Readers may remember the Santika tragedy that occurred in Bangkok on New Year's Eve 1998. A fire ripped through the nightclub after an indoor fireworks display went wrong, killing 67 people in all. Nearly three years after the incident a  Thai court has finally sentenced the nightclub's owner and a lighting company executive to three years’ imprisonment. Three years. It's …

EDIT: I don't think this is true, but it gave me a good excuse to use a funny picture of Thaksin. The rumour now is that Thaksin landed on Koh Chang in a helicopter. If this is true then it can only lead to the situation in Thailand further deteriorating. It is just a rumour at this stage, but who …

Sixty-one people died at Sanitka on New Year's Eve. I've been to Sanitika many times and I spent one New Year there three or four years ago. I have no idea whether friends or friends of friends were then on New Year. People, get in touch.

Nothing disrupts a night out like being made to pee in a cup. Luckily for me, I arrived about 20 minutes after what looked like some sort of army maneuver had taken place. Saturday night, about 11 pm and six of us drove to a small club in Phuket Town. The club is nothing special and attracts only a few …

Culture One over the weekend was an enjoyable event. It was perhaps most memorable for three or four monologues delivered by David Morales towards the end of the night. David Morales is an A-list DJ. He costs thousands of dollars to book and is universally respected. However, he made a fool of himself in Bangkok and I suspect he will …

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