The glorious weirdness of Christmas in Thailand
Bangkok Christmas in Thailand is one of the strangest festivities of the modern world. A country that is almost entirely…
The bliss of un-fame
In July, astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System discovered an interstellar object racing through the solar system at…
The day Bangkok crumbled
Last Friday I was on my 15th-floor balcony with an early afternoon coffee, watching dogs play among the banana trees…
Demonia: a short story by Lawrence Osborne
They passed into the harbour of Favignana at the beginning of spring, the island’s single small mountain heaving into view…
The handmade suit I’ll never wear
Someone somewhere must surely have calculated that Bangkok has more doctors and tailors per capita than anywhere on Earth. These…
Letter from Thailand
Many of my friends, stranded by the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes, have temporarily given up their film projects and…
Letter from Mongolia
The first time I went to Mongolia was in 2014, when I travelled across the country with the actress Michelle…
Letter from Bangkok
I moved to Bangkok ten years ago in order to be in a place where nothing happens, where no one…
Flying visits
UFOs are no longer a joke
Supernatural power
The triumph of Korean cinema
Letter from Bangkok
Three years ago I sat down to write a novel set in my adopted home city. Placing its claustrophobic action…
Shirtmaker Simone Abbarchi
The Premio Rezzori literary prize — held every May in Florence — is named after the Austrian writer Gregor von…
