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Tough-guy protagonist adds another layer
Life, Published on 28/09/2015
» 'Grain, meet the railroad," Jack Reacher tells himself, after he's picked the latest sinister little Nowheresville in which to spend a book's length of time. He appears to have gotten off a train in the middle of wheat country, for no better reasons than he liked the cryptic name of the town, Mother's Rest, and that he's got foolproof instincts for sniffing out trouble. Lee Child's Reacher series has hit Book No.20 with a resounding peal of wisecracking glee ("Are you going to be a problem?" "I'm already a problem. The question is, what are you going to do about it?"). Everything about it, starting with Reacher's nose for bad news, is as strong as ever.
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A whole different sonic vibe
Life, John Clewley, Published on 09/06/2020
» Sega is the traditional and popular music of the island of Mauritius, which sits in the vast Indian Ocean; some call sega the blues of the Indian Ocean but I think of it as the soundtrack to the sea.
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Like dolls in boxes
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 16/12/2019
» Before we were ushered into the theatre one floor above the waiting area at Hostbkk theatre and dance studio, the actors, clad in period costumes, stared down at us from behind glass windows, still and silent like dolls in boxes.
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Highbrow picks from Netflix
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/05/2020
» Cannes Film Festival, the annual jamboree of world cinema usually taking place in May, has been postponed until further notice. In its absence, we delve into the Netflix menu and find four films that made their debut at Cannes over the past decades and made a noise in their own way.
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Beware of ghosts
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/10/2018
» In this Halloween month, Asian horror is demanding a fair share of the spotlight.
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Rolling Stones drop hit 'Brown Sugar' from US tour
AFP, Published on 14/10/2021
» NEW YORK: The Rolling Stones have cut their popular track "Brown Sugar" from their US tour, at least for now, in the wake of criticism over its lyrics referring to slavery.
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Theatre festival round-up
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 20/11/2014
» The 13th edition of the Bangkok Theatre Festival (BTF) has come and gone. This year, the theatre scene seems to have churned out a record-breaking number of productions and festivals. And somehow the small, yet growing community still manages to organise this annual theatre event and fill up most of the small venues around Bangkok.
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We salute you
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 19/05/2014
» It is a cliché, but nevertheless true, that empires come and go. Some try to recapture their past glory, always without success. During his 22 years in power, Il Duce made it his priority to return Italy to Rome’s greatness of two millennia earlier, but didn’t come close.
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Black man's burden
Life, Published on 17/01/2014
» Director Steve McQueen is no stranger to heavy subjects, covering sex addiction in 2011's Shame and the 1981 IRA hunger strike in 2008's Hunger. Now he's tackled slavery.
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Taiping women
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 27/01/2014
» Yank author, Thai resident, Dean Barrett is fluent in several Chinese dialects as well as knowledgable in China's history and mythology. He is perhaps best known for his pictorial books about beautiful Thai women. It may be said that he has beauty on the brain. Every woman in his novels is "beautiful". He never tires of using the term, once a page minimum.
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