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The Queen's aspirations
Phra Tamnak Yai Mansion, where Queen Savang Vadhana, the Queen Grandmother, lived. Her Majesty Queen Sirikit will turn 84 on Friday. For the 66 years of her queenship, Her Majesty has worked...
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Art, angst and alienation
Installation view of Wantanee Siripattananuntakul’s video work III. Photos: Tanatchai Bandasak As the title “Human AlieNation” suggests, the current exhibition at The Art Centre, Silpakorn University,...
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Fun, healthy and charitable
There was a fine sprinkle of rain as the day broke, but that couldn’t deter 3,000 runners from showing up to run for a good cause. Last Saturday, the 8th Bangkok Post International Mini Marathon took...
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Beyond wheatgrass: vegan junk food is all the rage
Vegan desserts are seen at Cafe Gratitude on August 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP photo) LOS ANGELES – Vegan diets are considered by most as healthy and environmentally responsible, with...
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Salute to the Queen of Fashion
CELEBRATING “The Glorious Beauty of Textiles” last Friday as part of national observations for Her Majesty the Queen’s 84th birthday tomorrow, designers from 10 fashion houses put together a glamorous...
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Prepare to be dazzled
Gorgeous jewellery worn by Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Grace of Monaco and Princess Faiza of Egypt line up with a four-billion-year-old rock in the exhibition “Van Cleef & Arpels: The Art &...
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Jackson Pollock-inspired home decorations
Beyond museum stores, there are also lots of art-inspired home decorations at the mall if you know where to look. The name to keep in mind is Jonathan Adler, for his eccentrically glamorous pieces that...
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Shopping for Mum
Skip the fresh flowers this year and get mum a symbol of love that she can keep forever. Besides hearts and flowers, non-figurative motifs such as love knots and things she likes can also celebrate the...
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Brothers of reinvention
The Collector’s Villa at Phangnga’s Iniala Beach House features the Campana Brother’s Aster Papposus sofa for Edra and walls lined with Thai crockery. Photo: KURT ALAN HECK Though oceans apart,...
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The wonder of Oz at Thong Lor Art Space
Good Witch Glinda, the Flying Monkey and the Wizard of Oz. Photo courtesy of Thong Lor Art Space Everybody knows about Dorothy Gale and her adventures in Oz, but L. Frank Baum also has a bevy of other...
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Big Bad Wolf comes to town
Caption goes here photo courtesy of Big Bad Wolf The true country of readers is the library. If not, then a book shop. If not, then a bookselling event. Running from tomorrow until Aug 21 at Impact...
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The greatest Transformers movie ever is 30 years old!
For all the computer-generated wizardry of Bay’s live-action movies, the films were soulless and empty, with too much emphasis on the humans, and not enough of the character personalities that most...
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Your horoscope for August 12-18
Spot-on horoscope for work, money, coupled & single life from famously accurate Guru’s fortuneteller. Let’s see how would you fare this week & beyond! Note: is for work, is for money, is for...
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Sydney Opera House set for acoustic upgrade
SYDNEY – The Sydney Opera House is set to undergo a multi-million-dollar overhaul, with an emphasis on improving its acoustics, once described as worse than an aircraft hangar, officials said Thursday....
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Funny mother's day cards: Bangkok edition
– + Thai Mother’s Day is upon us again! It’s time to celebrate the most important woman in your life and repay her for all the years she put up with your dirty room, crazy shenanigans and the numerous...
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Sex, lies and lesbianism
Lady Hideko and Sook-hee in Ah-ga-ssi (The Handmaiden). Lies, deception, crazy men and hot lesbian sex. What more could you ask from a movie? Throw Oldeuboi’s (Oldboy) director Park Chan-wook into the...
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Modern Natives
In Japan, a young person dressed in full traditional kimono in the big city on a regular day is no spectacle. Nor does there need to be a special occasion in India or Bangladesh to don a vibrant saree....
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A smorgasbord of taste
The contemporary food hall offers comforting local flavours with a world-class vibe. A dynamic crowd of diners packing the 300-seat Eathai on an ordinary weekday may be beyond the expectations of...
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Mother's Day out
Flower display at the Museum of Floral Culture. photo: Sunan Lorsomsap Today is the National Mother’s Day. Let’s take this celebratory opportunity — at least a public holiday for Thais of course — to...
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Children, families 'benefit from Pokemon Go'
A ‘Pokemon Go’ player shows his screen at Government House, one of the sites the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has demanded the game’s developers remove. (Bangkok Post...
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