The sound of a cracking spine, the smell of musty pages deep within an old book, the scratch of a pen underlining masterpiece sentences—there is absolutely nothing I dislike about reading books. Real ones, the kind you can dog-ear, highlight, …
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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, …
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