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Shaken and stirred for 2024
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/12/2023
» Guru By Bangkok Post rounds up tipples that will keep you hydrated well into the New Year. Whether it is new bars, relocated bars or new menus, a bit of liquid cheer never hurt anyone!
Jim Thomspon launches rebooted restaurant and spy-themed bar
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 05/09/2023
» Living up to its "Beyond Silk" tagline, Jim Thompson has evolved into a global lifestyle brand.
Panpuri, Jim Thompson join hands for a new fragrance collection
Life, Noko, Published on 20/06/2023
» The disappearance of Jim Thompson on March 26, 1967, remains a mystery. His legacy, nevertheless, is celebrated by a fragrant trail from a collaboration between his eponymous textile house and Panpuri.
Beyond the malls
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 07/09/2020
» Although their neighbourhood may be known for its malls and cheap wares, local galleries, art centres and community members are joining forces to weave a bridge of art and culture through the Pathumwan Art Routes Project (PARs), aiming to spur the economy after foreign tourists have dwindled amid a pandemic.
Seeing how silk is made
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 14/05/2020
» Just a few minutes' walk from BTS National Stadium sits Ban Khrua, the old community by Saen Saep Canal that decades ago produced silk fabrics for Jim Thompson, who helped promote the Thai material to worldwide fame. After the mysterious disappearance of the legendary American entrepreneur in 1967, family-run silk workshops in Ban Khrua gradually went out of business. But not all of them.
Everything's coming up Rosewood
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/06/2018
» Rosewood is not a name that rings any personal bells, but I first unknowingly came across it while on a night out in Beijing. The so-far-lousy night took a turn when the social editor of a high-society magazine ushered me to get off my stool at the dingy bar we were in. We were first-timers in Beijing and unlike the Western press in the group, she was in no mood for pole dancers and Mandarin rock covers. She was the most well-informed and refined tippler of the Thai group, so we trustingly followed her taste to Rosewood Beijing, knowing whatever it was, it wasn't going to be the Chinese version of Patpong. It was the right decision, the one we should have gone with three hours earlier. What greeted us upon arrival were stunning high ceilings, stylish understatement and immense relief that there are chic and modern places to head to in the post-Mao capital.
New film sheds light on Jim Thompson mystery
Published on 21/10/2017
» A new documentary is set to stir fresh debate over one of Asia's most enduring mysteries: What happened to Jim Thompson, Thailand's legendary silk king?
Smooth operator
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 15/09/2016
» It was a rainy Monday afternoon and Surindr Supasavasdebhandu, in his grey silk uniform, was swiftly reorganising merchandise inside the shop of the Jim Thompson House in Bangkok. At 79 and with 55 years in the company, the deputy managing director -- to the apparent worry of staff members following him around -- just never stops working.
Home is where the art is
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/06/2014
» In 1958, in a letter posted in Thailand to his sister Eleanor, Jim Thompson observed, “The house should be a gem when it’s finished.”
Development ravages Malaysia's 'Little England'
AFP, Published on 08/01/2014
» On a Malaysian ridge-top, R. Ramakrishnan scans a rugged landscape famed in British colonial times as a fresh-aired slice of England in the tropics, but he sees a paradise lost.