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Artist highlights the scourge of plastic pollution
Life, Published on 07/07/2021
» Plastic pollution is one of the most crucial issues the planet is facing. However, many people don't take it seriously, thinking that plastic is recyclable. The fact is we can't store, maintain or recycle all our stuff and plastic that isn't recycled gets partially washed into the ocean.
Pride proud
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 11/06/2021
» Nothing screams Pride month louder than the rainbow palette popping up all over Bangkok. Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community throughout the world annually, June is when people can proudly carry a flag for diversity and visibility of groups of people, who have been mariginalised in daily life. While the LGBTQIA+ community in Thailand enjoys a lot of visibility, it doesn't mean they've never faced any challenges. Guru has gathered noted figures of the community to share their pride with us.
Fun runs for city slackers
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/11/2020
» To add some fun and colour to your weekend, get a group together and join the Amazing Thailand City Run Challenge.
'Deaf' Western beggars deserve a right earful
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/12/2017
» There has been a commotion this past week in the media over the appearance of two attractive young Westerners begging for money at an intersection in Klong Toey in Bangkok. Just four days ago, the Bangkok Post published a photograph of one of them, a woman, clutching a bunch of Thai flags and trying to flog them off car window to car window. There was a man as well.
We didn't start the fire
Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 10/03/2017
» People, it's not even April yet, and the city feels as though it's been chosen as the launch site for the opening of the gates of hell. Stay cool and hydrated. Make this your daily mantra. This, we're serious about. But as you sip your sweet ice coffee under some air-conditioned refuge, we offer you a light-hearted recap of a few funny, exciting or random bits of news that are theoretical and totally scientific explanations of why this country is so ******* hot right now!
Cinema under the stars
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 23/02/2016
» When was the last time you attended an outdoor cinema? To be more precise, do you remember seeing a movie under the sky at Lumpini Park?
Intricate, abstract, wild
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/04/2015
» More than anything, Filipino artist Louie Cordero's paintings at Bangkok University Gallery's (BUG) current show, "Golden Rule", are fun. On the floor, traces of spilled paint are still visible — as BUG's artist-in-residence, the gallery's second floor was used as Cordero's studio.
Remembering cinema's comic heritage
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/02/2015
» A great way to unwind from the Oscar hullabaloo has arrived this week. "Memory! International Film Heritage Festival — Reprise In Thailand" opened last night and will continue until March 6, featuring 11 classic films, from Chaplin to Ozu, Buster Keaton to Jacques Tati, plus a rare Mongolian epic and a Thai comedy classic. For filmgoers who regularly feast on Hollywood's new releases — intensified by the award-season blitz — watching old films on the big screen is an opportunity to find perspectives on cinema history and contemplate the ongoing evolution of the art form.
Land of the rising samba
Life, Noel Maclean, Published on 02/12/2014
» Panorama restaurant has been quietly picking up plaudits for bringing originality to the Bangkok buffet scene.