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ESQnA with Daphne Khoo

16 March 2024
From her debut album, Desperate, to being the lead singer of West Grand Boulevard (now defunct) to becoming an EDM darling in Europe, Khoo looked…

Obsessed Much: Ceramics

15 March 2024
From investment to nostalgia, it’s human to collect. This is how we expand our knowledge and our visual literacy. Even in a country with high…

How Did Eric Nam Get Famous?

4 March 2024
We endeavour to answer a commonly googled question about Gen MZ’s most “relatable celebrity” (our words not his)

The Culture of Korean Celebrities and Fan Service

4 March 2024
For the entertainment of their legions of fans across the globe, Korean celebrities are notably some of the most accessible out there. Here’s the secret:…

The Modern Argus: Surveillance on the World

28 February 2024
“Big Brother is watching you” has leapt from the pages of 1984 to our current climate. With the rise of technology and user apathy, Big…

Obsessed Much: Sneakers 

2 February 2024
It’s human to collect. From predilection to investment to nostalgia, collecting is instinctual. A conscious accumulation of stuff often allows us to expand our knowledge…

Waking Life: What Gives Rise to Consciousness?

31 January 2024
What gives rise to consciousness has been one of the biggest and most profound questions we’ve ever faced. New thinking is taking us closer to…

Archie Madekwe in His Liminal Space

31 January 2024
Archie Madekwe has been acting for almost a decade, but if last year was anything to go by, the actor is on the cusp of…

In the Weeds: Confessions of a Recovering Forager

29 January 2024
One entrepreneurial writer tried to build an empire out of laverbread, the dried and toasted seaweed delicacy otherwise known as Welshman’s Caviar. This is what…

Launching a Locally-Made Rocket Outside Singapore

29 December 2023
Space travel has been a pipe dream for Singaporeans. But when a group of local university students decided to launch their very own rocket, it’ll…

Obsessed Much: visvim

13 December 2023
From investment to nostalgia, it’s human to collect. It is how we expand our knowledge and our visual literacy; even in a country with high…

The Favoured Odds of Tom Blyth

11 December 2023
The actor who plays young Coriolanus Snow on overcoming the snakes and celebrating the songbirds in the Hunger Games of life
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