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The voice of the pitch
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 16/06/2014
» Football fans, especially enthusiasts of the English Premier League, must have seen and heard Kittikorn U-dompol. The 47-year-old TV commentator has provided the voice of many live matches since 1990. He also once had a column in the popular Siam Keela newspaper.
A fascination with the past
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/06/2014
» Journalism is often a good preparation for a writing career. Yuwadee Maneekul, nom de plume of Yuwadee Vatcharangkul, is a former writer/editor at the Nation Group and her writing on culture and history has won praise from archaeologists and academics. She has published three non-fiction books to date and two novels: Kud Ahdeed Ko Rak (Digging Up The Past And Finding Love, 2007) and the recently released Jueng Rien Ma Puea Sarb (For Your Consideration). Both novels feature characters working in the field of archaeology who have to address problems to do with conservation, an area that the author feels is deserving of “more public and state attention”.
Daydream believers
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/05/2014
» Don’t panic if the person next to you gazes upward and murmurs a word like “cirrus”, “pileus”, or “crepuscular”.
Running high on inspiration
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 26/05/2014
» A generally agreed-upon milestone for books on running was the release of world-renowned Japanese author and marathon runner Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running in 2007. Dubbed as the “little book on running”, it was unique for its insights and musings on the activity.
Forgotten questions, important answers
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/05/2014
» Have you forgotten Forget Me Not?
The wordy wife
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/05/2014
» If you know the name “Sidaoruang”, you might already be reaching middle age. If you are younger or non-Thai, knowing the name probably means you are passionate about local literature, especially Wannakam Puea Chevit (Literature For Life), a genre of Thai books conceived in the 1970s that addresses the plight of farmers, social injustice and class struggle in Thai society.
Writer with a conscience
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 12/05/2014
» Chalermsak Ngamngarm, who has written books addressing social problems and different forms of bureaucratic corruption, has a fitting nickname. His friends and fans call him the Nai Amphur Nak Kien (District Chief Writer).
The professional interviewer
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/04/2014
» Columnist and writer Worapoj Panpong’s nickname as “The Interviewer” is one that fellow writers and magazine journalists have given him, and one that he cherishes.
Sci-fi-loving sailor
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 31/03/2014
» Angelo Gualtieri, born of an Italian father and English mother, was brought up in England. This gave him a passionate temperament held down, sometimes unsuccessfully, by British reserve and upbringing. He started his career as a research engineer in the UK, then at the Stanford Research Institute in the US, before moving to Thailand years ago.
Democracy, monarchy and prehistory
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/03/2014
» In Before Siam: Essays In Art And Archaeology, scholars and historians go beyond the Sukhothai and Ayutthaya kingdoms, bringing readers back to prehistory when the area where Bangkok is now located was a sea, its shoreline in modern day Ang Thong province.