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Royal Barge Procession rehearsals underway
Life, Post Reporters, Published on 18/07/2024
» As the Royal Thai Navy gears up for the Royal Kathin (robe offering) ceremony, scheduled for Oct 27, people can watch rehearsals of the Royal Barge procession from now until October.
High-end off-roader gets an EV variant
Life, MURRAY SCULLION, Published on 20/05/2024
» Hands unyielding on the steering wheel. Foot welded to the accelerator. Round and round I go for two rotations, inner ear out of sync, the world a blur.
Jim Thompson Home Furnishing launches autumn 2023 collection
Life, Published on 27/10/2023
» Serving as a catalyst for collective creativity in strengthening business ties, Jim Thompson Home Furnishing organised the exclusive October Open House at its Surawong flagship to launch the autumn 2023 collection, which exemplifies how a tapestry of textiles blends traditional craftsmanship and contemporary sensibility.
The complex legacy of Lost In Translation two decades on
Life, Gearoid Reidy, Published on 18/09/2023
» It has been 20 years since an ageing Bill Murray and a young Scarlett Johansson introduced Tokyo to a generation in Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation.
Tales of queer migration
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 19/06/2023
» There is a border that defines the contour of his identity. Only by crossing it can Jaokhun Promchana be the man he wants to be. After moving to the US, he studied a new language and toiled in the kitchen. Holding a dream close to his heart, he went the extra mile to join the US Navy and police. Currently, he is running a restaurant with his wife. From the outside, he looks no different from other men, but in his expired documents, a name and its title are a reminder of the former self that he already shed.
Catching up with Bill and Frank
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 07/02/2023
» After only a couple of aired episodes, HBO's latest post-apocalyptic drama thriller series The Last Of Us has already been called one of the best TV shows ever made. Indeed, the recently aired third episode brought the popularity of the show to a whole new level. Sure, it may be hard to fully judge a series without watching all of it, but according to IMDB, The Last Of Us is currently rated as the best TV show of all-time according to user scores. As for figures, the series has garnered 6.4 million viewers in total and ranks above previous smash hit shows like Breaking Bad and Game Of Thrones.
Luxury perched amongst fertile surroundings
Life, Stephen Steele, Published on 15/12/2022
» Payap "Pong" Khunkhayam encountered numerous problems while developing a farm for Conrad Koh Samui. A 5 rai plot of land given to the resort three years ago by one of its investors was an overgrown jungle on top of mostly infertile red clay soil. Pong, the resort's bellman, was tasked with creating a farm that would eventually provide Conrad's restaurants with most of its food.
Back with a bang
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 29/11/2022
» Heavy rain caused music lovers to rush and purchase rubber boots to prepare for Maho Rasop Festival 2022, held Nov 19-20. At the event were many celebrated international artists, including MONO, Last Dinosaurs, DIIV, Fazerdaze, Mild High Club, Dry Cleaning, A Place to Bury Strangers, Tokyo Shoegazer and more who checked in to perform at the two-day outdoor festival.
Del Toro channels inner Hitchcock
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/10/2022
» Less than a week leading up to Halloween, the dark fantasy wizard Guillermo del Toro teamed up with Netflix to celebrate this year's spooky season by bringing us four nights of a horror anthology, Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet Of Curiosities. The series features eight unique horror stories, co-written by del Toro, who has curated a collection of unprecedented and genre defining tales, and handpicked various filmmakers to be the director of the set episode. Each is different from the next in terms of storytelling and levels of scariness.
In pursuit of academic freedom
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/02/2022
» A temple is more than a place of worship. Located on a bank of the Chao Phraya River, Wat Thong Noppakhun is offering food for democratic thought. Surrounded by leafy trees, its library is now home to a large number of non-official history books, some of which are controversial in what remains a conservative society.