The World in Words 50: Obama’s pirate talk, why you shoudn’t criticize Thailand’s king, and silly British pub names
In Thailand’s political chaos, there’s one thing that most Thais agree on: their king is untouchable. Now, the Thai government is agressively enforcing a law that prohibits criticism of the monarch. Also this week, recordings of American poets are added to a British archive, British pubs are being given slightly ridiculous new names, and Barack Obama’s confusing pirate policy.
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