Dear Jomrade,
Today we’ve published:
* “Singapore This Week”, by Jom
* “Building Blocks: space, time and the Singapore Biennale”, by Sasha Han
This is Abhishek by the way, subbing in for Sudhir, who’s enjoying a well-deserved rest. Normally, I would have ribbed him for this—minions toiling while the...
More mental health professionals needed in Singapore; men dropping out of the workforce to be full-time caregivers; our habitual bird feeders; one of Singapore’s earliest citizen-historians passes on; as does Jessie Wee, creator of the beloved Mooty.
Dear Jomrade,
Today we’ve published:
* “Singapore This Week”, by Jom
* “Everyday economics: What the fruit uncle knows”, by Serene Koh
Last week we wrote about the brave Iranian women footballers playing in Australia. Subsequent events—Iran branding them as traitors for not singing the national anthem, one of them...
Montfort Junior School goes co-ed; sign-on bonuses to attract more bus drivers; getting Singaporeans to make more close friends; final bows on homeground before Finnish maestro Hannu Lintu is to helm Singapore Symphony Orchestra; and more.
Dear Jomrade,
Today we’ve published:
* “Singapore This Week”, by Jom
* “Raka Maitra’s migration of forms”, by Charmaine Poh
Like all of you, I’ve been left shocked and speechless by the conflict in the Gulf. This week feels sort of 9/11ish, in that one has to stumble...
Iran; parliament update; ways to shore up Singapore’s TFR; Ramadan bazaars in the age of the attention economy; China’s museum souvenir fad; and more.