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Tolerant Thais don't need rainbows
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 05/07/2015
» What a surprise in the United States last week when the Supreme Court gave the green light to gay marriage; who would have thought? With a Bible belt thicker than anything seen on a disco jumpsuit, I figured the US was going to be the last country on earth to make such a decision.
At Odds with
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 05/07/2015
» The founding father of disco’s first record in 30 years finds him out of touch with today’s musical landscape
The hunt for the lost horizon
B Magazine, Published on 05/07/2015
» Absolute whiteness descends, as a spring snowstorm transforms cascading mountains, pine forests and a seemingly endless sky into a horizon that has suddenly become lost.
The pick of the bunch
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/07/2015
» Think of the qualities that make the banana such a useful fruit. It is available everywhere all year round, it can be eaten in a great number of ways, and it’s cheap. Thailand has many different kinds of bananas. The kluay nam waa is probably the most familiar of them, but there is also the kluay hawm, the little kluay khai, the kluay hak mook and the recurved and fragrant kluay lep mue nang, to name just some of the commonest ones.
How to play it cool
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 05/07/2015
» The severe heatwaves that gripped India and Pakistan in May and June, killing more than 4,000 people, must be a matter of grave concern for us in Thailand. With the Earth’s changing climate patterns, there might come a time when temperatures of up to 40-45C could sweep this country, too.
Friends in need
B Magazine, Published on 05/07/2015
» Sammy and his sister were found on the road lying next to their dead mother last year. They were traumatised but Sammy has now grown in confidence. He is a big and very striking dog and is extremely affectionate once he gets to know you. Sammy would make a wonderful companion to someone who understands how to treat timid dogs. He is neutered and fully vaccinated.
The stars come out to shine
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 05/07/2015
» In the Thai entertainment industry, the Nataraja Awards are akin to the Oscars for outstanding radio and television programmes. Television has a wider audience than film, as practically every household watches the evening television dramas, so the outcome of the awards is eagerly anticipated by both fans and entertainment stalwarts alike.
Dengue season's extra sting
B Magazine, Phil Thornton, Published on 05/07/2015
» Dr Pipat is a worried man. As head of the paediatric department and deputy director of Mae Sot Hospital, he fears that 2015 is going to be a bad year for dengue cases.
Where love wins despite the legalities
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 05/07/2015
» Thailand is often seen as a paradise for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
Adding bite to the fight against a brutal trade
Spectrum, Published on 05/07/2015
» Gruesome evidence of the underground dog meat trade is laid bare in the woods a few kilometres from Tha Rae market in Sakhon Nakhon. Piles of broken dog bones and skulls are scattered on grass which grows high under the shady trees of the northeastern province, once renowned as a haven for dog eaters.