Culture Archives

Art & DesignJanuary 3, 2020July 22, 2024

Designs on Asia: Nanjing Marriott Hotel’s New Japanese Restaurant, SORA

Japanese cuisine is such a rage among the Chinese nowadays that specialty restaurants are mushrooming to ride on the demand. At the new Marriott Hotel…

CultureDecember 31, 2019July 25, 2024

Festival Review: Highlights of Thailand’s Wonderfruit 2019

On the last day of 2019, we remember a contender of Asia's best festival. Having followed Wonderfruit Festival since the very beginning in 2014, we've…

CultureDecember 30, 2019July 25, 2024

Theatre Review: Cats The Musical At Marina Bay Sands Is Better Than The Movie

Amidst the mostly negative clamour on social media about Tom Hooper’s recent film adaptation of CATS, there’s now a reason not to give in to lacklustre sentiments. Yes, we’re talking about the revival…

InterviewsDecember 20, 2019July 22, 2024

Eye Candy: We Talk Travel, Life and Co-working with LITA Founder Narisa Pokunchanan

Jack of all trades, master of... some? Narisa M Pokunchanan has her thumbs in every possible proverbial pie, and she's made a living out of at least t…

EntertainmentDecember 16, 2019May 18, 2020

Film Of The Month: ‘I Lost My Body’ Is A Severed Hand’s Touching Quest Of Self-Discovery

We've all seen Paris through a thousand different lenses, but I Lost My Body (J'ai Perdu Mon Corps) offers what might be the most gripping perspective…

CultureDecember 9, 2019July 25, 2024

Musical Review: The Book Of Mormon is Hard-Hitting and Funny As Hell (And It Might Even Come to Singapore)

Few of us in the crowd could catch our breath during The Book of Mormon, which was staged to a Friday-night full house in Perth’s Crown Theatre. Though most of us undoubtedly came forewarned, there wa…

City Nomads RadioDecember 6, 2019August 19, 2024

City Nomads Radio: Christian Löffler, Germany

Inside his log cabin on the Darss Peninsula, Christian Löffler works on both visual and aural expressions of art. The German DJ and producer's seclude…

Art & DesignDecember 6, 2019July 22, 2024

Designs on Asia: The Pansodan in Yangon, Myanmar

Looking out to the Yangon riverfront, the street housing the regal Strand Hotel is full of historical and aesthetic value. You start with the old Tele…

CultureNovember 29, 2019July 25, 2024

Theatre Review: ANDSOFORTH’s Valhalla and The Chambers of Asgard

What do Thor, Loki, and you have in common? The answer: a feast of food and wine that no mere mortals have access to. At least, that’s the running theme at Valhalla and The Chambers of Asgard, the lat…

EntertainmentNovember 25, 2019May 18, 2020

Film Of The Month: Untouchable – The Harvey Weinstein Exposé That Shook Hollywood

The decorated filmmaker and documentary veteran Ursula Macfarlane isn't new to breaching the sensitive and controversial, and her 2017 film storying o…

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