#236: Blow Your Mind - Read all about Bangkok’s best bookstores and libraries.

Ten small changes to your daily routine can have a lasting effect on your physique. By Ste­phanie Roy, illustration by Chanatda Insoongnoen (read more...)

Blow Your Mind

Read all about Bangkok’s best bookstores and libraries. Text and photos Teeratron Likhitphongsathorn, Sarawut Keawtapan and Vishaya Thitisak (read more...)

Hip Hop Bars

Bed Supperclub

26 Sukhumvit Soi 11, 02-651- 3537. Open daily 7:30pm-1am. www.bedsupperclub.com (read more...)

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In Phrae, a man holds on to memories of his daughter by bringing her snacks during his daily graveside visits. (read more...)

Online Shopping

Dear Mr. KIA: Ever since I was little it was my dream to have my own clothing store. I now have a little shop seling clothes and makeup from Hong Kong and I’m so proud of it. I like working for myself and of course it’s nice bringing beauty to people. (read more...)

It’s not a pretty thing when politicians fight. Not because, as role models and guardians of the public good, we hold them to a higher standard of behavior. (read more...)

Q&A: Fedor Limjoco

Fedor Limjoco, makes a welcome return to Bed, where he will be playing the distinctive fusion of house tunes and Latin beats, that first brought him to prominence in the clubs of Amsterdam. See +nightlife page 22.

Stupidest trend: (read more...)

Q&A: Ferry Corsten

He’s produced over eight albums, runs his own record label and is credited with triggering the energetic trance trend. Now, Corsten brings all that and more to the decks of 808. See +nightlife page 22.

In 20 years: (read more...)

Q&A: Jarurat Theslamyai

Laika is the pen name of 26-year old Jarurat Theslamyai who, together with her friend Sputnik, recently completed their debut collection of short stories. The finished book, Moon, won second prize at the Indie Book Awards and has now been published by the Thai Writers Network. (read more...)

Q&A: Komsun Nanthachit

Komsun Nanthachit The multi-tasking writer, TV host, architect, actor and bar owner has no ambition, he says—only childish obsessions. (read more...)

Q&A: Martin Reeves

A contributor to Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom, photographer Martin Reeves takes us on a retrospective tour of Thailand’s cultural treats at Wyndham Thai. See +art page 27. (read more...)

Olympic Spirit (read more...)

Slim Goes Indie (read more...)

A trip down under doesn’t have to break the bank. By Hannah Fitzpatrick (read more...)

Microwavable corn goodness put to the (blind) test. By Mim Koletschka and Alisara Chirapongse (read more...)

Rating: 5/5 Price: B-BB

After every meal at Krua Apsorn we laze in a food-fueled bliss and ask ourselves, “Why don’t we come here more often?” And then we snap back to reality and remember why: we practically have to take a half-day off work to get there thanks to its location far from modern public transportation and the fact that it shuts at 7:30pm and is closed all day Sunday. (read more...)

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Rating: 3/5 Price: BBB-BBBB

You know what to expect from a Vanilla offshoot. Throw in a handful of chic ambience, a smidge of tasteful décor, a lot of fair-to-middling food with eye-catching presentation, and voila, a sure-fire recipe to lure in diners. Vanilla Café, the latest offering from the ever-growing Vanilla empire, adheres strictly to that tried-and-trusted formula. (read more...)