We are just four weeks away from the start of a new season of Thai football. The opening games are the weekend of 15/16 February. Chiang Mai, as my loyal reader will remember, were relegated back to League 2 after … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 took off at 6.12am on Wednesday 8 January, after nearly an hour’s delay at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport. It gained altitude heading west, reaching nearly 8,000ft, according to flight-tracking data. Minutes after take … Continue reading
The Burj Khalifa opened ten years ago on January 2nd 2010. There were celebrations, fireworks and then the tower closed for some six months to be properly finished. The tallest building in the world – and quite possibly the most … Continue reading
The new year drone strike that killed Iran’s most prominent commander, Qassem Suleimani, will have profound consequences for the region. Early on January 3rd General Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s most storied and feared commander, stepped off a plane from Syria or … Continue reading
Picture: The Guardian: By Richard Flanagan – from the New York Times Mr. Flanagan is an Australian author who is “considered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation”, according to The Economist. Each of his novels has … Continue reading