The launch of the Breakfast Network

On the 15th of May, Artemis Communications – a media communication and training company –  launched its own online media platform called the Breakfast Network . As one of the attendees of the launch, I was able to converse with the various leaders in collaboration under the Artemis brand to better understand their motivations and vision. Other than the Breakfast Network, Artemis currently More...

on NUS campus

Review: Pleasure Factory

by Kellynn Wee Pleasure Factory is an elegantly-shot docudrama by Thai director Ekachai Uekrongtham which circles unobtrusively around three separate narratives that take place in Geylang, Singapore’s More...

Review: David

by Nayantara Srinivasan Joel Fendelman and Patrick Daly’s David, a short film screened as part of the NUS Arts Festival 2013, takes up complex issues of religion and culture, framed through the More...

Feature: StudentsWhoSucceed

On one of my usual night runs perusing Facebook (read: mindlessly refreshing my newsfeed every other minute), I stumbled on something that made me not completely loathe myself for rampant procrastination More...

Singapore Society

On 377A: It’s never moral to use force and coercion

“Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms” – Ron Paul Pastor Lawrence Khong of FCBC recently made a status update on his Facebook profile which has More...

Dubai: What’s Rotten in the Las Vegas of the Middle East?

Last year, when my parents announced that they were packing their bags and relocating from Dubai to Muscat, I was excited. Having come to Singapore six years ago for upper secondary schooling, I only get More...

Guns and Freedom: How America Should Act

In the span of a month, two major incidents of gun-related crimes have occurred in the USA. While such incidents are not new, they have sparked a debate over the rights of a civilian to carry arms and More...

Review: Othello

Review: Othello

How does one get into a state where one can go from hopelessly in love to murdering the love of his life in just 24 hours? This is the question that Bruce Guthrie, director of Richard More...

Upfront! with Shawn Lee, Photographer Capturing Light

Upfront! with Shawn Lee, Photographer Capturing Light

Shawn Lee is a 25-year-old photographer who does freelance editing and photography. His photos capture the lyrical beauty of transient moments. Do take a look at his photos here. It is with More...

Review: Pleasure Factory

Review: Pleasure Factory

by Kellynn Wee Pleasure Factory is an elegantly-shot docudrama by Thai director Ekachai Uekrongtham which circles unobtrusively around three separate narratives that take place in Geylang, Singapore’s More...

The launch of the Breakfast Network

The launch of the Breakfast Network

On the 15th of May, Artemis Communications – a media communication and training company –  launched its own online media platform called the Breakfast Network . As More...

Singaporeans in Solidarity for Free and Fair Elections

Singaporeans in Solidarity for Free and Fair Elections

I just came back from an event organised in light of the electoral fraud in Malaysia, by Jolovan Wham, a Singaporean. The publicity is through a relatively small Facebook More...

Upfront! with UniLuncher, an Initiative Connecting People

Upfront! with UniLuncher, an Initiative Connecting People

Nur Hakeem Bin Shaik Alaudin (Year 3 Statistics) has recently founded UniLuncher, an initiative that brings people together over a lunch. This takes social networking beyond More...


Beautifully Ugly

Beautifully Ugly

The scene outside the window is evocative of and personifies what a somebody I once knew too well said. Snow More...

On 377A: It’s never moral to use force and coercion

In this debate over 377A, Bryan Cheang shows how everyone can live in equal freedom beside each other without resorting to..

Dubai: What’s Rotten in the Las Vegas of the Middle East?

The name 'Dubai' is often evoked with no sentiment save absolute, unwavering awe for its tall buildings and unfathomably luxury. Here's..

Cenotaph & Politics of Memory

Cenotaph & Politics of Memory

On 24th April, the Cenotaph was reported to be vandalized, with the word “Democracy” sprayed on the monument. More...

Licensed to marry?

Why do we need a government license to marry the one we love? Bryan Cheang explores this issue further in response..

Book Review: The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya

Guest writer, Emily Pooi, reviews a recent book written on the University Socialist Club, a student political group in the University..