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  • REVIEW

    Best bikes of 2022

    Life, Jedd Sreshthaputra, Published on 26/12/2022

    » Life picks the top models in eight categories.

  • OPINION

    Why capitalism needs leaders with stoic ideals

    Oped, Published on 23/09/2022

    » It might seem like an obscure footnote among the history-making events of 2022, but the year of Queen Elizabeth II's death coincides with the 300th anniversary of Adam Smith's birth.

  • OPINION

    FTX saga shows not all ends justify means

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 30/11/2022

    » In the wake of the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and amid reports that FTX's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, diverted billions of dollars of clients' funds, some observers have linked the alleged financial malpractice to ideas widely held within the "effective altruism" movement, which Mr Bankman-Fried says inspired him. More specifically, they point to the ethical view that the end justifies the means.

  • LIFE

    Downtempo outfit Rhye to perform today

    Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 27/10/2022

    » Last call for those who don't want to miss the show tonight by celebrated Canadian downtempo outfit Rhye, at 8pm at Voice Space, with a special opening act by local alternative popsters Venn. #HYHBKK Live! With RHYE marks the group's latest gig in Bangkok since wowing local fans with their spellbinding show in 2018.

  • OPINION

    Solution obvious

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/06/2022

    » Re: "Canadian cyclist struck, killed by pickup", (BP, June 19).

  • OPINION

    Gorbachev -- the greatest democrat Russia ever had

    News, Published on 05/09/2022

    » 'We all need to have perestroika," Mikhail Gorbachev would often say. The Soviet Union's last leader lived by that credo. After becoming the general secretary of the Communist Party in 1985 and implementing his programme of restructuring and glasnost ("openness"), he even changed his job title, preferring to be called president.

  • OPINION

    How Tolstoy hurts Putin's attempt to rewrite history

    Oped, Published on 10/08/2022

    » On April 10, Moscow police arrested Konstantin Goldman for brandishing a book in public. Mr Goldman had posted an image on social media in which he posed holding a copy of Tolstoy's War and Peace next to a section of a World War II monument that commemorates Kyiv's status as a Soviet "hero-city" -- a distinction given to cities that endured some of the harshest moments of the Nazi invasion. He was charged with violating Russia's prohibition against discrediting the military, a new law that carries a punishment of up to 15 years in jail.

  • THAILAND

    Ousted Sri Lankan leader to visit Bangkok from Singapore

    News, Bangkok Post, Published on 11/08/2022

    » The Thai government will allow Sri Lanka's ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to stay temporarily in Thailand.

  • TECH

    EU demands Apple play fair

    Life, James Hein, Published on 22/06/2022

    » It looks like the Apple-specific charging cable may be a thing of the past with the European Union demanding that all smartphone makers use a universal USB-C port for wired charging by 2024. The same rule will be applied to many other electronic devices like tablets, cameras, headphones, handheld video game consoles and e-readers. In the future, laptops will need to follow the same rule.

  • LIFE

    The Last Supper?

    Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 16/06/2022

    » It's no surprise that as Covid restrictions are easing around the world, people are seeking new experiences to pluck themselves from mundanity, and to see, touch, smell and taste things in ways that awaken them. Why sit inside a theatre when you can walk around an art space or a neighbourhood while stories are spoken into your ears? Why only eat in cafes and restaurants when you can do that and watch a scene of a play unfold? Why dine in a restaurant when you can dine in an old airplane and participate in strange, semi-religious rituals?

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