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The Noor Deros saga singes Workers’ Party; Twelve Cupcakes crumbles; our lost youngsters; 30 by 30 sleeps with the fishes; play with clay keeping old age at bay; and more.
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Dear reader, What a week it’s been. I hope you’ve surfed the GE wave in your own special way, whether attending rallies, watching memes by yeolo.sg, or simply talking to a loved one, often the most restorative and therapeutic way to process this place we call home....
Merchandising and memorabilia on the campaign trail and a tribute exhibition to the late Solamalay Namasivayam, a pioneer of the art of figure drawing in Singapore.
Dear reader, It’s here! Six of us from the Jom team trod through the mud alongside many of you at the Workers’ Party rally last night in Sengkang. Whatever the final score, it was so refreshing to attend our first rally in 10 years, to breathe in the air...
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