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Finding the words in Ubud
Life, Published on 16/11/2015
» Poet Zachariya Amartya was the first Thai in many years to take part in the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF). The 12th edition of Southeast Asia's top literary festival was held between Oct 28 and Nov 1 on the Indonesian island of Bali. The host nation had just been the featured country at the Frankfurt Book Fair and was the festival's focus under the theme "17,000 Islands Of Imagination".
The Future Sound of British Club Culture
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 21/06/2015
» The xx beatmaker’s long-awaited solo debut offers an impressive spectrum of sonic palette that both reflects and celebrates the UK’s iconic club culture
Informative read
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 11/05/2015
» Theft has been prevalent in the animal kingdom since prehistoric times. Squirrels steal. Magpies steal. Monkeys steal. But Homo sapiens has added a new dimension to theft. We steal anything and everything, killing those trying to stop us.
History or sci-fi?
Life, Published on 19/01/2015
» Historians and historical novelists have their favourite periods. Ancient Rome, the Crusades, the Tudors for some. Early Christianity, the Mongol conquests, the Napoleonic wars for others. Imperialism, exploration, World War II for others still. British author David Gibbins, for one, has turned his attention to Atlantis. Troy, the Old Testament.
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.
An author’s lament
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 18/08/2014
» As a critic, I've been taken to task more than a few times by authors whose books I gave a thumbs down. They often query why, when writing a review, I overlook the time and effort that it takes to get the manuscripts published? It takes as long and is at least as hard as the writing, they say and they are right. My defence is that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, not the preparation.
Here we go again
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 04/08/2014
» Mark Twain said that anybody could be president of the US, then quipped that anybody is. Sarcastic, but not untrue. In its less than two-and-a-half-century history, the US has had few chief executives worthy of the position. However, according to the democratic process, no matter how corrupt and/or incompetent, they are voted in and have to be voted out.
No monkeying around
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/07/2014
» The problem is humans. More precisely, human instinct. Even more precisely, human habit mistaken as human instinct. Evolution, either natural or genetically enhanced, comes in a messy package: as the brain develops and the mind expands, so does the inclination for savagery, and so does the capacity for violence in the struggle for survival.
Iran’s nuclear bomb threat
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 07/04/2014
» Ever since 1945, when the US used up its arsenal of two nuclear bombs to end the Pacific War, the rest of the world has been trying to get their own. The Soviet Union came next by stealing the secret, followed by other lands, claiming its necessity solely for self-defence. Iran means for theirs to wipe Israel off the map.
'Who cares' barrier
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 13/01/2014
» This is the era of information, but knowing it all gives virtually everybody a headache. Their response to "Don't you want to know?" is "Who cares?".