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For Starters
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 21/07/2023
» Amidst the boom of Spanish gastronomy in Bangkok, Alegria, an upscale tapas bar-cum-restaurant, opened its doors at the K Village shopping mall.
Last band standing
Life, John Clewley, Published on 19/11/2019
» I first heard Orchestre Les Mangelepa's seductive and sweet sound on one of their songs from the late 1970s, Embakasi, which was a nationwide hit in Kenya and beyond. Initially, I thought they had recorded the song in what was then Zaire but in fact they were expatriate Congolese musicians who had settled in Nairobi, Kenya, mainly to take advantage of the sophisticated recording industry that had developed around East Africa's biggest commercial centre.
Rediscovering my city
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/11/2015
» Returning to Bangkok in the late 1980s, ML Poomchai Chumbala became a New York Times foreign correspondent that had him writing a column about Thailand. The assignment had him rediscovering his hometown after being away for 12 years following schooling in the UK.