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New taste tinglers for your palate
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 31/07/2025
» Bangkok is a city that never sleeps, at least in the food and beverage department. Blink and you’ll miss another new restaurant opening or a drink launch. Guru By Bangkok Post is making sure that even if you blink, you don’t miss out on the new taste tinglers that are worth mentioning.
The jazzman of Bangkok
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/04/2025
» The Bamboo Bar at the famous Oriental Hotel was set up in 1953 during a period when the hotel had several owners, including pioneering photographer and social activist Germaine Krull, and the art collector and silk king Jim Thompson. It quickly became one of the Bangkok's top nightclubs, known for its live jazz sessions.
Award-winning actress Émilie Dequenne dies
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 21/03/2025
» Émilie Dequenne, the acclaimed Belgian actress whose screen debut in Rosetta (1999) marked one of the most unforgettable moments in contemporary European cinema, has died at 43. She passed away on March 16 at a hospital near Paris after battling adrenocortical carcinoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the adrenal gland. Her family and agent confirmed the news, sparking an outpouring of tributes across the film industry.
CentralWorld to become a coffee hub
Life, Published on 02/10/2023
» The "Thailand Coffee Hub" will return with specialty coffee made by popular baristas from around the globe, at CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, from Wednesday to Oct 10.
Would you trust your marbles with these people?
News, Published on 09/09/2023
» One of the great attractions of living in London is its world-class museums, which offer generally free access to immense quantities of cultural relics from across the globe. Those arriving in the British capital might want to visit sooner rather than later. Before too long, some of those collections might start to shrink.
2,000 artefacts ‘missing’ from British Museum
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» LONDON: The number of artefacts that have disappeared from the British Museum is estimated at 2,000, chairman of trustees George Osborne said on Saturday, admitting the collection did not have a complete catalogue.
British Museum director resigns after spate of thefts
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» LONDON - British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigned on Friday, admitting the museum did not act "as it should have" on warnings that items had gone missing.
Rome's historic bakery to the popes closes
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» ROME - The Arrigoni bakery has made bread for the popes for almost a century, from rosetta rolls to wholewheat loaves -- but mass tourism has proved deadly and no prayers can save it now.
The best restaurant in the world is..
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/06/2023
» The best restaurant in the world is Central, in Lima. The dynamic tasting menu restaurant from chef Virgilio Martinez features ingredients from Peru’s very diverse landscape, from potatoes sourced from of the heights of the Andes mountains to sea urchin from the ocean and notes the latitude of each dish.
Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the sea
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» ALTY (SUDAN): The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.