What if your favourite packet of Maggi isn’t just comfort food, but a mirror of global capitalism, cultural loss, and nostalgia? The writer unpacks how a Swiss invention became a South-east Asian staple; redefining taste, memory, and the meaning of home in just two minutes.
Indonesia, interrupted; nothing happened in Bukit Gombak; our contortions to avoid recognition of Palestine worthy of Olympic gold; the quandaries of long-term planning in an ageing society; Lawrence, the mellow; closure of the storied Cathay cineplexes; and more.
In the 1970s, as female flight attendants in the West were fighting gender discrimination, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways were building brands around their sexualised female icons. Are we willing to accept sexism when it subsidises “the nation”?
The art book’s interplay between text, image and form makes for a unique sensorial experience, quite unlike any other medium.
Lee Wei Ling's passing; more executions, more POFMAs; Spanish football fans protest in Singapore; reclaiming our queer histories; "La Luna" rising; a new ode to poetry; greening our roads; and more.
Lee Wei Ling's passing; more executions, more POFMAs; Spanish football fans protest in Singapore; reclaiming our queer histories; "La Luna" rising; a new ode to poetry; greening our roads; and more.
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we talk about S Iswaran’s 12-month jail sentence; the fallout from the longest-ever continuous disruption to a train service; the seeming twilight of mamak stalls; the landlady who refuses to sell land worth S$70m on which sits Singapore’s...
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we talk about S Iswaran’s 12-month jail sentence; the fallout from the longest-ever continuous disruption to a train service; the seeming twilight of mamak stalls; the landlady who refuses to sell land worth S$70m on which sits Singapore’s...
For many of them, necessities such as stable housing, gainful employment, and affordable childcare remain painfully out of reach.
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