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it's election season here in $ingapore. with the (cured) sausage fest of political candidates singing songs and doing school cheers,...

although they are mostly remembered for their TV skits, the legendary Singaporean comedians Wang Sha & Ye Feng starred in over 40 Hong...

i recently came across this book at Basheer Graphics, Self-made: Creative Lives in Southeast Asia (2020). as told to Stephanie Peh, its...

quick note in praise of a song that's been on my mind recently, Aretha Franklin's "Angel" (1973). i admire, so much, its balance of pure...

some thoughts on the limited films i saw at this year's Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), its 34th edition (though we were...

Terence Davies was easily “Britain's greatest living film director,” as the Evening Standard recognised: from his transcendental trilogy...

in appreciation of 楊德昌 Edward Yang who, over seven and a quarter films i experienced during a solitary and angry youth, taught me that:...

i'm happy to embark on the inaugural ArtsEquator Fellowship for mid-career (!) arts critics-journalists, a decade after my first writing...

i must admit i wasn't fully convinced by Yeule, the SG-born, UK-based artist, when their previous album Glitch Princess (2022) brought...

in the dark year of 2020, a dear friend's wife wanted to learn more about singapore. she asked me for a list of local books, and i shared...