Meet the Locals

Hilary Cadigan investigates the struggles of disabled people in Thailand and the projects working to help them reach their full potential.

Tucked so far away from the main roads, seemingly frozen in centuries past, the blacksmith’s reliance on the “old ways” is more noticeable than ever.

Mark Fenn interviews, long time Chiang Mai resident, Otome Klein Hutheesing to find out why, at 84, she still considers herself a "revolutionary".

In other words, everything bad that happens to you is your fault, but you can’t remember it so there’s nothing you can do, except pay us.

Meet Thongchai who works as a freelance architect during the day and builds bicycles out of a bamboo at night. How's that for innovation!

Hilary Cadigan visits Janya Sugunnasil, the Lady of Lace, and the unique lace fan which took her 13 years to make.