Travel

Jul 4, 2025

Before Oprah’s Book Club, there was the Book Society

Celebrities have been in the business of recommending books for nearly a century


Jul 4, 2025

A brief 700-year history of overtourism

Foreign tourists like to complain there are too many of themselves, but the locals do too – and have horror stories to tell


Jul 4, 2025

Amazon’s Goodreads is forgetting why it even exists

A key issue at the website, as at counterparts such as Rotten Tomatoes and Rate Your Music, is ‘review bombing’


Jul 4, 2025

Pierre Herme grows Asian footprint with mega store in Singapore’s RWS

The iconic French pastry chef’s full-concept maison will be the largest in the world


Jul 4, 2025

Rolls-Royce Black Badge Spectre review: The dark side of luxury

Giving the Black Badge treatment to the Spectre lends power, presence and drama to world’s most luxurious EV


Jul 4, 2025

Home advantage as Team Singapore looks to rule the pool at World Aquatics Championships

Nearly half of the 72-strong contingent are making their debut at the global meet


Jul 4, 2025

RWS to unveil ocean conservation hub, as part of S$6.8 billion expansion

Singapore Oceanarium opens to the public on Jul 24 and aims to be Asia’s leading aquarium-based conservation institution


Jul 3, 2025

Best pizza: PST or Vincenzo Capuano? Showdown between two hot new entrants

One’s from Japan, one’s from Italy. Who offers a better chew?


Jul 3, 2025

Art:Dis launches art studio for persons with disabilities, with funding from GIC

The non-profit body’s Art:Dis Studio is expected to benefit 80 artists with art gigs and training for jobs in various fields of...


Jul 3, 2025

Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash in Spain

[MADRID] Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early on Thursday, when their...