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  All fun and games

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 22/09/2017

  » To be fair, Kingsman: The Golden Circle -- the sequel to 2015's cheeky spy-parody Kingsman: The Secret Service -- manages to deliver on almost everything that made its original a surprise hit. The exaggerated sense of style, zany spy-gadgets and over-the-top fight choreography make their way from the first film, bolstered by an extended all-star cast that includes Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Channing Tatum, Halle Berry and Pedro Pascal.

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  Toronto top picks

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/09/2017

  » A showcase of Oscar hopefuls and world cinema highlights, the film festival which wrapped up last weekend is one of the most influential in the world. Here are our highlights

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  A festival for the end of Buddhist Lent

  Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/09/2017

  » To mark the end of three-month Buddhist Lent, Samut Prakan's Bang Phli Municipality will host the annual Rab Bua (Lotus Receiving) festival on Oct 4.

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  Supply and demand

  Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 22/09/2017

  » During the era of the Raj, India was the leading poppy grower. It was sold worldwide as a treatment for hysteria in women and hyperactivity in children. Only China refused to have anything to do with it because it was addictive, but two opium wars taught them how to take it.

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  Into the Khmer Rouge abyss

  Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 22/09/2017

  » It's the kind of project that courts doubt and even disdain from the very logline. Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood A-lister lately known for marital drama, is directing a film in Cambodia about the atrocity of the Khmer Rouge years, based on the memoir of a woman who, as a girl, lived through it all.

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  Encountering the 'other'

  Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 22/09/2017

  » The essayist Tzvetan Todorov writes in The Conquest Of America: The Question Of The Other that the history of the world is made up of conquests and defeats, of colonisations and discoveries of others. He argues that at the beginning of the 16th century, the native Americans of the New World were present but nothing was known about them. The discovery of America was therefore crucial because it brought white European settlers to an encounter with the natives from the onset. And with this encounter, a projection of what the Other would be. Knowledge and images were for the first time being sent "back home" of what the savage might be.

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  A Matcha mash-up

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/09/2017

  » Tealily is tucked away in Soi Phrom Mit, a sub-soi of Sukhumvit 39. Despite its elusive location, it may well be worth a visit by all the matcha lovers out there.

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  The philanthropic photographer

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 22/09/2017

  » Surachai "Pui" Saengsuwan, L'Officiel Thailand's fashion editor and photographer, is known for his work in various Thai fashion magazines as well as reality competition shows such as The Face and The Face Men Thailand. But you may not know that he has been behind the lens of several photography projects to raise awareness around serious causes. He collaborated with Tom Potisit, also a well-known fashion photographer, to create "Anatomy 101" in 2015 to raise awareness on organ donation. In July last year, he created an online campaign for the Pic-A-Pet4Home shelter where he photographed handsome cadets with their canine friends to raise awareness on dog adoption. We talked to him about his latest project for Down Syndrome Hero Thailand (fb.com/downsyndromeherothailand) to de-stigmatise those who are born with the condition.

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  Love bugs!

  Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 22/09/2017

  » Edible insects have long been a part of Thailand's delicacies, though mostly in an exotic, daring fanfare of streetside vendors for Bangkokians and tourists. But the launch of a certain restaurant is about to change that. Within ChangChui creative hub, a fine-dining restaurant's menu is dedicated to bugs.

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  Heading nowhere

  Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 22/09/2017

  » <b>The setting:</b> Nestled six floors above busy Ekkamai sits Nowhere. The restaurant immediately gives off a chilled and homey vibe the minute you walk in. The windows offer a great view despite the fact that the restaurant is not that high off the ground and also gives patrons a front-row seat for sunsets, which we reckon is the reason why they open at 5pm on weekdays.

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