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Guru's Weekly Buzz: Jan 26-Feb 1
Guru, Published on 26/01/2024
» Guru by Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
A decade of excellence
Life, Published on 06/10/2023
» One of Rolex's youngest watch families, the Oyster Perpetual Sky-Dweller turned 10 last year.
Preserving heritage
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/11/2022
» Field recordings of ancient, traditional music in the Southeast Asia feature in this column. Northern Khmer Spirit Music in Thailand – Kantrum Dongman (Animist Records, 2022) covers the traditional music of "Northern Khmer" people in provinces like Surin, Buri Ram and Si Sa Ket that straddle the Thai-Cambodian border in Thailand's lower Northeast, while Exploring Gong Culture Of Southeast Asia: Massif And Archipelago (Sub Rosa, 2022) covers traditional gong music from 50 different ethnic groups in the Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi, Vietnam's highlands and northeast Cambodia.
Your horoscope for Sept 2-8
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 02/09/2022
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money, couples & singles from the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week & beyond!
Leaving no one behind
Life, Noko, Published on 02/12/2021
» Women from different walks of life grace Omega's new campaign, matching their personalities and styles with watches from the Constellation, Speedmaster and Seamaster collections.
Bright side of the Moon
Life, Noko, Published on 24/09/2021
» With this week's Mid-Autumn Festival and the auspicious Full Moon on Tuesday, Elite Life updates on the lunar novelties launched this year.
Lucky number 8
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 22/11/2019
» Founded in 1738, Jaquet Droz reached its peak in 1788. From the very beginning, the Swiss watchmaker has, some way or another, been associated with the number eight.
Rediscovering Phrae
Life, Published on 14/06/2018
» More than a decade-and-a-half before the northern railway reached Chiang Mai in 1926, the villagers of Ban Mae Phuak in what is now Den Chai district of Phrae province already had their own train station. A century later, this small station, which is less than 6km from the larger one in Den Chai town, was degraded to a "train stop". Unstaffed and unmaintained, the twin two-storey teak architecture was left to decay.
Three is the magic number
Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/01/2018
» This week World Beat considers three stringed instruments from Africa: the valiha from Madagascar, kora from West Africa and oud from North Africa (which may have originated in what was Persia). All these instruments are plucked and 10 years ago, a bright spark in the music business thought it would be a good idea to bring together three master pluckers of these three instruments to see what music they might create. The result was the 3MA project release back in 2008.