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Digging the humble spud
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 29/01/2016
» It is an era when consumers are really in the driving seat in terms of what they eat. Wholesomeness, along with availability and transparency of information are what modern-day gourmands are looking for.
A house of dreams
Life, Catherine Faulder, Published on 28/01/2016
» Chirapan Oulapathorn, founder and president of Sumipol Corp -- a company that makes high quality industrial tools and represents over 50 Japanese manufacturers in Thailand -- sits serenely in the sitting room of his second home in Suphan Buri. At last, his busy week has slowed down. He has managed to escape to the dream he started building more than 20 years ago under the architectural excellence of Assoc Prof Theeramon Wairojanakit, the Dean of Architecture at King Mongkut Institute of Technology (Lardkrabang).
Blood, sweat and fears
Guru, Published on 08/01/2016
» In a career spanning 25 years, theatre director Joe Harmston has directed more than 100 productions in Europe and the US. His latest work, Dracula: Blood Is Life, starring Hugo Chakrabongse as Dracula and Myra Malloy as Lucy, will make its global premiere in Bangkok in February. The production retells the infamous Gothic horror through a stunning, terrifying and lavishly entertaining stage play. We sit down with Harmston to find out more.
Reworking November rain
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/01/2016
» Where and when does the rain usually fall?
Drought, fishing scandals and winding roads
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/12/2015
» In the past year, environmental disasters once again proved how much of an impact they have on everyone's lives: the air we breathe (the haze in the South, blown over from Indonesia); the water we use (the contentious Chao Phraya roads); the lights we see (the coal-fired power plants); the ground beneath our feet (the gold mining scandals); the food we eat (the fishery disputes). In all of this, local communities and the rural poor feel the heat and the fire more than Bangkok's urbanites and they're the people who keep showing public resistance against environmental problems and the depletion of natural resources, despite the grip of military rule.
Raising a peep
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 29/11/2015
» Grant Howlett is an Australian expatriate with a reasonable knowledge of things botanical in his home country. But when it comes to Asian plant life, “alas, I have lots to learn”, he wrote. “I did reside for many years in the tropics of northern Australia, and many plants there are also here, like the foxtail palm which is originally from Australia but now prolific here in Thailand, but when it comes to trees I am lost.”
Farming into the future
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 14/10/2015
» Kong Srilalak, a farmer in Ubon Ratchathani, looks a decade younger than 63. That's because of his robust and muscular frame and tan skin he has acquired from decades of harvesting rice fields.
Into the forest
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/10/2015
» It is hard to believe Sahwing Indharangsri when he says his village and the forest around it was once inhabited by wild animals.
Soil food
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 06/09/2015
» Plants are like people. Give them their basic needs and they will grow up happily. Keep them healthy and fit and they will be better able to resist disease.
A drought of understanding
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 28/07/2015
» The other day, after watching the morning news about the severe droughts that have hit the country, my neighbour thought it was the perfect time to water his beautiful garden. He soaked his beloved collection of orchids, before going on to wash his parking area and even cleaned his vintage Mercedes too. At pretty much the same time, a retiree from the house nearby hummed happily while washing his fish tank and fountain. Food merchants continued wasting water while washing vegetables and dishes at the roadside.