Ghost stories articulate a form of reality that is different from the realisms we are used to, situating Singapore within an environment in which modernity has been experienced alongside a continuation of spiritual practices.
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The corporate, government, and palm oil addiction maze behind the haze; giving in Singapore; the big business of domain names; and more.
A transgressive movement, borne of liberation from state surveillance and market structures, somehow survives in one of the world’s capitalist and paternalist meccas.
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.
For many of them, necessities such as stable housing, gainful employment, and affordable childcare remain painfully out of reach.
S Iswaran’s jail sentence; the fallout from the East-West line disruption; the seeming twilight of mamak stalls; the landlady who refuses to sell land worth S$70m on which sits Singapore’s last kampung; the late Alfred Wong, modernist architect; the Sea Group’s expansion in Thailand; and more.
A look at the grassroots organisers working to platform marginalised issues and democratise Singapore’s political space.
Iswaran denies popcorn lovers; the mental health travails of Singapore's young; workplace discrimination on the wane, but gaps remain; Singapore fleegal; family trees flourishing at NLB; the chapter closes on Epigram's physical bookstore; Deliveroo hops away from cloud kitchens, and more.
