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Healing through art
Life, Published on 05/09/2023
» A collection of paintings from conflict-affected communities will be presented during "Bodymaps For Healing: Seeking Peace In Southern Thailand", which will kick off today and run until Sept 17, on the Curved Wall, 4th floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
UK's first LGBTI museum opens in London
Life, Published on 10/05/2022
» Queer Britain, the UK's first LGBTI museum, opened its doors in London last week, promising to bring the history and culture of the community to a wider audience.
World's longest-running TV soap, Coronation Street, turns 60
AFP, Published on 09/12/2020
» LONDON - The world's longest-running TV soap opera, Britain's cosy working-class series "Coronation Street," celebrates 60 years on screen on Wednesday, defying social changes and the pandemic.
The wonder girl grows up
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/09/2019
» Bangkok's local concert calendar is now a nostalgic affair filled with 90s and millennium playlists. Stepping away from that slightly worn-out path is diva Tata Young, whose upcoming concert next month will be packed with English music from her days as one of the biggest stars from Asia.
How to get rich
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 09/02/2018
» During the Great Depression in the Big Apple, one of the games we played was choosing our role model among the comic strip heroes we all read. Dick Tracy, Superman and Batman got most voted. They scoffed when I picked Daddy Warbucks, the billionaire who adopted Little Orphan Annie. (“Yeah, how many bad men did he catch?”)
From clam to crab governments
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/12/2015
» From the Tanin Kraivixien government following the massacre of Oct 6, 1976, the premiership of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda in the 80s, the post-economic crisis time of Chuan Leekpai up to the politically turbulent times of Thaksin Shinawatra, Abhisit Vejjajiva and Yingluck Shinawatra -- few have witnessed the history of Thai contemporary politics as closely as Somlak Songsamphant.
All wrapped up in haze
B Magazine, Published on 25/01/2015
» Shoegaze four-piece Hariguem Zaboy brings a breath of fresh air to the crowded Thai music scene with their unique debut release
The man behind the treaty
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 27/10/2014
» In Thai history, Bowring is the title of the 1855 treaty that is the major landmark in Siam's transition to the modern world. Bowring is also less well known as the author of a bulky book about Mongkut's Siam (the reign of King Rama IV). But John Bowring himself is like a character in a drama who is there because the plot requires him, but who never takes shape as a person.
Bringing absurd life to the stage
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/09/2014
» While performances like I Didn't Launch A Thousand Ships and The Last Schomburgk's Deer are still on at Pridi Banomyong Institute, a new theatre project "Three Short Absurd Plays" at Thonglor Art Space, continues to place Thong Lor as one of the most vibrant (though still in a small-scale) theatre scenes in the capital.