On the corner of Nimman soi 9 a group of late night offerings awaits you!

Anyone looking for a respite from the lock down in Thailand might want to consider the relative tranquility of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 31st and June 1, 2014 respectively. On those dates poet noir, John Gartland will be reciting his original poetry. On May 31st he will be part of a lineup that will include the man in black, Christopher Minko and his Khmer vocalists in Krom. On June 1st he will appear with Christopher Minko at the renowned Meta House in Phnom Penh. Click to read original poetry from noir poet, John Gartland:

Wake up and smell the subway?

So, great for Government and great for employers, but as is often the case with schemes that benefit the latter… not so great for employees.

The stars of the shopping malls have everything they want, except for the one thing they really, really need.

Hidden away in santitam is a dark and stylish hideaway called Ombra caffe. Few people know about it and is usually foumd by mistake when attempting to find a shortcut in the santitam maze…

And it’s in the cold arms of cynicism where I guess many of us feel strangely content. Something bad happens. “Typical,” we say, “TIT”, we utter, and perhaps we feel validated that we got it right again.

Some of the best coffee in town from one of the friendliest cafes in town. It’s also a serious contender for having the best cafe tree!

A little Russian grandmothers cafe? No, It’s a big spacious cafe off a highway currently overlooking a empty lake!

Wherever you stand politically, it would be hard to argue that UKIP represent a force for good, but they are that rarest of political animals who really do say what they mean and mean what they say.

Villa? um… it’s more of a barn but a very stylish one!

What have we done to ourselves? Condemned ourselves to cultural purgatory?

"Whether a Spirit House is seen as containing the actual spirit of a loved one or as a nook for honoring the still-fresh memories of the family is just a matter of vantage point. – Alasdair McLeod

One of the best performing English language news sites in this country actually has very little original content. But it does look very nice, and it has the right amount of sexual organs juxtaposed against obscene violence; politics is funny, no one gets hurts like in The A-Team

Orange is Wawee, Green is Starbucks, Brown is Doi Chaang, and Yellow is….

Fiction is an escape and it is limitless but it is more real than non-fiction.

The second branch in the old city and part of the slow expansion of good coffee throughout Chiang Mai.

Kevin Wood the singer, songwriter and musician sat down next to me and we were able to have a rare face to face conversation.

Songkran one year on and the results of some detailed nocturnal research into the underbelly of the Chiang Mai Gay scene.

Open the papers and stories too hair-raising to be made up tumble from the pages every single day. SE Asia is a treasure trove of human divinity and depravity and as the weather is always good, a lot of it spills out into the open to be scooped up by writers, journalists or voyeurs.

Whether the scandal affects this woman’s career and personal reputation long term, only time will tell.