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Dinner talk on the safe use of cannabis
Life, Published on 28/03/2023
» The supply and use of cannabis at retail dispensaries, restaurants and cafes has grown at an incredible pace, but do we really know the safe and sensible way to engage with this plant?
Trio of shows celebrate Beethoven's birthday
Life, Published on 02/12/2020
» To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, a German composer and pianist whose music continues to inspire and enrich the lives of people all over the globe, Pro Musica presents a series of three recitals featuring some of his early works and masterpieces, at three different venues.
The purveyors of Islam
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/06/2015
» At the age of 12, after finishing Prathom 6, Shakireen Malilee left normal education to study to become a hafiz. Originally from Prachuap Khiri Khan, he moved to an Islamic boarding school in Min Buri, a Bangkok suburb, and devoted himself to the ancient art of memorising the Koran. Every day for eight hours, Shakireen recited from Islamic holy scripture and committed each word, each verse, each page, each chapter into his young brain. After four years, he had memorises the entire book, roughly equivalent of memorising every single word of a 500-page tome. At 16, he achieved the rare honour of being called a hafiz.