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There’s a scene in Memoria, the spellbinding new film from Apichatpong Weerasethakul, in which Tilda Swinton’s Jessica struggles to describe a sound that she’s been hearing in her head, owing to many sleepless nights and involuntary…

Nanphun Srakhunthod and Una Lancaster are daughters of two of the oldest Thai families in Ireland, who opened Baan Thai, Ireland’s first Thai owned restaurant, in 1998. Now on the eve of the Lantern festival, the two girls sit down with Dee…

Manta Ray is the directorial debut of Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, an already acclaimed Thai cinematographer. Even if one didn't know this, watching his first feature makes it abundantly clear. He has a knack for creating memorable imagery,…

We’re heading up the Mekong River one of our boys has gone insane called himself a god amongst the locals, no it’s not Colonel Kurtz, it’s the Phaya Naga, a sexy fire bolt spittin golden river dragon snake! Give it a lash Jack, and if…

The world moves fast. If you don't stop and read the papers, you might just miss a few things. So with this in mind, let's take you through a few of those global stories that you may have missed during the week. Migration in Europe The work…

With Relish #17 | Asia Market Delights & Harry’s Thai Travels On this week’s episode of With Relish, Harry and Aoife yet again embark on a trip outside the walls of HeadStuff HQ in search of an insight into the Orient, but also mainly…

Phil Kay has performed seat of your pants, follow your nose stand up comedy for 25 Edinburgh festivals in a row and beyond. He first arrived on the comedy scene when he won the 1993 newcomer competition "So You Think You're Funny". Phil won…

Chicken feet simmer in a soy based broth as my concentration boils over. I’m in unfamiliar surroundings, in love with the chaos. Beauty is embodied through BBQ smoke-filled streets as my comfort zone is punctured. At times, we have an…

It's easy to evoke the image of the elusive tiger in a tropical rainforest or Indian grassland, but it's quite a different undertaking to conceive a tiger posing for a Facebook selfie. For well over 100 tigers in Kanchanaburi Province,…

In 1862, a woman named Anna Leonowens ran a small school for the children of British officers in Singapore. She was, or so she said, the widow of a British major. She had been born as Anna Crawford in Wales in 1834, the daughter of Captain…