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  20 May 2013 : I still remember the day Chai came back to class after meeting a girl during our gap hour when we were still in college. Pat was her name. She had perfectly light, fair skin and she was decked out in pearl earrings, a costly print scarf and a status handbag, according to his description.

• Cannes Report: The Coens and Dutch gallows humour

  20 May 2013 : The hottest ticket in Cannes over the weekend is, surprisingly, a pre-Bob Dylan tale of a struggling folk singer steeped in his own hilarious myth: "Inside Llewyn Davis" is the new film by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Oscar Isaac as the title character, with the supporting act by Carey Mulligan (redeeming herself quite nicely from the nonsense of "The Great Gatsby", which opened Cannes last Wednesday) and Justin Timberlake, among others.

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  CULTURE

  No swan song just yet

  09 May 2013 : You might not know who Kumiko Osugi is, but you sure have heard her sing before. Osugi, 61, is the voice behind the original version of Doraemon No Uta (Song Of Doraemon), which is used as an opening theme song for Doraemon, the massively popular anime series.

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  CULTURE

  Flexing his muscles

  09 May 2013 : Being sick is usually a good excuse to stay off work, but for veteran watercolour painter and teacher Kosol Pinkul it's the other way round. Suffering from muscular weakness, far from taking the chance to retire and rest, the 69-year-old artist continued to work and later proved painting can be not only creatively powerful, but physically rehabilitating as well.

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  MEN'S ACCESSORIES

  Latin American elegance

  09 May 2013 : Swarovski, the world leader in precision-cut crystal jewellery, continues to appeal to the men's sector with its latest spring/summer 2013 collection of jewellery and accessories.

• Madonna's painting sells for $7.2m

  08 May 2013 : A French painting owned by Madonna has sold at a New York City auction for more than US$7 million.

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  The making of Montien Boonma

  08 May 2013 : Few art enthusiasts have not heard of Montien Boonma, whose highly symbolic work Nature's Breath: Arokhayasala from the "Temple Of The Mind" exhibition took Asia Society by a storm in 2003, a couple of years after his death.

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  Different exposure

  08 May 2013 : His name means a servant for Lord Buddha. One of Thailand's most respected monks, the late Buddhadasa Bhikku helped reform Buddhist study in Thailand and influenced the way we understand Buddha's teachings, in particular by eschewing rituals and superstitious beliefs.

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  TPO salutes Wagner

  08 May 2013 : Prepare to take the irrepressible Ride Of The Valkyries as Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra principal guest conductor Claude Villaret leads a programme devoted to the supreme emotion of Richard Wagner.

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  Imparting lessons from the mountain

  08 May 2013 : Interested English speakers are invited to special events with a Western bhikkhuni (female monk) ordained in the Tibetan tradition.

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  Caring Karen

  08 May 2013 : Ethnic Karen children pose as they arrived yesterday to join a hilltribe gathering at the Royal Plaza yesterday. A hilltribe cultural show festival was staged and broadcast live, with the aim of sharing their tradition with viewers nationwide as well as to wish for the strong health of HM the King.

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  ARTSCENE

  H Gallery

  08 May 2013 : Sathon Soi 12 Wed-Mon, 10am-6pm May 30-June 30 Call 081-310-4428

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