For the first time in 17 years, there will be no site tours or performances for the Singapore Heritage Festival. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced organiser National Heritage Board to take the festival online. This digital edition, which is on …

It was like nothing had changed: We were in the luggage department, just two people among many others, trying to judge which suitcase would be ours by the end of the hour. I never forgot how large the department was, …

Once, Vietnamese writer Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s friend told her a story about her grandmother. During Vietnam’s 1950s Land Reform, the friend’s grandmother was accused by the Communists of being a rich landowner and forced off her family’s farm. She …

In her widely anticipated debut novel, Beijing-born, United States-based author C Pam Zhang has reinvented the Western genre – claiming it as a vehicle for Chinese-American history and identity. And what a ride it is: epic, relentless and written with …

MADRID • Zara owner Inditex said it is permanently closing as many as 1,200 stores – 16 per cent of its outlets worldwide – as the world’s largest fashion retailer moves to boost online sales after posting its first loss …

Taiwanese TV host Dee Hsu turned 42 on Sunday.     It was supposed to be a happy event, but she “cried”.     Hsu is married to businessman Mike Hsu and they have three daughters, Elly, 14, Lily, 12 and Alice, …