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All's well that ends well
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/07/2019
» Greetings from Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok.
Island paradise
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 12/05/2019
» Luxury is often unassociated with eco-friendliness. That is not the case in Cambodia. At the Royal Sands Koh Rong, an hour off the coast of Sihanoukville, the environment is of prime concern, even before the resort was built.
A world in horror
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/04/2019
» There is a new series that popped up on Netflix that is absolutely terrifying.
Timeless opulence
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/01/2019
» Having grown up in India, I'm no stranger to train travel. So even though I've lived in Southeast Asia for more than a decade, train travel has never really enticed me; that is, not until I laid eyes on the Eastern & Oriental Express.
Living outside the comfort zone
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/01/2019
» It was Eleanor Roosevelt, sage diplomat and America's longest-running first lady, who uttered the famous quote: "Do one thing every day that scares you."
Top 20 singles of 2018 (Part 1)
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 23/12/2018
» As is tradition, we're wrapping up the year with a special two-part series featuring some of the best music to have come out locally and globally over the past 12 months. Culled from our 40-plus playlists stretching back to January, these tracks represent trends, cultural highlights and states of mind that reflect the times we're all living in (and trying to make some sense of). We present to you this week the bottom half of our annual round-up, a vibrant batch consisting of pop mainstays like Mariah Carey and exciting newcomers like Hana Vu and Now, Now. And with that said, here's to a new year of fewer whales choking on plastic bags, of nobody getting trapped in a cave, and maybe -- just maybe -- of an election.
Let England shake
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 02/12/2018
» "And especially, from every shire's end of England/ The holy blissful martyr for to seek/ That them had helpened when that they were weak." So begins Merrie Land, the second LP by The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a supergroup made up of Blur frontman Damon Albarn, guitarist Simon Tong from The Verve, bassist Paul Simonon from The Clash and Nigerian drummer Tony Allen. Titled Introduction, the album's brief opener is based on an excerpt from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales -- the perfect premise for a record concerned with the uncertain future of a post-Brexit UK.
Fish tails
B Magazine, By Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 25/11/2018
» The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to four Thai fish sauce brands to follow their manufacturing standards more strictly. Once the manufacturers comply, they will be able to export their nam pla to the US as usual.
Just like honey
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 11/11/2018
» In her own curated Spotify playlist "The Music That Inspired Honey", Robyn has put together more than a handful of tracks that helped will her long-anticipated sixth album into existence. Opening with the celebrated Soviet pianist Emil Gilels' rendition of Mozart's Piano Sonata No.14b In C Minor, K457: II Adagio, the playlist encapsulates her wide-ranging taste in music as it flits from the funk/soul/disco of the 70s (Gwen McCrae, George McCrae, Sylvester, Mary Clark) to a full spectrum of electronic music ranging from ambient and IDM to house and techno (Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, DJ Koze, Bicep, Roman Flügel). Listening to the record, one could almost trace all of these influences which are strewn across its nine tracks, precisely making up 40 minutes of thoughtful, unadulterated pop exhilaration.
Once upon a time in Paris
B Magazine, Denis D. Gray, Published on 28/10/2018
» If one was lucky enough to have lived in Paris while young, wrote Ernest Hemingway, the city would remain with you for the rest of your life. Humphrey Bogart echoed the sentiment with that classic movie line from the closing frames of Casablanca. "We'll always have Paris," Rick, his character, tells the woman he will never see again. And even Art Buchwald, the humour columnist, weighed in, titling his charming memoir I'll Always Have Paris.