Packing the trunk on the elephant coach

All aboard the elephant coach, one of the region’s most eccentric travel experiences, through Myanmar
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 10, 2012

Little balls, big talent

This month, the world’s very best footballers who aren’t quite good enough at football will clash in Bangkok. Of course, futsal is actually a vastly different game and its prime exponents are tremendously skilled athletes, but its global popularity would suggest that many still view it as ‘mini football’. Nonetheless,…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 09, 2012

"I get to sit and read for a lot of the time but whenever I see the partridges, I have to get up and scare them off"

Jamie Fox, a 22-year-old who recently graduated from Bangor University with a degree in Music and English describes his working day after taking a job as a ‘human scarecrow’ in Norfolk, England.
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 09, 2012

"Scientology is a word that causes such curiosity in people. People's eyes light up and they get very interested"

Director Paul Thomas Anderson discusses his new movie. The master has been read as a thinly veiled biography of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, but Anderson has insisted this is not the case and the last thing he wanted to do was “make something provocative”.
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 09, 2012

The art of saving

A snip: “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Juliette Clovis is available for $2,280 Whether you are a young buck hoping for something to catch your eye, or a seasoned art buyer replete with cravat and mismatched blazer and trouser combo, the…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 09, 2012

Language

English in Asia: Do you speak ASEAN?

As economic integration intensifies, the region finds a unified voice
By Philippe Beco • Nov 09, 2012

Floating on air

Celebrating the mystical power of the moon in Southeast Asia
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 09, 2012

Sound and vision

  At a glance, it might be difficult to resist the temptation to come over all Indian mystic and pound out a cosmic rhythm on these handcrafted wooden beauties. But look again, for that is not a pair of tabla you see before you. It is, of…
By Southeast Asia Globe • Nov 08, 2012