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Professional confessions to be heard in Bangkok
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 15/11/2023
» For the first time in Bangkok, Fuckup Nights, a global movement dedicated to fostering open conversations about professional failure, is coming to inspire audiences in Thailand's capital city.
Drowning in love
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 01/10/2021
» Not very often are the subjects of identity, race, racism told through a candid story of love. Open Water, a highly acclaimed novel by 27-year-old British-Ghanaian author Caleb Azumah Nelson is one of the few books that attempts to do just this, and with great effect.
A Summer to Remember
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 06/08/2021
» After a year hiatus, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off and will conclude on Sunday. More than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries marched joyously in front of thousands of empty seats (due to Covid-19 restrictions), while millions of sports fans cheered from home. This year's motto is "United By Emotion", expressing the power of sport to connect people from diverse backgrounds from all over the globe. Guru has created a timeline of all the memorable moments till the time of going to print, as well as interesting facts about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, for your reading pleasure.
The millennial approach to conservation
Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 01/11/2019
» Wildchain, a blockchain-based mobile game, is designed to raise awareness about wildlife conservation programmes and will be released in March 2020. Guru chats with the game designer Pochara "Tern" Taweesuk and Wildchain Director Florian Rehm to learn more about this millennial approach to conservation.
The show that roars
Life, Chantiya Potayarom, Published on 17/09/2019
» Nine years on from its first sold-out performance in Thailand, "Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular" brought all the prehistoric creatures back to Bangkok to thrill audiences for a second time last Thursday, and it clearly proved the show still roars.
Here be monsters
B Magazine, Published on 25/08/2019
» A thunderous roar shakes the entire arena. Towering above the awestruck crowd, majestic dinosaurs bring prehistory to life. These incredible creatures will soon be brought to life at Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular, which takes place at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani from Sept 12-15. It is brought to Thailand by BEC Tero Entertainment.
Creating a buzz
Life, John Clewley, Published on 19/02/2019
» Some years ago, I reviewed Colin McPhee's marvellous book, A House In Bali, about life and gamelan music (traditional Balinese music -- mainly percussive and driven by metallophones or gongs) in Bali during the 1930s. Published in 1947, the book details how a young man, after hearing some rare gamelan music on old records, journeys to Bali in 1929 to seek the music that will change his life. It is an enchanting book, well worth reading.
Superstition killed the turtle
Life, Published on 08/10/2018
» Throughout the 25 years of her life, Om Sin -- a sea turtle from Chon Buri -- was a symbol of luck and longevity to people who threw coins into her concrete pond believing that doing so would bring them prosperity. Little did she know that it would bring bad luck upon herself.
Taking the long view
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 19/10/2017
» In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne is the goddess of memory. Impregnated by Zeus, she gave birth to the nine muses with whom artists, poets, musicians, writers and historians are familiar. As a daughter of Uranus, Mnemosyne is also a goddess of time; she provides the role of rote memorisation and invents language and words where her daughters, the muses, pick up and render them. She is a goddess that makes memory alive and is often acquainted with vivid remembrance.
A great British palaver
Life, Published on 21/10/2016
» In a big white tent nestled in the green fields of the English countryside, six bakers were putting their signature spin on dinner rolls.