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The world is on fire, but we still have the Oscars
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/03/2026
» Tight races in several categories as two outstanding American films, Sinners and One Battle After Another, vie for glory with other international titles.
A deep dive into music history
Life, John Clewley, Published on 07/01/2025
» In 1965, Joe Boyd was stage manager at the Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan plugged in and went electric, shocking the conservative folk world. And having navigated that seismic shock, he went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention in the 1960s and 1970s.
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.
Rethinking citizenship
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 03/10/2022
» What do you think when someone says those who are not loyal to the monarchy hate the nation?
Spotting whales close to the city
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 15/09/2022
» Despite the Meteorological Department's warning last week that Thailand, the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand would be hit by severe rains, my travel companions and I decided to continue a long-awaited Bryde's whale-watching trip to Samut Sakhon.
Hong Kong auction house puts pieces by Basquiat, Kusama up for sale
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 16/06/2022
» Since art has the ability to cure the spirit, Poly Auction Hong Kong will mark its 10th anniversary by hosting its inaugural Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale and Day Sale between July 12 and 13 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
Growing climate of fear
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/05/2021
» Like other immigrants, Chutikan Hoover remembered the thrill of stepping foot in the US -- the land of opportunity -- for the first time nearly two decades ago. She now lives with her husband in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, and runs a licensed spa business.
Pawns in a hellish blame game
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/02/2021
» Two decades ago, Sar left her bleak rural village in Myanmar's Mon State for Thailand. In those days, she was taught by her mother to do chores only. She cooked and cleaned day in and day out. Her mother did not allow her to go outside alone. She discouraged her daughter from going to the cinema with friends out of fear she would "stray from the course".
Can a righteous resistance ever cross the line?
Life, Sawarin Suwichakornpong, Published on 22/01/2021
» Sabotage, in French and in English, indicates the act of deliberately destroying or damaging property. It's an apparatus that aims at weakening an enemy or oppressor through means such as subversion and obstruction. It is a tool that, we are told, has been adopted by French workers as a substitute for strikes, but sabotage doesn't limit itself only to workplaces. Its literature survey connotes that it occurs within a variety of contexts -- in wars, political and social campaigns, or socio-economic programmes that effect someone's livelihood. In all cases, however, the intent of sabotage is analogous -- to use extreme civil disobedience to inflict damage upon goods or properties in order to serve a particular purpose or higher goal. The end justifies the means, according to the saboteurs.
Cuties crosses the line
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/09/2020
» If paedophilia wasn't a parent's most dreaded fear, Netflix coming-of-age tale Cuties, a controversial French film that takes on the difficult subject of how young girls are impacted by societies' sexualising of women in a way teens learn from, would have made the audience more receptive to the movie's unflinchingly candid treatment of its subject.