi Vici

Veni, Vidi, Vici is a Latin phrase that is known by most people, so it is understandable that author Peter Jones would use it...

El Narco

El Narco, The Bloody Rise of the Mexican Drug Cartels (ISBN 978-1-4088-2243-2, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013) caught my eye in Bookazine (The Avenue) and was...

History of the World in Twelve Maps

I have always enjoyed being in the company of anyone who is totally passionate about some subject, even if I (previously) had no interest...

Adolf Hitler

As time marches on, there are large chunks of our history which can be shown to be fallaciously reported, through to downright lies.  The...

Writing on the Wall

I am not a lover of FaceBook.  I do not have a Twitter account.  So when I spied Writing on the Wall on the...

What Should We Be Worried About?

What keeps scientist awake at night?  The book “What Should We Be Worried About?” is a very interesting slant on today’s world and where...

Honorary Consul Pattaya

Barry Kenyon worked as the British Honorary Consul in Pattaya for 14 years up to 2010.  In that time, he met all types of...

Cycle of Lies

Lance Armstrong was a world name for his fight against cancer and then his fight to be one of the best racing cyclists known....

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay

Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay has been written by local personality Simon Napier-Bell, with the sub-title The Dodgy Business of Popular Music (ISBN 978-1-78352-031-2, Unbound Books, 2014).  And...

Latest Stories

UK benefit fraud keeps Pattaya in the headline news

The UK inspired T-shirt says that good guys go to heaven and bad ones to Pattaya. There has been a recent spate of juicy...

Increasing consular caseload for British embassy in Thailand

According to the British embassy’s consular team, the total number of assistance cases last year rose to a total of 2,007 of which over...

Pattaya City aims for balance between shooting range and community life

PATTAYA, Thailand – The long-standing noise complaints from residents of Jomtien Park Villa 2 in South Pattaya regarding the nearby "Guns Shooting & Battle"...

Pattaya youth attacked after confrontation over loud motorcycle noise

PATTAYA, Thailand – A physical assault occurred in Soi Wat Boon Sampan (Khao Noi) in east Pattaya on the night of March 14, after...

Pattaya Pubs and Bars at Stake – Nightlife business owners brace for tax increases,...

PATTAYA, Thailand – At a meeting held at Lisa Guesthouse in Jomtien, Lisa Hamilton, President of the Pattaya Nightlife Business Association (PNBA), called a...