Preview: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019

In 2018, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) saw the arrival of Gaurav Kripalani, taking on the mantle of Festival Director for the next three editions along with his capable team. Aiming to use this new edition of SIFA to act as the cornerstone and building blocks for future festivals to come, seeing an attendance of over 55,000 audience members, 84% of ticket sales … Continue reading Preview: Singapore International Festival of Arts 2019

Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Determined to Boost Their Record This Season As They Take On Sharks

Singapore’s adopted home team HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES will take on South Africa’s SHARKS at the National Stadium tomorrow, in the first of two Super Rugby matches in Singapore this year. The SUNWOLVES return to the Southeast Asian city state coming off their first historic win here in June last year against the Bulls. They will be aiming to kick off their campaign with a winning start to their 2019 Super Rugby season … Continue reading Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Determined to Boost Their Record This Season As They Take On Sharks

Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Inspire Young Fans At Fun-Filled Afternoon of Rugby Coaching

The HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES are back in Singapore for the highly-anticipated Super Rugby match against the SHARKS, and some players joined a local rugby training session this afternoon at Sembawang Primary School ahead of the big game. Over 50 students aged between 9 to 12 attended the session and had the opportunity to get up-close and personal with the players for some rugby fundamentals, skill workshops … Continue reading Super Rugby 2019: SUNWOLVES Inspire Young Fans At Fun-Filled Afternoon of Rugby Coaching

Television Time: BBC reveals unprecedented commitment to Natural History with announcement of new landmark programmes up to 2022

Fans of David Attenborough rejoice: in a reveal from BBC Director of Content Charlotte Moore, the BCC has unveiled a series of landmark natural history programmes to take the BBC’s natural history offerings into the next decade.  Five new series have been announced to be in production as part of the globally renowned and hugely popular Planet strand, aimed to help audiences everywhere to better understand the greatest … Continue reading Television Time: BBC reveals unprecedented commitment to Natural History with announcement of new landmark programmes up to 2022

Television Time: 2019 Lunar New Year Specials On The BBC (Preview)

This Chinese New Year, huddle up for some festive specials for the whole family, whether you’re going visiting or stowed away at home, with programmes to keep your eyes glued to the television throughout! For the Foodies – BBC Lifestyle (StarHub channel 432) As is tradition, make food your topic of the house with BBC Lifestyle’s various food themed shows as you chow down on … Continue reading Television Time: 2019 Lunar New Year Specials On The BBC (Preview)

Singapore Art Week 2019: ARTWALK Little India 2019

Taking on the theme of Image and Sound of Fragrance, popular multi-disciplinary arts festival ARTWALK Little India returns this Singapore Art Week for a grand celebration of the cultural precinct’s rich heritage via the arts. New highlights include an immersive exhibition at UltraSuperNew Gallery, five more public wall murals to add to Little India’s colourful vibrancy, and an extended programme lineup that lasts 16 days, the … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2019: ARTWALK Little India 2019

Singapore Art Week 2019: An Interview with Fajrina Razak, Curator of Of Wax, Dyes and Labour

The Indonesian tradition of Batik has a rich history stemming from the island of Java, an art form that involves wax-resist dyeing to create intricate recurring patterns on bales of cloth, these days considered a sign of class and often expensive. At the same time, locally at least, batik is an art form that’s fast eroding, with just a handful of practitioners left. Such was … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2019: An Interview with Fajrina Razak, Curator of Of Wax, Dyes and Labour

Singapore Art Week 2019: An Interview with Toh Hun Ping (Dance of A Humble Atheist @ Objectifs)

As far as hiatuses go, six years is pretty long. But for contemporary video artist Toh Hun Ping, that period of time has been spent carefully preparing for his triumphant return, with a solo exhibition set to premiere at Singapore Art Week 2019. Presented by Objectifs, Dance of a Humble Atheist marks Toh Hun Ping’s comeback with a multidisciplinary visual arts installation not only featuring brand new innovative … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2019: An Interview with Toh Hun Ping (Dance of A Humble Atheist @ Objectifs)

Museum Musings: Raffles In Southeast Asia at the Asian Civilisations Museum

What do we really know about Sir Stamford Raffles and his role in 19th-century Southeast Asia beyond what we’ve read in our social studies textbooks? What was the larger global and regional geo-political context in the lead-up to the so-called “founding” of modern Singapore?  Co-curated by Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) and The British Museum, as part of the Singapore Bicentennial commemoration in 2019, gear up … Continue reading Museum Musings: Raffles In Southeast Asia at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Book Review: Nimita’s Place by Akshita Nanda

Parallel narratives of an Indian grandmother during Partition and her granddaughter in modern day Singapore make for a satisfying debut.  Reading Nimita’s Place feels a little like moving in to a new house – to an ethnically Chinese person reading this, the parallel narratives seen through the eyes of both protagonists present worlds that are rapidly changing, initially unfamiliar, yet places that Akshita eases us into to … Continue reading Book Review: Nimita’s Place by Akshita Nanda