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Causeway escapades; the age of the man and the machine; pet projects; freediving; and a new Tamil theater festival.
The genesis of our first podcast, a four-episode scripted series on Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s fourth prime minister
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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.
Every five years, we get the collective chance to show what we feel about life on this island, and decide what gets done about it. Jom talks through some possibilities in this video.
If a political system survives long enough, its distortions and unfairness become normalised, writes Paul Tambyah, chairman of the Singapore Democratic Party.
NTUC-Allianz burns Gan, Andre Low’s forgotten fucks, Lord Shanmugam, and a new climate justice scorecard.
The PAP’s fear machine, chicken games, Bahasa Baku, different sandwiches, and the WP’s two bears.
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