Be fit, eat well
Surachada Bowra. Thiti Wannamontha Not in her wildest dreams did Surachada Bowra, 43, envisage having a Facebook following of 35,000 and counting. The low-key architect-turned-sports specific trainer...
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The British oddball teenagers put their freaky spin on pop with some oddly mixed results. Let’s Eat Grandma / I, Gemini While it is offbeat, there is also something wonderfully punky and nihilistic...
View ArticleFriends in need
Thong Muan and her four kittens (Thong Yip, Thong Yod, Foi Thong and Thong Ake) were rescued from the street. They are very friendly. Khao Neaw is Black’s male puppy whose mother is a shih-tzu. He is...
View ArticleA culinarymelting pot
OLD FAVOURITE: Hua chai po, left, cooked with shallots in coconut cream. Photos: Suthon Sukphisit Think of a favourite dish and then consider the various ingredients that come together to make it....
View ArticleGuitarist picks sad way to save mother
Classical virtuoso Irin Prechanvinit is putting her most cherished instrument up for sale to help fund expensive cancer treatment. (Photo by Chumporn Sangvilert) Young classical guitar virtuoso Irin...
View ArticleFull circle after 24 years
BUDDHIST LANDMARK: Phra Pathom Chedi in Nakhon Pathom is the largest pagoda in Thailand. PHOTO: Jiraporn Kuhakan Greetings from Nakhon Pathom. This week your favourite columnist finds himself in a...
View ArticlePrickly customers
If the number of stalls selling a plant can be an indication of its popularity, then cacti and succulents are clearly back in favour. At Chatuchak midweek plant market there are certainly more vendors...
View ArticleStanding his comic ground
When Comedy Central needed a Thai comedian for an Asian stand-up series, they had to hunt through the archives. And YouTube. Since the vast majority of Thai comedy comes in ensemble form — Note Udom...
View ArticleFilm exposed, flayed sek defiant, Ying Yae's boob boost
Young actor Film Natgawi is apologising for his conduct after his estranged wife exposed him on social media as an errant dad who assaulted their three-month-old child. Film Natgawi. Film, a star of...
View ArticleOn the offence
jimmy carr comedian PHOTO: supplied The best defence is showing you’re not offended, and for Jimmy Carr the easiest way to do that is to laugh. Carr knows a thing or two about offending people — it’s...
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