Journalism is difficult to
get in to, high-pressured, badly paid, keeps irregular hours, has
little job security and almost no chance of promotion. As the old
saying goes: you don’t need to be mad to get into this profession, but
it helps. So, what type of madness makes a great news reporter? READ MORE
COLONIC CAPERS
Relishing the physical, mental and creative challenge of colonic
irrigation, Worthep takes it up the bottom in the name of bolder
blogging.
It used to be rare to hear anyone talking
about detox and you would never have dreamt of shooting the shit about
colonic irrigation down the pub with the lads. Attitudes, and
conversations, are changing. READ MORE
THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY They say familiarity breeds contempt. For UK artist Dave Barratt, his two major domiciles in life, the East End of London and New York, both ultimately bred boredom. READ MORE
JOSE: WHERE ARE YOU?
In
a highly newsworthy month here in Thailand: an air crash, the
anniversary of a military coup and the country’s cyber sheriff shooting
himself in the foot, I’m ashamed to admit, Khun Worathep’s mind was
halfway round the world with Jose Mourinho's ‘resignation’ as manager
of Chelsea. Ladies and gentlemen, the ‘Special One’ has left the
building.READ MORE
DADDY'S GIRL
“I’m a blues baby,” Zakiya
Hooker declares with a hearty laugh. As the daughter of legendary blues
artist John Lee Hooker, this introduction doesn’t seem strange at all -
one would imagine, after all, that her life’s path was mapped out from
an early age. What is peculiar, however, is that this unassuming woman
didn’t actually delve into her gene pool and start performing the blues
herself until she was in her early forties. READ MORE
THE VERY HUMAN RACE
While you’re cooling down,
splashing everyone around you with ice water on the first day of
Songkran, try and spare a thought for the almost 50,000 brave souls who
at around 3pm (Thai time) on 13 April will also be feeling the heat as
they drag their bodies through one of the biggest endurance tests known
to man: the marathon or, to be more specific, the London Marathon. READ MORE
SUN. SEA, SAND & SEK
After headlining the ‘Thai’ night at last year’s Koh Samui Festival,
then wowing the crowds with a hastily arranged, surprise performance at
CoCo Blues Bar on Chaweng Beach Road later the same evening, Sek Loso
heads back to Samui for one more night on Saturday March 11. READ MORE
THAILAND LEARNS TO ROCK
Thai music lovers are some of the most fanatical in the world; you only
have to watch the TV news whenever a rock or pop act arrives. In the West, major artists can usually manage to slip through
customs unnoticed. This is not the case in Bangkok. Chaos ensues as
kids, teens, mums, dads and sometimes even grandparents, mob the
airport arrivals hall to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars. READ MORE
