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Apply the constitution
News, Postbag, Published on 13/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11).
Quentin's Hollywood, circa 1969
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/09/2019
» Not everything ended in the year 1969. Not every sunshiny starlet died gruesomely in her own Cielo Drive villa at the hands of crazed hippies. And not every potbellied actor, fading cowboy and washed-up stunt double bit the Hollywood dust kicked up by the changing of the guard and the closing of that heady decade. Not, at least, in Quentin Tarantino's affectionate, good-humoured, and surprisingly elegiac film about Hollywood and its oddball residents.
Jungle Boogie
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 13/09/2019
» It's been an exciting year for fans of The Lion King in Thailand. The remake of the classic 1994 Disney film came out a few months ago. Now, the eagerly awaited musical production finally hits town, the curtain being raised tomorrow night at Muangthai Rachadalai Theatre.
Study lists top Gen Y brands
Business, Published on 13/09/2019
» Thai millennials' favourite brands in 2019 include Lazada, Grab Taxi, The Mall, Central, Cafe Amazon, Auntie Anne's, Krispy Kreme, Mister Donut, Watsons, Taokaenoi, Jobthai.com, Acer Computer, S&P and Makro, according to a new study by Influential Brands and Neo Target.
Answering a demand
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 13/09/2019
» Since its opening on Aug 31, Central Village has, particularly during the weekends, drawn a big crowd who checked out Thailand's first international luxury outlet.
Bangkok offices still a bargain
Business, Published on 13/09/2019
» Bangkok continues to offer good value to office occupants, ranking 86th out of 122 cities worldwide for the most expensive prime office rents at 1,208 baht per square metre, according to the latest CBRE Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs report. The city also ranked 46th in terms of biggest annual increase.
Sister act
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 13/09/2019
» A crossbred lexicon of the words khua (to wok-toss) and guay teow (rice noodles), Khua+Teow, this week's subject of Eating In, promptly answers to a phenomenally increasing demand for takeaway food.
Afternoon extravagance at the Atrium
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 13/09/2019
» Twenty minutes before the Atrium's Sunday Brunch Extravaganza began, passers-by could have been forgiven for thinking a major event was taking place.
Terracotta Army invades Bangkok
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 13/09/2019
» There is no need to fly to China to see the 2,700-year-old Terracotta Army of the Qin Dynasty as the world-renowned artefacts are marching to the National Museum Bangkok from Sunday until Dec 15.
For the (curious) records
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 13/09/2019
» It seems like not a month goes by without Thailand being recognised on a global scale. Recently, Bangkok beat Paris and London as the most visited city in the world for 2018, for the fourth consecutive year, according to a MasterCard ranking. Thailand's capital hosted 22 million overnight travellers. In the midst of the flattering and not-so-flattering world titles Thailand has received, you may not be aware of the times we receive recognition for rather peculiar feats. If your curiosity is piqued, allow me to present the strange/cool world records in the Land of Smiles.