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King Rama VI play shines as a grand opera
Life, William Niall Morris, Published on 13/05/2025
» It has been 25 years since National Artist Somtow Sucharitkul was commissioned to compose an opera based on the much-loved play Madanabadha by King Vajiravudh, Rama VI. The play is dedicated to the king's wife Queen Indrasakdi Sachi who, in a remarkable tie-in, also happens to be maestro Somtow's great-aunt.
Madana – 25 years on
Life, Published on 30/04/2025
» Twenty-five years ago, composer and novelist Somtow Sucharitkul, living in the United States and never imagining a career in Thailand, was invited to compose an opera to help raise funds for the reconstruction of King Rama VI's Phayathai Palace.
Angry wife's spite; old tricks; new start thwarted; old bully
News, Mae Moo, Published on 29/10/2023
» Jilted wife helps gunman
Your horoscope for August 25-31
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 25/08/2023
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond!
Massage fan shoots up joint, canal-death trio nabbed
News, Mae Moo, Published on 21/11/2021
» Jilted admirer flies into rage
Bullying reverb, fake love, eviction notice, draft joggers
News, Mae Moo, Published on 02/08/2020
» FB hacker shares the love
Raise the red rose
Special Publications, Published on 07/02/2020
» Next time you're teetering on a rickety stool on Yaowarat with traffic at your back slurping some ahem Chinese seafood soup, ask yourself if that's really as good as the authentic Bangkok Chinatown experience, reputedly the world's best, gets.
No helmet? No problem
Published on 26/09/2019
» It isn’t just in Thai boxing where the lives and limbs of young Thais are at risk daily. Thai teens are even more at a threat of suffering severe injuries, or dying, on the country’s roads. These roads can turn into veritable slaughterhouses during certain periods such as the Songkran holiday with its freewheeling atmosphere and widespread drunkenness.
Between the verses
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 04/11/2018
» Two songs threatened to bring down Thai society in just the last seven days. One was about the evils of military rule.
A Spiritual land
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/10/2018
» It's a particularly ghostly period in Thailand, where last Wednesday we witnessed the annual ghostly fireballs on the Mekong River and now we're preparing for Halloween this coming Wednesday.