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  • LIFE

    BOOK LAUNCH AND SEMINAR

    Life, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Nanmee Books will tomorrow launch Moo Ban Lek Trakul Pao (The Xiaobao Village), a famous Chinese literature penned by Wang An Yi and translated by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

  • OPINION

    An hour's not enough to alter attitudes

    Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2012

    » On the last Saturday of March, for the past five years, Bangkokians and residents of many other cities around the world have participated in a voluntary power blackout.

  • LIFE

    Pure cinematic fantasy

    Life, Plalai Faifa, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Almost as impressive as his own films in recent years has been Martin Scorsese's work as a guide to and curator of other directors' work. His loving cinematic tours of Italian cinema and personal favourites from the US and other countries have attracted millions of viewers to films that they may never had heard of otherwise. He does not take us back yet again to Citizen Kane or Grand Illusion or Intolerance. His choices are often obscure movies that he saw on television as a boy in New York _ often, I suspect, on the old 1950s Million Dollar Movie programme_ and never forgot. Scorsese has also been active in the restoration old films, and viewers who watch elaborately-documented DVD editions of classic films like those issued by Criterion will find him turning up from time to time doing commentary tracks on which his enthusiasm is impossible to resist.

  • LIFE

    Coulis

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Coulis is a French culinary term referring to a form of thick sauce made from pureed and strained vegetables or fruits, or sometimes juices obtained while roasting the meat.

  • LIFE

    Flavourful french with a twist

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Dusit Thani's top-floor fine dining French restaurant D'Sens was recently in the gastronomic limelight once again with the introduction of the highly-talented French cuisine chef, Christian Ham.

  • LIFE

    World on a plate

    Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Its business must have been really good, since the ever-lovely, four-year-old Pandanus Bar Bistro is being relaunched with a new name, different dining mood and more items on the menu simply because the owners wanted to give a more cosmopolitan touch to the once feminine-looking establishment.

  • LIFE

    Triumph of will

    Life, Sukhumaporn Laiyok, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Despite being physically challenged since childhood, Pichet Krungget's positive attitude towards life has made him one of Thailand's best gold medal prospects at the London Paralympic Games this summer.

  • TRAVEL

    Fruit fair in Samut Songkhram

    Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Lychees from Samut Songkhram province are so sweet and famous that they are called "great lychees". The most popular strain is khom, which bears sweet, crunchy heart-shaped fruit covered with a dark red peel, according to Angkhana Poomphaka, director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Samut Songkhram office.

  • SPORTS

    Abu Dhabi suffer structural problem

    AFP, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Abu Dhabi's comeback was put on hold on Thursday when the team became the latest victim of the structural problems that have blighted the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.

  • WORLD

    Islamist serial killer buried in France despite protest

    AFP, Published on 30/03/2012

    » Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah was buried in his hometown Toulouse on Thursday, despite a protest by the French city's mayor after the serial killer's homeland Algeria refused his corpse.

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