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Straddling two worlds
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/12/2025
» When I visited Istanbul for the first time, I learned a joke from Gocke, my local guide, who goes to work by undersea train every day. "But you can't see anything," she laughed. For her, it takes only four minutes to cross from Asia to Europe, under the Bosphorus Strait that divides the ancient city.
Macondo encountered
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/12/2024
» Ideally, good books should be left alone, even if they sit enshrined in a cobweb after a thousand years of solitude. In the reality of today's content industrial complex, that is unacceptable. Every good book can be and must be adapted. To watch is to live, to binge is to breathe. Literature is not a paradigm of text but fodder for algorithm. So here it is, with an air of inevitability, the much-touted, long-awaited, rigidly respectful and adequately decent Netflix series One Hundred Years Of Solitude -- the first eight parts, with the remaining eight coming next year.
Ayutthaya World Heritage Fair marks 34 years
Life, Published on 12/12/2024
» To celebrate its 34th anniversary as a Unesco World Heritage Site, the old capital of Thailand will come to life during the Ayutthaya World Heritage Fair that runs from tomorrow until Dec 22.
A Swiss adventure
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 31/10/2024
» It was a wonderful morning in Zurich with the Sun beaming and temperatures dropping to 14C. One of my travel companions did not skip her running routine and I was tempted to set up my own walking mission and relish a slower pace.
A charity dinner for a good cause
Life, Published on 02/07/2024
» Chef Riders, a volunteer group of chefs passionate about riding motorbikes, will present the "5th Edition Chef Riders Charity" at Siam Yacht Club at Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Charoen Krung 30, on July 19 at 6pm.
Into the mind of a genius
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 25/06/2024
» Following the success of "Van Gogh Alive Bangkok" and "Monet & Friends Alive Bangkok", Grande Experience, Live Impact Events and Iconsiam have collaborated to present "Da Vinci Alive Bangkok". The exhibition showcases Leonardo Da Vinci's works, featuring an array of large-scale machine inventions, a mesmerising projection gallery, reproductions of acclaimed anatomical studies and Renaissance art.
BCCO's spring concert to present Easter harmonies
Life, Published on 22/03/2024
» Passion and Peace are the themes for this year's spring concert by the Bangkok Combined Choir and Orchestra (BCCO), which will take place in the Main Hall of Thailand Cultural Centre, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Sunday, at 7pm.
Andalusian dreams
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/02/2024
» Two Middle Eastern tourists looked excited as they held up a phone to an exquisitely carved arabesque in Nasrid Palace at the Alhambra. No, they're not taking photos. They're comparing the Arabic text on their screen with the 8th century stone calligraphy. I hear them mumble in Arabic -- here's the translation:
Christmas parades in Sakon Nakhon
Life, Published on 21/12/2023
» Until Christmas Day, the charming traditions of the Ban Tha Rae community in Sakon Nakhon will honour Jesus Christ's starry natal night.
A joyous sound
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/11/2023
» In 2001, the legendary US Gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama released an album on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records label. It was a hugely popular album which garnered the band a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. It included their version of Tom Wait's song Way Down In The Hole, which was the theme song for the TV miniseries The Wire. Their version is better than Waits' in my view.