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Paradise lost
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/04/2025
» In Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes' beguiling travelogue set in 1917, a British diplomat in Burma journeys across Southeast Asia, hopping from country to country, to avoid an encounter with his fiancée. Edward (Gonçalo Waddington) is a colonial officer who, struck by an inexplicable premonition or a case of cold feet, decides to flee Mandalay just before his sweetheart Molly (Crista Alfaiate) is due to arrive. He boards a ship to Singapore, then a train to Bangkok -- it derails on the way, but still makes it -- and onwards to Saigon, Manila, Osaka and Chongqing. Molly, pursuing him, would repeat a more or less similar route.
Putting waste to work
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/01/2021
» Annabelle Hutter's competitive and goal-oriented personality, coupled with her desire to share her belief that waste can and must be used as a resource for a better future has played a pivotal role in making her the proud founder and owner of Born On Saturday, a high-quality, circular canvas tote bag for daily use. The bag is made from 100% recycled fabric and production waste and certified by standards such as GRS, RCS, and Oeko-Tex.
Art as our escape
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/09/2020
» This year's theme is at once hopeful and ironic: "Escape Routes" suggests a flight from our unusual times of pathological disruption and political cataclysm -- here, there and everywhere -- and yet the theme is an acknowledgment of those in-our-face uncertainties from which we struggle to find an exit.
La prima donna
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 06/03/2020
» Martina Caruso is now a household name in Italy, having been crowned the country's best female chef by the Michelin Guide last year. This is just one of her accolades, as she was also the youngest female Italian chef to be awarded a Michelin star in 2016 for her restaurant in Hotel Signum, Salina.
Depart with art
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 04/03/2020
» With the return of the Bangkok Art Biennale 2020 (BAB), which will kick off in October, the curatorial team recently unveiled some details regarding the first line-up of 16 participating local and international artists. The complete line-up will feature 85 artists from more than 40 countries.
Life between the lines
Life, Published on 21/01/2020
» The Japan Foundation Asia Center will present "The Breathing Of Maps", a series of events based on Siam Mapped: A History Of The Geo-Body Of A Nation by Thai historian Thongchai Winichakul.
World firsts and retrospectives at 32nd Tiff
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/10/2019
» The Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) is back, and as ever, it features a fantastic line-up of Japanese and international cinematic treats. The 32nd edition of Tiff, one of the biggest film fests in Asia, will be held at Roppongi Hills and other venues throughout Tokyo from Monday until Nov 5.
Shooting souls
Life, Story: Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 17/10/2018
» Rui Palha is a simple man. For multiple hours a day, he walks through the streets of his hometown of Lisbon, Portugal, and captures the magical and meditative moments through his camera's lens. From lonely office workers running through the rain to beaming faces of locals in troubling neighbourhoods, Palha's carefully composed black-and-white street photography captures the soul, as well as unseen angles and moods of Lisbon's vibrant urbanscape.
Koh Mak low-carbon tourism boost
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/08/2018
» The Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Dasta) has set aside a million baht to support low-carbon tourism on Koh Mak, Trat.