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Bringing books back to life
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/09/2025
» Ketsarin Pramuanpat admits 150 patients every month to her clinic. Her day is more or less the same. She checks their health and treats injuries, whether minor or serious. But these patients are not humans -- they are books.
Beyond coming out
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/03/2025
» Be queer, be protagonist! That is the tagline of Ladys and Moonscape, an emerging queer publishing house founded by Nachanok Yuwapoom (Ladys) and Apinuch Petcharapiracht (Moonscape). Such a manifesto was born out of frustration that LGBTI characters are stuck in coming out scenes, pleading for acceptance.
Exhibition explores the past through comic art
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/02/2025
» After two decades of experience in comic art, Tanis Werasakwong, known as Sa-ard, recently launched his first exhibition at Kinjai Contemporary, running until mid-March.
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.
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.
Explore Mon heritage at Siam Society
Life, Published on 09/05/2024
» Siam Society on Asok Road is holding a lecture titled "Recalling A Trans-Local Past: Thailand's Mon-language Manuscripts" on May 16 at 7pm.
Decoding the past
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 02/05/2024
» Just as how hieroglyphics on pyramid walls indicate a pictorial writing system in ancient Egypt and how the cuneiform led to the evolution of languages in ancient Middle East, the Ram Khamhaeng Inscription underscores the development of the Thai alphabet during the Sukhothai period. At the National Museum Bangkok, visitors now have a chance to view and learn how to read it.
'Faith beautifies everything'
Life, Chairat Chongvattanakij, Published on 26/03/2024
» 'If a serious error was made during the incision of characters, the entire page had to be discarded," explained Em-orn Chawsuan, specialist in ancient languages at the National Library of Thailand (NLT), as she and her colleagues neatly laid out on the table before them the 10 palm-leaf manuscripts that constitute an impressive sample of the extraordinary profusion of Buddhist literary documents that preserve and propagate the Phra That Phanom Chronicle in the intricate Isan dhamma script.
Royal recipes
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 01/12/2023
» Cookbooks are more than just collections of recipes. They can be invaluable memoirs, recapping the social and cultural background found during the authors' time of living.
Disney collection debuts in Bangkok
Life, Published on 23/08/2023
» The highly-anticipated "Disney Collection By Satoru Koizumi" will have its first-ever showcase in Bangkok for a full month, at Maison JE Bangkok, from Friday to Sept 24.