Monumental Japanese post-rock band Mono returns to Bangkok with a new album and a new drummer Mono, who manages to sound 10 times bigger than their four-piece membership might suggest,…
Award-winning writer Joe Cummings created the first Lonely Planet Thailand guidebook and later became deputy editor for the Bangkok Post magazine and his perspectives on all things Bangkok and Thailand
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On May 4, 2019, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn received his official coronation as Thailand’s constitutional monarch. For most Thais, this coronation is the first in their lifetimes. His kingship was…
An iconic hotel bids farewell before returning in a different but familiar form. How often do hotels organise events to celebrate their closing down? None that I know of, yet…
A Royal wat and the origin of the Dhammakaya Movement, Wat Pak Nam remains one of the most revered temples in the city. Photos by Joe Cummings At the beginning…
The highs and the lows of the Thai Premier League. The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) Stadium is only a 12-minute walk from the Bangkok Post building, where I worked…
A stable of Joe’s steady, non-trendy, favourite Bangkok nightspots Anyone who knows me knows that I like to go out at night in Bangkok. A lot. Probably more than is…
To celebrate all things food-related in this issue, here are some of my favourite ‘hidden’ Thai food joints Bangkok easily ranks among the top five cities in the world for…
Buoyed by the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s latest campaign, all eyes are looking north of the Kingdom to the once sleepy region of Isaan Isaan eventually works its way into…
Flying under the influence The band Khruangbin came together over a common love of 60s and 70s Thai funk, electric molam, and ‘Shadow music’, Thai bands influenced by British instrumental…
The history of newspapers and journalism in Thailand is chronicled within a little-known museum in Dusit With government and constitutions alternating with regularity, Thailand’s press tradition has been anything but…
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