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The Speak Easy
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 24/09/2025
» Angelo Sparvoli returns "home" to the American Bar, the longest surviving cocktail bar in London and one of the most renowned in the world, after four years.
German films to play at KinoFest
Life, Published on 24/10/2023
» After an all-online edition last year, KinoFest 2023 will take to cinemas this year, bringing close to 50 screenings of 13 movies to nine film venues in seven provinces across the country, starting tomorrow until Nov 5.
Let the good times roll
Life, John Clewley, Published on 06/06/2023
» Last month, one of the great explorers and producers of American vernacular music, Chris Strachwitz, passed away. He was 91 years old. He was the founder and co-owner (with Tom Diamant) of Arhoolie Records which since its first release in 1960, Texas Sharecropper And Songster by Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb, has put out an astonishing 44,000 records.
A quiet canal cruise
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 21/01/2021
» The beep of the horn was quite loud. It came from a flat-bottom electric-powered boat cruising along Klong Phadung Krung Kasem. The boat operator gave the signal to let passengers on the Hua Lamphong pier know of its arrival.
Getting rid of the guesswork
Life, Story: Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 12/01/2021
» With a career spanning almost 30 years, Charlotte Tilbury, MBE, is one of the world's most influential make-up artists who launched her eponymous cosmetic brand back in 2013.
Hipsters unite
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/11/2020
» The pictures of people kayaking and paddle boarding along Klong Ong Ang were still vivid in my memory. The activity was organised in the middle of this month to promote the canal makeover as well as Klong Ong Ang Walking Street. The photos triggered me to visit the site to see if the canal's water was clean enough for people to kayak or if I could find anyone doing so during my visit last Saturday.
France's cabaret queen Zizi Jeanmaire dies aged 96
AFP, Published on 18/07/2020
» PARIS: French dancer and singer Zizi Jeanmaire, an iconic cabaret showgirl from the 1950s whose grace and glamour was celebrated on stage and in film the world over, died on Friday in Switzerland aged 96, her family told AFP.
Vera Lynn: the 'Forces' Sweetheart' of WWII Britain
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» LONDON - As long as there are still Britons alive who fought in World War II, the name of Vera Lynn will open a bittersweet floodgate of nostalgia.
Kirk Douglas, from ragman's son to Hollywood icon
AFP, Published on 06/02/2020
» LOS ANGELES - American cinema giant Kirk Douglas, who died on Wednesday aged 103, rose to the heights of Hollywood from an impoverished childhood as the son of Jewish Russian immigrants.
Of madness and joy
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 25/11/2019
» We review two original works -- a Thai-language political satire and an English-language musical -- with LGBTQ central characters.