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Non-invasive options to tackle sagging necks
Necks don’t lie. If there’s anything that shows the creeping effects of age, it’s the saggy skin on your neck. This delicate area develops wrinkles quite fast, yet has been one of the most neglected...
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Marriage of operatic passion
TO PARAPHRASE Canadian poet and author Shane Koyczan, “Opera is the original marriage of words and music with a decided dramatic element”. Narrating a story through emotions evoked by music is what...
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Beautiful Browsing
AMID THE increasingly frequent demise of women’s magazines – Preaw, Image, Volume and the Thai editions of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen have all succumbed in the last nine months to soaring printing...
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A place to treasure
The main house of the Bangkok Folk’s Museum is a two-storey teak wood house with a hip roof (panya in Thai) paved with red kite-shaped tiles. It is the work of Chinese workers. The house was built in...
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Consumers win as veteran editors move online
In recent years, magazine closures have become so common, it is anticipated that print media will come to the point of extinction as 21st century readers move completely to consuming information from...
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Art imitating life imitating art
The Moo Moo Field Photo: WICHAYA ARTAMAT After two-year hiatus, Jaturachai Srichanwanpen is back with his new play The Moo Moo Field, an adaptation from American playwright Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror...
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In the bubble
Its radical look and whopping dimensions made Corum Bubble a stunner when introduced at Baselworld 2000. The edgy 21st century timepiece stood out with an imposing sapphire crystal dome that alluringly...
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The icon of timepieces
The Siam Paragon Watch Expo 2016. Siam Paragon is once again staging the Siam Paragon Watch Expo 2016, Thailand’s biggest watch fair under “The Icon of Timepieces” concept. The grand watch event runs...
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It's all in the mind
Me, Myself, And The Mind Of The Insignificance. Photo: Setthasiri Chanjaradpong At the beginning of the play Me, Myself, And The Mind Of The Insignificance, Pathipon Adsavamahapong’s directorial...
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Priceless Buri Ram lintel found in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, named for its biggest donor, is billed as one of the largest such showcases in the world – and home of a priceless Buri Ram lintel....
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Chuga-Chug! Here come the zombies!
A scene from Train to Busan. Photo: Sahamongkol Film International Zombies overrunning a high-speed train, what more could you ask for. Rabid half-corpses, cross-eyed and gurgling blood, chase the...
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The hills are alive!
In a special screening, The Sound of Music will screen at noon at Scala in Siam Square on Sunday. Yes, it’s referendum day, but fans or Julie Andrews and the Trapp family can perform their democratic...
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Cinema paradiso?
In July 2004, House RCA opened its doors as Bangkok’s alternative cinema. Twelve years on, to the surprise of many including the owners, it’s still standing as a home for small movies, indie darlings,...
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With a promise of fun, Suicide Squad is a near-suicide
For the first 30 minutes or so of its two-hour duration, Suicide Squad genuinely reminded me of the zany, outlandish humour of Marvel’s Deadpool and Guardians Of The Galaxy, even if, ultimately, this...
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Kinkao Yang?
The inadequate T-E transliteration often leads to accidental jokes. Therefore, Kinkao can mean “to eat rice, number nine or a knee (ouch!)” but the intermediate learners of the Thai language know it...
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What's spinning on GURU FM
“Without music, life would be a mistake”, said existentialism’s darling, Friedrich Nietzsche. Guru does solemnly agree. And who pushes a significant portion of music in this city? Bangkok’s live DJs,...
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DECANTER POURS flavour of Scotland
A LITTLE SELECTIVE TASTE of the Scottish Highlands has been brought to Bangkok. The popular Decanter wine lounge at the St Regis Bangkok hotel has recently undergone a facelift and added a Johnnie...
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Club Scene
Tickle that funny bone Laugh your socks off at the improv comedy show which returns to The Comedy Club Bangkok on Sukhumvit soi 33/1 tonight. The audience’s suggestions fuel to the performers, which...
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It's a mad, mad world
RATCHADAPISEK ROAD |welcomes a new addition to the Bangkok nightlife scene with the opening of Mad Club Bangkok, a venue that promises to offer wild nights fuelled with crazy electronic music to party...
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Swing, squat, press and snatch
Tired of the same fitness routine and want to build your strength while working on cardiovascular health and burning off the fat? Then try lifting one of those colourful metal balls called...
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