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• 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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  BOOK REVIEWS Red tape

  20 May 2013 : Few people who have pulled up stakes in Country A and put them down in Country B know what they have let themselves in for. They may expect different customs, mores, traditions and have a basic knowledge of the language. But the red tape involved in integrating will try his (or her) patience to the extreme.

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  Cool reunion

  03 May 2013 : It's not quite getting the band back together, but RS Music is putting on a show with 14 stars from the 90s for two nights only.

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  A fresh tilt at the charming Don Quixote

  03 May 2013 : The Rising Star Dance Studio is winding up the windmills for a full-length production of the much-loved ballet Don Quixote.

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  One small step

  03 May 2013 : Braving the heat and the traffic, a couple prepares to pose for wedding photos in front of the sculpture of the Earth Mother Goddess near Sanam Luang, opposite the crenellated wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority has announced a plan to improve the landscape and promote orderly footpaths around the canal behind the Supreme Court, all the way to the iconic sculpture. This would restrict street vendors to operating from 7pm to 3am.

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  Monk's teachings through artful images on display

  03 May 2013 : Kathmandu Photo Gallery, in collaboration with Buddhadasa Indapanyo Archives, presents an exhibition of 30 photos of the late Buddhadasa Bhikku (1906-1993), one of the country's most revered monks and a forgotten photography master.

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  MOVIE REVIEW

  Self-mockery, not arms, maketh the man

  03 May 2013 : Hollywood's blockbuster season kicks off with a trustworthy bang _ plus a self-referential wink and a whiff of homeland politics to regale the liberals.

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  EATING OUT

  Coming up roses

  03 May 2013 : When a friend invited me to dinner at a Thai restaurant in one of Bangkok's oldest housing estates in the area formerly known as Sukhaphiban 3, I didn't expect to find that only 2km from the main Ramkhamhaeng Road would lie a grand-scale eatery next to a serene, spacious lake.

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  DINE & WINE

  Ice cream to make you melt

  03 May 2013 : In a country where residents insist the three seasons are hot, hotter and hottest, ice cream should be a year-round treat. Yet, Thais never take this melty delicacy for granted. Each year when "summer" is about to arrive, ice cream lovers in the Kingdom are always preparing for new taste (and many times, visual) indulgences that the proprietors of the frozen dessert proffer.

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  LUXURY

  The Premiere event

  03 May 2013 : The first fashion house to launch its own watch, Chanel, marks its 26 years of chronology with the 2013 version of the debut timepiece, Premiere.

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  JEWELLERY

  Omega branches out into fine jewellery

  03 May 2013 : Leading Swiss luxury watchmaker Omega, best known as the brand supplying James Bond's watches and for its sophisticated Ladymatic timepieces, unveils in Bangkok its first full-fledged collection of fine jewellery.

• What?! We have a curfew?!

  03 May 2013 : BANGKOK - A recent proposal to extend the closing times of nightlife establishments has shocked a nation who had no idea there was even a curfew to begin with.

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