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The jazzman of Bangkok
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/04/2025
» The Bamboo Bar at the famous Oriental Hotel was set up in 1953 during a period when the hotel had several owners, including pioneering photographer and social activist Germaine Krull, and the art collector and silk king Jim Thompson. It quickly became one of the Bangkok's top nightclubs, known for its live jazz sessions.
Award-winning actress Émilie Dequenne dies
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 21/03/2025
» Émilie Dequenne, the acclaimed Belgian actress whose screen debut in Rosetta (1999) marked one of the most unforgettable moments in contemporary European cinema, has died at 43. She passed away on March 16 at a hospital near Paris after battling adrenocortical carcinoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the adrenal gland. Her family and agent confirmed the news, sparking an outpouring of tributes across the film industry.
CentralWorld to become a coffee hub
Life, Published on 02/10/2023
» The "Thailand Coffee Hub" will return with specialty coffee made by popular baristas from around the globe, at CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, from Wednesday to Oct 10.
Get the best beans for your cup of joe at CentralWorld expo
Life, Published on 06/10/2022
» The best coffee beans from around the world and speciality coffee from across Thailand are presented during "Thailand Coffee Hub 2022" at CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, until Oct 11.
In Cannes, it's cinema as usual
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 17/05/2022
» After the cancellation in 2020 and a bump to the month of July in 2021 -- with smaller attendance as international travel was still interrupted -- the Cannes Film Festival returns to its usual mid-May slot, keyed up and fully prepped to show the world that it's cinema, and the cinema business, as usual.
RIP to a legend
Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/05/2020
» Little Richard, one of the pioneers and originators of rock'n'roll, has died at the age of 87. His family made the announcement on May 9 from Nashville, bringing the final curtain down on the life of one of the great innovators of popular music in the 20th century.
Looking for redemption
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 23/05/2019
» Young Ahmed believes he's a true Muslim, one of the few in his Muslim neighbourhood in Belgium. He refuses to shake hands with women, quotes verses from the Koran, berates his mother when she drinks, and condemns Jews and pretty much everyone else as infidels. Fellow Belgian-Muslims who do not subscribe to his imam's rigid interpretation of Islam are branded heretics unworthy of uttering the prophet's name. Young Ahmed, 13, is packed tight on the assembly line of Islamic radicalisation, fired up by a sense of self-righteousness so extreme and narrow that we wonder if it leaves room for something else in him, like love, forgiveness or humanity.
Out of the shadows
Life, Joe Cummings, Published on 17/05/2018
» Khruangbin, a trio from Houston, Texas, who came together over a common love of 60s and 70s Thai funk, electric molam and "Shadow music" (Thai bands influenced by British instrumental band The Shadows), are landing in Bangkok for a rare performance this coming Sunday at EmQuartier.