Dear reader, Indie media fair tomorrow. Note the new venue, The Projector @ Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Rd. Jom will have a booth, where we’ll be selling prints of our art for the first time, and offering discounts on our totes and print issues. From 3-4pm, I’ll be...

Dear reader, Cars are expensive, but Singapore is small, has a good public transport system, and so you don’t really need one. This is the refrain from visitors. In many ways it’s true, though they also don’t face the long slogs, crowded rush-hour buses and trains, and...

Dear reader, It’s a week where Singapore’s connections to people and places beyond our shores has been on our minds. In DC, Trump’s nominee to serve as ambassador to Singapore has had a rather trying senate hearing. In Beijing, Xinhua, their state-run news agency, met with SPH...

Dear reader, Welcome to the second half of 2025. And remember to stay in your lanes. This week, Singapore began enforcing pedestrian-only paths, with errant cyclists and users of mobility devices liable for a fine or even jail. The trial began for three women who allegedly organised a procession outside...

Dear reader, It’s Saki, Jom’s head of research and social media. I’ve been working here for almost a year now and this is my first newsletter. Everyone at Jom is currently on our usual mid-year break which means that there will be no essay or “Singapore This...

Dear reader, First, congratulations to my co-founder, Charmaine Poh, for winning the Villa Romana Prize, just the latest accolade in an already decorated arts career. (How she finds time to also do all her great work here is beyond me.) Today we have a longish “build-in-public” newsletter, first reflecting on...