Finnair's about to roll out Marimekko-designed textiles and tableware on its flights, we learned at a press conference today. (It was as twee as you'd imagine a Marimekko event to be—we had tea, beet and mackerel on rye, cucumber sandwiches and scones at Bacchanalia).
In addition to...
Last Friday, We Need A Hero threw a big party that elicited a "Wah, what's going on here?" from our cabbie as we turned into Eng Hoon Street.
The latest addition to the premium barber scene seems to be a magnet for the artfully tousled and painfully hip, who formed a raucous, beer-...
So, Lunch Actually surveyed the dating habits and preferences of single people in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, and the findings weirded us out a little.
First, the (sort of) good news. True to form, Singaporeans are as pragmatic as ever, with both men and women desiring partners with equal or...
Park Life: Everton Park
If Tiong Bahru and Jalan Besar are getting too busy for you, Everton Park might just be the place for that quiet cuppa on a Saturday morning—it’s no coincidence that three coffee joints and two bakeries (what did we tell you?) have opened in this quaint...
Mariko’s
Yes, it’s an izakaya named after a streetwalker. But this isn’t a case of “sex sells”, for this lady of the night is the main character of the short story Good-Bye by cult manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi (the titular hero of Eric Khoo’s 2011 film Tatsumi...
You're reading part five of a six-part interview. Click on the links to navigate:
On Five Star Billionaire and personal reinvention
On old and new China
On censorship and (not) being a spokesperson
On living in and writing about Shanghai
On the art of writing
On literary culture in...
You're reading part one of a six-part interview. Click on the links to navigate:
On Five Star Billionaire and personal reinvention
On old and new China
On censorship and (not) being a spokesperson
On living in and writing about Shanghai
On the art of writing
On literary culture in...
Hot on the heels of bar-restaurant-hotel Rabbit Carrot Gun comes sister establishment The Trenchard Arms, a new bar next door specializing in craft beers and ales.
This very British gastropub is the perfect spot to nurse a pint of Blonde Bombshell (a pretty but assertive wheat beer) or Digger (...
Pact
This fusion of three very distinct concepts—bar-restaurant Kilo, fashion boutique K.I.N and hair salon Kizuki+LIM—sounds like a recipe for awkwardness, but it actually works. Patrons really do make use of the collaborative space, such as by having drinks while a friend gets a...
Tash Aw’s first novel The Harmony Silk Factory (2005) earned him a Booker nomination and a Whitbread win. He followed that with Map of the Invisible World (2009), and has just released his third book, Five Star Billionaire. Set in contemporary Shanghai this latest...
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