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Bridging cultures
Life, John Clewley, Published on 18/06/2024
» In 2011, Iraqi musician, actor and writer Ahmed Moneka was working as an artist and actor. He studied at Baghdad's Institute of Fine Art and, according to Canada's The Globe And Mail, he was the first black TV presenter in the country. His father, also a well-known comedy actor, was the pioneer. Moneka went into the "family business".
Virtual adventures
Life, Komsan Jandamit, Published on 13/09/2023
» The PICO 4 is a stand-alone virtual reality headset that is not exorbitantly expensive. Currently, it has plenty of apps to choose from and lasts long enough before needing to be plugged back in for more juice.
Music for the soul
Life, John Clewley, Published on 29/08/2023
» Highlife was one of the first popular styles to emerge in post World War II sub-Saharan Africa. It came out of Ghana's clubs and bars in the 1950s, where big swing bands, pioneered by the "King of Highlife" ET Mensah, whipped up one of West Africa's best loved urban dance genres.
A quirky mystery comedy
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/07/2023
» I went into Netflix's latest movie They Cloned Tyrone without any expectations, but this turned out to be one of the best original films the platform has come out with this year. The film is a unique blend -- quirky, mysterious and funny. It's a blaxploitation throwback set in modern times with a sci-fi twist and is definitely thought-provoking.
Live by your Creed
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 28/10/2022
» The power of perfume enhances her presence in the meeting room, noted Sarah Rotheram, who was appointed chief executive of the prestigious House of Creed in mid 2020.
What is a labourer?
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 13/07/2022
» In mainstream media, labourers are usually portrayed as muscular working-class men who engage in physical work to earn money. In order to expand this stereotypical image of labourers, three aspiring curators -- Trithida Trising, Kukasina Kubaha and Panod Srinual -- of the project "Start! Art Curator Season 2" created the exhibition "Crossing The Lines" to give a different interpretation of labourers.
Exhibition focuses on the rights of workers
Life, Published on 20/06/2022
» The stories of marginalised labourers are portrayed through art during "Crossing The Lines", which is running at SAC Gallery, until July 16.
Controversial beauty ingredients
Life, Noko, Published on 10/03/2020
» Onboard the Clean Beauty movement, Panpuri introduced the ZeroList of harmful ingredients in 2019, followed by this year's launch of eco-refill packaging.
Gods unite at Cao Dai temple
Life, Dave Kendall, Published on 18/07/2019
» After centuries of wars -- as well as the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand and Sri Lanka -- it's easy to despair about religion and the conflict it causes. What seems to spark the extremism is the insistence, by most faiths, that they offer the one and only path to salvation -- and the rest be damned.
Pet Sematary rises again
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 12/04/2019
» The latest film version of Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary has finally arrived, 30 years after the first, from co-directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer. While there are some new twists, including one fairly major change, the new film stays incredibly faithful to its dark spirit, and manages to rise above the original adaptation.