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Bridging times and cities
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/06/2018
» On a recent visit to Bangkok, Baron Patrick Nothomb recalled the tremors of anxiety when the Thai-Belgian bridge was about to be assembled 30 years ago.
Lights out at Lido, but can art hub shine?
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/06/2018
» It was a tearful farewell at the Lido Theatre on Thursday night, with a thousand fans congregating to say goodbye to the old-school, unglamorous, 50-year-old cinema in Siam Square. After the last picture show on May 31, all Lido’s staff and managers lined up like a guard of honour to wai and thank the audiences filing out of the rooms, a surprise parting shot that tugged deeply at the heart strings of even the most unsentimental viewers. To paraphrase Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor of Asgard, Lido is not a place but a people. It’s also a memory. That’s why we wept. That’s what we’ll miss Lido for.
Rain bursting to let all hell break loose
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/06/2015
» Like hell, Bangkok is low-lying, hot like fire and prone to floods. It houses desperate souls punished by heat and rain, sometimes, miraculously, on the same day. It’s also extremely vulnerable to water falling from the sky, as evident again on Monday when the city was cursed by the crashing midnight downpour, transforming roads into lakes, gutters into geysers, and commuters into sinners looking for salvation. What have we done to deserve this? Everything.