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Gothic but Buddhist
News, Sarot Meksophawannakul, Published on 08/03/2020
» When King Chulalongkorn commissioned Wat Niwet Thammaprawat in Ayutthaya's Bang Pa-in district in 1876, the monarch wanted his subjects to have a "special" temple to pray in and marvel at.
'Die Schweiz' comes to Bangkok
Life, Published on 18/09/2018
» The Swiss tourist authority will try get everyone excited for the Alpine country during the "In Love With Switzerland" fair, which kicks off today and runs until Sunday at the Fashion Gallery, 1st floor of Siam Paragon, Rama I.
Timeless charm
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 24/11/2016
» Hai Phong in Vietnam is an industrialised province, however, it has a laid-back atmosphere.
Ahead of her time
Life, Published on 23/07/2015
» Among the Thai classical literature that has been adapted for TV, one of the most popular is W.N. Pramuanmak's Prissana. A dramatic story set in the reign of King Rama VIII and Rama IX, the story centres on a pretty, perky and smart young lady who was raised in the US and returns to Bangkok with a Western attitude. She becomes a strong-willed woman at a time when women are supposed to be quiet. Prissana's love story with an aristocratic man, set amid the hi-society milieu, has sent audiences swooning over the past 30 years.
The hunt for the lost horizon
B Magazine, Published on 05/07/2015
» Absolute whiteness descends, as a spring snowstorm transforms cascading mountains, pine forests and a seemingly endless sky into a horizon that has suddenly become lost.
Evocative hymn to Thai rice
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 23/01/2015
» This is the film you simply have to see this weekend. Uruphong Raksasad's Pleng Khong Kao (The Songs Of Rice) is a lyrical poetry of image and sound, as beautiful as 19th-century pastoral paintings and as evocative as murmured hymns. In a compact 75 minutes, we see muddied beasts stomping the paddies and whirring tractors aglow with nocturnal eyes; we hear the chanting for the Rice Goddess and rhythmic windpipe numbers for the harvest dance. We even marvel, unlikely as it seems, at a zonk-out sci-fi rendition of a northeastern rocket festival, ablaze with fire and sparks and songs and joy.
A master and his music
B Magazine, Kritini U-dompol, Published on 18/01/2015
» Turn the radio on and the chances are you will hear one of Nitipong “Dee” Honark’s songs. For the past three decades, it has been his lyrics that have influenced Thai popular music.
Best films of 2014
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 26/12/2014
» Another year, another December ritual of best-ofs. Is the high worth the pain at the cinemas? Mostly yes, 2014 has yielded a crop of films that excite, touch, baffle, entrance and stun us in many ways.
Japanese art utopia
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 15/05/2014
» Naoshima lies midway between Hiroshima and Osaka — a small island town in the Seto Inland Sea, previously neglected and ravaged by severe water pollution from industrial waste in the 70s, revitalised by art in recent years.
The game is back on
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 08/08/2012
» If you're a Thai who came of age in the mid-1980s, hooked on pop culture and soaps, you will surely remember Ma Tarm Nud, television's most popular game show at the time. Almost 30 years later, the show has made a comeback.