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The hidden costs of fashion
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 07/08/2024
» When Thammika Songkaeo, a co-founder of the Singapore-based company Two Glasses, saw people around her with big boxes of clothes for donation, she wondered, who wanted used clothes?
A musical tribute to Mozart
Life, Published on 02/11/2023
» Following its popular "Come & Sing" concert last year, the Bangkok Music Society (BMS) is giving another similar show, "Mozart's Requiem", at Christ Church, Convent Road, on Saturday, at 3pm.
A glimpse into an ageing society
Life, Published on 11/09/2023
» According to the Department of Provincial Administration, in 2022, almost 19% of Thailand's population of 66,090,475 were aged 60 or over -- officially elderly people. This data does not include the elderly not counted in the census, which could raise the percentage to as high as 20%. Bangkok's percentage of elderly people is 21.48%, Chiang Mai's 21.14%, and Nonthaburi's 20.14%. These figures suggest that Thailand is on the verge of becoming a super-aged society.
Music in UK schools helps autistic children
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» LONDON: Blondie drummer Clem Burke on Wednesday said adding drumming to the UK school curriculum could be a "game changer" for autistic children after a study found as little as 90 minutes a week offered benefits.
Cormac McCarthy, revered American novelist, dies at 89
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» NEW YORK: Celebrated author Cormac McCarthy, an unflinching chronicler of America's bleak frontiers and grim underbelly, died on Tuesday aged 89, his publisher said.
From slums to stardom: Uganda's Ghetto Kids
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» KAMPALA, Uganda: The sprawling slums of Kampala are a far cry from the glitzy stage of Britain's Got Talent, where a group of Ugandan street kids will be performing in Sunday's grand finale of the hit UK television show.
US artist went from prison cell to Paris show
AFP, Published on 16/05/2023
» PARIS: Aged 16, Halim Flowers was arrested in the United States, tried as an adult then jailed for murder. Now aged 42, he is a prolific artist, poet and writer exhibiting in Paris.
Kenzaburo Oe: novelist who won Nobel with 'poetic force'
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» TOKYO - Nobel-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, a leading liberal voice who defended the disenfranchised and challenged the conformity of modern society, has died aged 88.
BMS returns with a tribute concert to Queen Elizabeth
Life, Published on 05/10/2022
» The Bangkok Music Society Choir (BMS), one of the oldest choral groups in Thailand, begins its first full season of events since the pandemic with a memorial concert on Saturday at 6pm. The venue is Christ Church on Convent Road, Silom.
Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori dies
AFP, Published on 18/08/2022
» TOKYO: Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, has died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported Thursday.