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LifeStar rising for Surachai
SURACHAI CHETCHOTISAK, the chief executive at media-and-entertainment firm RS, has famously gone into the skincare business with LifeStar, and plans to list his new affiliate on the stock exchange...
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From the peaks of Peru
IT’S OBVIOUS THAT Peru – which celebrates its National Day today – has a lot going for it. People from all over the world have migrated there over the centuries, lured by the gorgeous Pacific...
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New sensations in silk
THAI FABRICS don’t need the help of any modern flashy technology to attract buyers, says Polpat Asavaprapha. Their heritage and characteristically impeccable weaving – brought to life by creative and...
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'A Painter from Bikaner' come to Bangkok
A piece by Mahaveer Swami. Photos courtesy of Serindia Gallery At Serindia Gallery, all is still and calm until you look closer and everything — the landscapes, animals and plants — suddenly comes to...
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Hill tribes reap benefits of Queen's kindness
The gradual surge of charming hill tribe fashion and accessories like the colourful skirts, shirts, bags and shoes seen on tourists and Thai hipsters nowadays would probably have one unexpected person...
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Love Actually
The four actors brought a human touch to the tales of love and departure. Photos courtesy of 8×8 Troupe At first glace, the new play by Nikorn Sae-tang, Wan Bok La (Goodbye My Love), suggested that it...
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Museum in race against time to preserve green space
Last Saturday cultural enthusiasts, activists, journalists and the public gathered at The Bangkok Folk Museum on Charoen Krung to discuss the next moves. It was an event that followed the headline news...
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Museum (store) dreams
The Met Store at the Mandarin Oriental. The Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York is the second-most visited museum in the world, trailing only after France’s Louvre. This legendary statistic alone...
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Cherry Bomb
Wearing red never goes out of style for women. If you say red is not your colour, then honey, you just haven’t found your red. Somewhere between the colour of nahm daeng and prik phao is a shade that’s...
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Somtow's The Silent Prince to make European bow
The Silent Prince will tour Europe next month. photo courtesy of Opera Siam Somtow Sucharitkul will once again make his mark in Europe with four shows of The Silent Prince in Germany and the Czech...
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Wanna Courtyard and chill?
Best picks from Little Bao. It’s a full-scale war going out on Thong Lor now, with the recent opening of 72 Courtyard, situated between sois 16 and 18. Those who brave to venture this already-packed...
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#FrozenThaiFood
A recent movie trailer got me excited. Nope, it’s not that of Doctor Strange — which I’m also giddy about but that’s months away. I’m talking about the teaser of a Thai film called Senses from Siam...
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In Modern Light
Compassion is a 3D lenticular portrait of the Dalai Lama created for his 80th birthday in 2015. As a highly sought-after contemporary artist, you may have chanced upon Chris Levine’s...
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Indian wins the S.Pellegrino Young Chef challenge
Inspirational Daab Chingri — sous-vide tiger prawn in malai curry, reconstructed tender coconut, edible sand, gondharaj lime air and gel, samphire pakora, gobindabhog rice, served in a coconut husk....
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For the love of comics and sneakers
Sneakers can be a form of self-expression and an outlet for creativity. That’s what Kraftka, a sneakers brand with a cool concept, is about. Chanasinj “Sunny” Sachdev, Kraftka’s co-founder and owner,...
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Splitting the difference
Sweet crispy rice noodles. Despite my scepticism due to its off-track location and indistinct profile, I arrived at Simply V, which opened less than two months ago, following a friend’s recommendation...
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Add 'Keng the Voice' to the list of talented Thais
Photos: Pattanapong Hirunard Sitting at a café in an office building where he just finished his latest television interview, Tachaya “Keng” Pathumwan was met with a flowing line of excited office...
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A delectable delivery
The number of likes food delivery services have on Facebook can be deceiving, much like the profile picture of someone on Tinder. In the case of Delicious Story, however, the nearly 130k of online...
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Keep on running
THE TIMELESS design of the latest high-tech watch to hit the market makes the Garmin vivomove look far more like a fashionable analogue timepiece that a fitness gizmo. But there’s more underneath...
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A chant that binds
THERE’S NOTHING that brings a city more to life than a major football competition and Paris was certainly full of joy and cheer as it hosted the UEFA European Championship 2016 last month. Even the...
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