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A taste of Alarde in Bangkok
Life, Published on 08/08/2025
» Uno Mas at Centara Grand at CentralWorld brings Bangkok a special dining occasion as chef Yoshitsugu Yamamoto, the acclaimed chef-owner of one Michelin-starred Alarde in Osaka, takes over the kitchen for two nights on Aug 14 and 15.
Sanam Luang to be converted into entertainment venue
Life, Published on 04/07/2024
» From July 11-15, Sanam Luang will be converted into an entertainment venue for the "Celebrations On the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King's 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary 28th July 2024".
Expect the unexpected
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 28/06/2024
» In the mood for something upscale? These new openings along Sukhumvit give a fresh, creative spin to traditional flavours.
Ubon Ratchathani stages Candle Festival
Life, Published on 27/06/2024
» To mark Khao Phansa Day, the beginning of Buddhist Lent, the northeastern town of Ubon Ratchathani invites Buddhist pilgrims and tourists to take part in its annual Candle Festival featuring unique religious rituals and cultural activities throughout July.
Kurdish artist tops World Music Chart
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/05/2024
» The top spot on the Transglobal World Music Chart for May 2024 is held by Turkish-born Kurdish singer, composer and instrumentalist Aynur Dogan. She infuses Kurdish folk music with mainly Western music, and has collaborated Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble among others.
Fan Yang returns to dazzle Bangkok
Life, Published on 02/01/2024
» World-renowned bubble scientist, artist and performer Fan Yang will bring back the most-anticipated “Gazillion Bubble Show” to Bangkok at Muang Thai Ratchadalai Theatre, from Jan 18-21.
Hear her roar
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 26/05/2023
» The image of a girl taking off her hijab is wrought with cinematic symbolism. Kamila Andini shows it in her Indonesian film Yuni (2021); Hesome Chemamah in his Thai short I'm Not Your F*cking Stereotype (2019); Ana Lily Amirpour in the Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014). Subversion? Provocation? Liberation? At this year's Cannes Film Festival, we see that image in Amanda Nell Eu's Tiger Stripes, a work as playful as it is potent in its portrayal of adolescence and what it entails for a young woman's body.
Japan launches campaign to woo visitors
Life, Published on 03/11/2022
» Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) recently launched the "Beyond #MissingJapan" campaign following the reopening of Japan to international travellers.
Stars learn to expect the unexpected
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 03/08/2022
» Hollywood's two massive stars Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans battle each other for supremacy in The Gray Man, the Russo Brothers' action-packed film about the CIA's most skilled operative who accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.
Where cowboys rule
Life, John Clewley, Published on 05/07/2022
» The Colombian writer and journalist Gabriel Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. At his award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, a delegation of Colombian musicians performed for the event. Harp player Carlos "Cuco" Rojas, the founder of the Cimarron band, and lead singer Ana Veydo joined the musicians, adding their festive joropo dance music from plains of the Orinoco River (in Colombia and Venezuela) to the music on the Nobel stage.