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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.
KC Chew has lived a life of risk, rebellion and rebirth. Detained without trial in 1987 for being a "Marxist conspirator", the connector of people has tried to straddle the line between the establishment and the outside. Has he succeeded?
Updates to the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, orchid diplomacy and anti-ageing, SGIFF is back, new Twitter loses egalitarian nature, and more.
By 2030, Singapore is set to lose 4,700 hectares of secondary forests, equivalent to over a thousand Padangs. We follow Chua Chin Tat, environmental activist, around Dover Park East, a 50-odd-year-old secondary forest to learn about his efforts to stop its destruction.
Another stretch of Singapore’s secondary forests will soon be razed to make way for a new housing development project. What does this mean for the future of the island’s nature spots?
Imminent closure of Dover Forest East, a contactless lie detector, Singapore Biennale, Carousell's data breach, and much more.
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