• THAILAND

  Voices of the silent

  Spectrum, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 11/03/2012

  » Last Thursday was International Women's Day, an occasion that for a century has served for people to demand greater civil rights, representation and equality; to honour wives, mothers and girlfriends and the accomplishments of women; to call for an end to global hunger and poverty; and, increasingly, to highlight the plight of refugees and the displaced.

• LIFE

  Their wildest dreams come true

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 07/10/2012

  » Harvesting rice in a golden landscape, driving through the rain, a frog ready to leap out of the canvas. The concept and title of a new exhibition is "Untamed" _ in a sense an artistic return to the beauty, colours and diversity of the natural world _ and features work by 10 artists from V64 Art Studio. There are cityscapes and human figures, but even here the elements of nature _ rain, sun, ageing, regrowth _ are in the ascendant.

• TRAVEL

  All that wasn't washed away

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 19/08/2012

  » At Koh Kret a Mon man points to a mark on the wall at the height of his head. "The water was here," he says of last October and November. "It was a bad time."

• TRAVEL

  Yen and the art of travelling on the cheap

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 02/09/2012

  » There is a sign on the door of the Capsule Inn Tajima near Ueno Station in Tokyo discouraging tattooed patrons from making use of the baths or overnight capsules. This is aimed at Yakuza, organised crime figures, who once had leverage over urban businesses but whose influence has waned somewhat in recent years, even in the entertainment districts where they used to thrive.

• TRAVEL

  Going deep into the waterways of life

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 01/07/2012

  » Visitors to Bangkok 100 years ago described a city of tree-lined canals and floating markets, of languid ferry drivers taking people around town. In a modern age of choking traffic, concrete high-rises and hectic urban life, such images of the past are still layered with nostalgia.

• LIFE

  A taste of india

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 15/07/2012

  » Rajan Misra, the quadrilingual head chef at the Rang Mahal _ one of Bangkok's most notable restaurants in North Indian cuisine _ hails from New Delhi. He cut his culinary teeth at the high-end Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi and has been Rang Mahal's head chef since 2003, during which time the restaurant has won many Best Indian Restaurant in Thailand awards _ nine in a row from Thailand Tatler and seven from Bangkok Dining & Entertainment magazine, as well as one last year from CNNgo.com.

• LIFE

  Not just pizza and pasta

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 15/04/2012

  » Michelin-starred chef Alfredo Russo returned to Rossini's restaurant at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit last month to introduce his "new Italian-style cuisine" and a new menu combining tradition and innovation.

• LIFE

  Reality Check

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 13/05/2012

  » She was a part-time musician working in a New York coffee shop when a friend pressured her to audition for an obscure new reality TV show. She reluctantly gave it a shot and two months later was singing to more than 12 million television viewers in the finals of The Voice.

• TRAVEL

  The Netherlands: Beyond the naughty bits

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 05/02/2012

  » While the Netherlands might be most commonly associated with the excesses of Amsterdam, its capital, there is a vibrant cultural scene here dating back centuries.

• LIFE

  Keeping an eye on global affairs

  B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 05/02/2012

  » Anna Coren is an anchor and correspondent for CNN International, and hosts World Report, broadcast live every weekday from CNN's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. Although she made a name for herself in "tabloid" television in Australia, she is now the regional face of the international 24-hour news network. She reported on last year's red shirt riots, has interviewed former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva among a host of world leaders and was in Bangkok at the end of last year for a week of "Eye on Thailand" programming.

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