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EXPLAINED: 15 | Vintage Vibes

A fortnight ago to mark the Bangkok Post's 80th anniversary this column carried reminiscences of my early days at the newspaper. Unfortunately there was not enough space to mention some of the more bizarre stories that appeared in the Post in those days. As recent news has been distinctly on…

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Jason Arday: The tragedy of legitimate questions taken too far

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The death of the former professor at Cambridge University is a reminder of the dangers of a media firestorm – but also raises important questions for the university itself

The Independent UK

Voices: Nigel Farage’s Clacton by-election gamble has hurt him more than he knows

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Reform UK leader will now receive a short sharp shock from political reality as the parliamentary inquiry into undeclared donations is reopened

The Independent UK

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Sure, ‘Woke 1’ had its issues – but we have far bigger problems on our hands

AOC’s remarks about past excesses have been ripped out of context. Progressives shouldn’t get roped into this sideshow

The Guardian - US

What AOC gets right – and wrong – about ‘Woke 1.0’

Recent comments by AOC have reignited a fiery debate about ‘wokeism’. But what are we really talking about?

The Guardian - US

It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone?

They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan

The Guardian - UK

I feel guilt talking to those left behind in Afghanistan. While I enjoy freedom, they are prisoners

Five years since the Taliban returned to power, life – especially for women – is merciless and suffocating, says Afghan-British journalist Nelufar Hedayat

The Guardian - UK

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Making Asean matter to young people

Last week, I reconnected with an old friend over coffee after almost 16 years. We first met when I was a research fellow at Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies. Since then, our careers had taken us in different directions. Mine led me to the Asean Secretariat in Jakarta. Hers led…

Bangkok Post

US makes moves to renew Thai alliance

The recent visit of Elbridge A Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy, to Bangkok was more than a diplomatic courtesy call. No sooner had news of Mr Colby's visit to Thailand broken than a foreign news agency reported that Thailand was engaging in trade negotiations through security exchanges…

Bangkok Post

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage: Clacton cannot acquit him

Editorial: Reform won a contrived byelection, but scrutiny continues – while the party increasingly attacks the watchdogs and journalists asking awkward questions

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on booming poetry sales: Homer, meet the Instapoets

Editorial: In an unexpected twist, a Hollywood epic has contributed to Britain’s best-ever half-year in poetry sales

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump’s spying on leftwing groups recalls J Edgar Hoover’s Cointelpro

The FBI from the 1950s to the 1970s tried to infiltrate and discredit leftist organizations. Trump seems to be repeating that sordid practice

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump can’t beat Iran and Nigel Farage can only beat a bin. When it counts, these populists are just losers

The pattern in the US and Britain is clear. They serve up stunt after stunt to mask incompetence and the betrayal of all those who trusted them, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Across the world authoritarians want to tell us what a ‘good life’ looks like. Here’s how liberals must respond

From Maga to Hungary’s Fidesz and Australia’s One Nation, politics is returning to its oldest question: what makes a life worth living? And liberalism needs a credible answer

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Sumit Sarkar’s unfinished argument with history

Sometime in 2000, I lost my copy of Sumit Sarkar’s Modern India in the Hindu College hostel at Delhi University. It was unfortunate. I remember looking for another copy in the library but without any success. I was somehow in a hurry to finish reading it, so I bought a…

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Brij Bhushan acquittal: What the order leaves open to scrutiny

On August 3, 2026, a Delhi trial court acquitted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former Wrestling Federation of India president, of charges under Sections 354, 354A, and 506(I) of the Indian Penal Code in the sexual harassment case brought by six women wrestlers. Vinod Tomar, the WFI’s former assistant secretary,…

The Guardian - US

Karoline Leavitt leaves behind a legacy of lies. What’s next for the Trump aide?

The press secretary’s communication style made her eminently qualified for a role in this administration

The Guardian - UK

The hill I will die on: Questions can go unanswered. Stop pulling out your phone

I don’t care what the capital of Uzbekistan is. I want to trade celebrity gossip and hear how your marriage counselling is going, says Helene Rosenthal, a writer based in New York City

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So Nigel Farage has beaten a man in a bin. But he’s in deep trouble, and he knows it

The Reform leader claims vindication from the people, and it’s too early to write him off. But the problems he now faces may be more than he can bear, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Patriot missiles have been a godsend for Ukraine against Putin, but they’re running out. Kyiv needs help and fast

Europe and Nato have known for years that interceptor production can’t keep up with demand and now disaster looms, says Jack Watling, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute

The Guardian - UK

How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars?

Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that’s a problem for the experts – indeed, for all of us, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Burnham won’t fix our prisons crisis until he dares to be honest with the public about crime

Most crime figures have drastically fallen, but people don’t believe it. It’s no wonder when politicians whip up emotions and attempt to bend the law, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Our universities remain a great success story – but standards are slipping

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The record admissions are masking a deeper crisis – from young people dropping out of education to universities struggling with falling overseas recruitment

Bangkok Post

EC must come clean

The Election Commission (EC) has failed the public once more by refusing to make its handling of the 2024 Senate election transparent and open to scrutiny.

Bangkok Post

Iran's mountains won't bow to bombs

In some ways, the dynamics of war between the United States and Israel against Iran boil down to bombs and mountains. As long as American bombs cannot beat mountainous Iran, Tehran can hold out on terms of its choosing with time on its side. The US' awesome airpower and Iran's…

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