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Cold Storage’s curious anniversary; the perils of live commerce; changing home ownership mores; a fascinating historical saga stretching across Egypt, Singapore, and Indonesia; and the renaissance of dinner theatre.
It’s easy to trust a Finn. But how do you get a Finn to trust you? Corrie Tan spends a year in the “happiest” country in the world and tries to find out.
Destined for a life alone, self-described BBFAs, or Bui Bui Forever Alone, are an online community of overweight, single men dealing with sexual frustration. But how similar are they with their Western counterparts, the incels?
Government spending millions on advertising, SPH Media Trust fudged circulation rates, finding work after leaving prison, Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts, Grab's growing Asia domination, and more.
Amandas Ong's burgeoning relationships with cows, donkeys and a goat prompt her to question our obligations towards non-human beings, and the very need to breed and eat farm animals.
Covid heroes, a more inclusive sex education syllabus post-S377A repeal, Singapore Art Week, Creative Technologies founder dies, and more.
Jom's history editor Faris Joraimi walks us through a cityscape radiant with the sights and sounds of a shared multicultural and archipelagic heritage, and posits how we might find relation through identity and assimilation beyond the limits of nationhood.
The end of the daily-wage worker, Singapore most expensive city again, philanthropic giving, Singapore Art Week, Ohmyhome going public, and more.
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